"Poorer health generally reduces the possibility of better life outcomes and opportunities. It can restrict employment prospects, reduce earnings and bring additional living costs associated with long-term illness and disability that must somehow be met. In turn, this can lead to living in deprivation, low income and poverty." — JRF poverty report 2023.

This is the Health spotlight page for Cheshire West and Chester.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Cheshire West and Chester.

Students eligible for free school meals in state-funded schools

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals at different tyes of state-funded schools in Cheshire West and Chester.

Dataset

School pupil characteristics

No data available at this level.

Personal wellbeing - happiness

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of people who responded as poor, fair, good, and very good to the question "Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday?" in Cheshire West and Chester.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 8.51Poor 2012-13: 8.34Poor 2013-14: 9.54Poor 2014-15: 11.58Poor 2015-16: 9.64Poor 2016-17: 9.23Poor 2017-18: 5.56Poor 2018-19: 6.21Poor 2019-20: 10.28Poor 2020-21: 9.79Poor 2021-22: 11.19Fair 2011-12: 18.47Fair 2012-13: 15.35Fair 2013-14: 15.32Fair 2014-15: 13.34Fair 2015-16: 17.4Fair 2016-17: 12.39Fair 2017-18: 18.42Fair 2018-19: 18.03Fair 2019-20: 14.02Fair 2020-21: 18.3Fair 2021-22: 14.04Good 2011-12: 39.1Good 2012-13: 42.29Good 2013-14: 46.64Good 2014-15: 38.46Good 2015-16: 36.83Good 2016-17: 42.15Good 2017-18: 39.72Good 2018-19: 38.16Good 2019-20: 38.35Good 2020-21: 37.84Good 2021-22: 38.49Very good 2011-12: 33.93Very good 2012-13: 34.02Very good 2013-14: 28.5Very good 2014-15: 36.62Very good 2015-16: 36.13Very good 2016-17: 36.23Very good 2017-18: 36.3Very good 2018-19: 37.61Very good 2019-20: 37.35Very good 2020-21: 34.07Very good 2021-22: 36.28

Personal wellbeing - worthwhile

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of people who responded as poor, fair, good, and very good to the question "Overall, to what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are worthwhile?" in Cheshire West and Chester.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 3.68Poor 2012-13: 4.85Poor 2013-14: 3.48Poor 2014-15: 2.88Poor 2015-16: 3.14Poor 2016-17: 0Poor 2017-18: 0Poor 2018-19: 3.13Poor 2019-20: 5.02Poor 2020-21: 6.17Poor 2021-22: 3.11Fair 2011-12: 14.93Fair 2012-13: 12.19Fair 2013-14: 12.71Fair 2014-15: 10.96Fair 2015-16: 12.65Fair 2016-17: 0Fair 2017-18: 0Fair 2018-19: 11.8Fair 2019-20: 10.62Fair 2020-21: 10.77Fair 2021-22: 14.68Good 2011-12: 47.54Good 2012-13: 50.06Good 2013-14: 50.38Good 2014-15: 49.47Good 2015-16: 52.39Good 2016-17: 52.85Good 2017-18: 48.31Good 2018-19: 51.43Good 2019-20: 52.49Good 2020-21: 48.22Good 2021-22: 47.89Very good 2011-12: 33.84Very good 2012-13: 32.9Very good 2013-14: 33.43Very good 2014-15: 36.69Very good 2015-16: 31.82Very good 2016-17: 33.92Very good 2017-18: 39.15Very good 2018-19: 33.63Very good 2019-20: 31.87Very good 2020-21: 34.84Very good 2021-22: 34.33

Personal wellbeing - life-satisfaction

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of people who responded as poor, fair, good, and very good to the question "On a scale where 0 is “not at all anxious” and 10 is “completely anxious”, overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday?" in Cheshire West and Chester.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.62Poor 2012-13: 6.4Poor 2013-14: 5.07Poor 2014-15: 3.64Poor 2015-16: 4.14Poor 2016-17: 2.31Poor 2017-18: 1.5Poor 2018-19: 4.45Poor 2019-20: 5.67Poor 2020-21: 7.4Poor 2021-22: 5.94Fair 2011-12: 17.54Fair 2012-13: 12.95Fair 2013-14: 14.04Fair 2014-15: 14.49Fair 2015-16: 15.41Fair 2016-17: 11.69Fair 2017-18: 12.76Fair 2018-19: 12.91Fair 2019-20: 12.07Fair 2020-21: 16.36Fair 2021-22: 14.97Good 2011-12: 48.6Good 2012-13: 56.27Good 2013-14: 55Good 2014-15: 51.84Good 2015-16: 52.99Good 2016-17: 53.96Good 2017-18: 56.06Good 2018-19: 49.59Good 2019-20: 52.71Good 2020-21: 47.39Good 2021-22: 55.91Very good 2011-12: 28.24Very good 2012-13: 24.38Very good 2013-14: 25.89Very good 2014-15: 30.03Very good 2015-16: 27.46Very good 2016-17: 32.04Very good 2017-18: 29.68Very good 2018-19: 33.05Very good 2019-20: 29.55Very good 2020-21: 28.85Very good 2021-22: 23.18

Personal wellbeing - anxiety

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of people who responded as poor, fair, good, and very good to the question "Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?" in Cheshire West and Chester.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 19.86Poor 2012-13: 20.63Poor 2013-14: 17.13Poor 2014-15: 19.79Poor 2015-16: 20.86Poor 2016-17: 12.6Poor 2017-18: 13.93Poor 2018-19: 20.69Poor 2019-20: 21.31Poor 2020-21: 22.33Poor 2021-22: 19.53Fair 2011-12: 18.79Fair 2012-13: 13.89Fair 2013-14: 12.84Fair 2014-15: 14.17Fair 2015-16: 13.11Fair 2016-17: 12.47Fair 2017-18: 16.34Fair 2018-19: 16.22Fair 2019-20: 14.66Fair 2020-21: 15.61Fair 2021-22: 14.81Good 2011-12: 20.78Good 2012-13: 23.06Good 2013-14: 27.6Good 2014-15: 25.79Good 2015-16: 22.82Good 2016-17: 25.73Good 2017-18: 28.83Good 2018-19: 19.93Good 2019-20: 21.66Good 2020-21: 27.49Good 2021-22: 26.11Very good 2011-12: 40.58Very good 2012-13: 42.42Very good 2013-14: 42.42Very good 2014-15: 40.25Very good 2015-16: 43.22Very good 2016-17: 49.21Very good 2017-18: 40.9Very good 2018-19: 43.16Very good 2019-20: 42.37Very good 2020-21: 34.58Very good 2021-22: 39.55