"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 Burnley.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Burnley.

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 Burnley.

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 Burnley.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 6.6Poor 2012-13: 10.34Poor 2013-14: 14.26Poor 2014-15: 7.74Poor 2015-16: 12.63Poor 2016-17: 0Poor 2017-18: 7.22Poor 2018-19: 12.86Poor 2019-20: 9.77Poor 2020-21: 10.81Poor 2021-22: 8.72Fair 2011-12: 26.54Fair 2012-13: 14.6Fair 2013-14: 15.61Fair 2014-15: 17.97Fair 2015-16: 20.25Fair 2016-17: 0Fair 2017-18: 26.96Fair 2018-19: 19.41Fair 2019-20: 15.82Fair 2020-21: 15.54Fair 2021-22: 20.67Good 2011-12: 36.2Good 2012-13: 36.92Good 2013-14: 37.91Good 2014-15: 36.57Good 2015-16: 38.54Good 2016-17: 26.96Good 2017-18: 39.05Good 2018-19: 35.6Good 2019-20: 45.98Good 2020-21: 41.18Good 2021-22: 45.09Very good 2011-12: 30.67Very good 2012-13: 38.13Very good 2013-14: 32.22Very good 2014-15: 37.72Very good 2015-16: 28.59Very good 2016-17: 45.23Very good 2017-18: 26.78Very good 2018-19: 32.13Very good 2019-20: 28.42Very good 2020-21: 32.47Very good 2021-22: 25.52

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 Burnley.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.66Poor 2012-13: 6.79Poor 2013-14: 8.93Poor 2014-15: 0Poor 2015-16: 7.65Poor 2016-17: 0Poor 2017-18: 0Poor 2018-19: 7.71Poor 2019-20: 0Poor 2020-21: 7.19Poor 2021-22: 0Fair 2011-12: 22.4Fair 2012-13: 12.13Fair 2013-14: 14.17Fair 2014-15: 0Fair 2015-16: 21.45Fair 2016-17: 0Fair 2017-18: 0Fair 2018-19: 16.28Fair 2019-20: 0Fair 2020-21: 9.6Fair 2021-22: 0Good 2011-12: 41.55Good 2012-13: 52.59Good 2013-14: 38.13Good 2014-15: 46.32Good 2015-16: 36.32Good 2016-17: 42.48Good 2017-18: 46.2Good 2018-19: 43.78Good 2019-20: 59.3Good 2020-21: 50.04Good 2021-22: 51.05Very good 2011-12: 30.39Very good 2012-13: 28.5Very good 2013-14: 38.76Very good 2014-15: 39.82Very good 2015-16: 34.58Very good 2016-17: 41.79Very good 2017-18: 39.25Very good 2018-19: 32.24Very good 2019-20: 29.01Very good 2020-21: 33.17Very good 2021-22: 15.45

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 Burnley.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 9.86Poor 2012-13: 10.59Poor 2013-14: 0Poor 2014-15: 3.84Poor 2015-16: 16.79Poor 2016-17: 0Poor 2017-18: 0Poor 2018-19: 10.62Poor 2019-20: 5.93Poor 2020-21: 13.84Poor 2021-22: 0Fair 2011-12: 24.38Fair 2012-13: 12.41Fair 2013-14: 0Fair 2014-15: 14.53Fair 2015-16: 14.65Fair 2016-17: 0Fair 2017-18: 0Fair 2018-19: 12.24Fair 2019-20: 12.54Fair 2020-21: 12.74Fair 2021-22: 0Good 2011-12: 40.96Good 2012-13: 48.22Good 2013-14: 44.65Good 2014-15: 50.91Good 2015-16: 45.52Good 2016-17: 48.49Good 2017-18: 59.19Good 2018-19: 48.73Good 2019-20: 57.42Good 2020-21: 48.31Good 2021-22: 41.53Very good 2011-12: 24.81Very good 2012-13: 28.77Very good 2013-14: 30.76Very good 2014-15: 30.72Very good 2015-16: 23.03Very good 2016-17: 33.1Very good 2017-18: 21.1Very good 2018-19: 28.41Very good 2019-20: 24.1Very good 2020-21: 25.11Very good 2021-22: 21.33

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 Burnley.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 25Poor 2012-13: 27.13Poor 2013-14: 20.92Poor 2014-15: 25.26Poor 2015-16: 24.78Poor 2016-17: 22.61Poor 2017-18: 20.72Poor 2018-19: 21.37Poor 2019-20: 10.17Poor 2020-21: 26.79Poor 2021-22: 17.91Fair 2011-12: 14.64Fair 2012-13: 11.88Fair 2013-14: 13.84Fair 2014-15: 15.63Fair 2015-16: 21.84Fair 2016-17: 14.52Fair 2017-18: 14.34Fair 2018-19: 19.54Fair 2019-20: 15.64Fair 2020-21: 13.88Fair 2021-22: 19.32Good 2011-12: 26.72Good 2012-13: 17.01Good 2013-14: 19.01Good 2014-15: 19.2Good 2015-16: 11.45Good 2016-17: 15.88Good 2017-18: 22.7Good 2018-19: 11.07Good 2019-20: 12.57Good 2020-21: 18.95Good 2021-22: 5.18Very good 2011-12: 33.64Very good 2012-13: 43.98Very good 2013-14: 46.22Very good 2014-15: 39.91Very good 2015-16: 41.93Very good 2016-17: 46.98Very good 2017-18: 42.24Very good 2018-19: 48.02Very good 2019-20: 61.62Very good 2020-21: 40.38Very good 2021-22: 57.58