"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 Chorley.

Key indicators

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

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 Chorley.

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 Chorley.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 12.12Poor 2012-13: 6.94Poor 2013-14: 12.22Poor 2014-15: 9.31Poor 2015-16: 9.36Poor 2016-17: 4.79Poor 2017-18: 7.33Poor 2018-19: 5.47Poor 2019-20: 10.3Poor 2020-21: 7.49Poor 2021-22: 13Fair 2011-12: 15.81Fair 2012-13: 12.3Fair 2013-14: 17.21Fair 2014-15: 10.33Fair 2015-16: 16.04Fair 2016-17: 23.49Fair 2017-18: 17.3Fair 2018-19: 11.17Fair 2019-20: 12.02Fair 2020-21: 10.42Fair 2021-22: 9.88Good 2011-12: 39.96Good 2012-13: 43.48Good 2013-14: 38.61Good 2014-15: 38.57Good 2015-16: 40.56Good 2016-17: 36.71Good 2017-18: 40.76Good 2018-19: 44.65Good 2019-20: 47.56Good 2020-21: 31.5Good 2021-22: 42.4Very good 2011-12: 32.11Very good 2012-13: 37.27Very good 2013-14: 31.96Very good 2014-15: 41.79Very good 2015-16: 34.04Very good 2016-17: 35.02Very good 2017-18: 34.61Very good 2018-19: 38.71Very good 2019-20: 30.12Very good 2020-21: 50.59Very good 2021-22: 34.72

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 Chorley.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 2.97Poor 2012-13: 0Poor 2013-14: 4.54Poor 2014-15: 2.28Poor 2015-16: 0Poor 2016-17: 0Poor 2017-18: 3.11Poor 2018-19: 0Poor 2019-20: 0Poor 2020-21: 0Poor 2021-22: 0Fair 2011-12: 15.34Fair 2012-13: 0Fair 2013-14: 17.06Fair 2014-15: 14.51Fair 2015-16: 0Fair 2016-17: 0Fair 2017-18: 10.76Fair 2018-19: 0Fair 2019-20: 0Fair 2020-21: 0Fair 2021-22: 0Good 2011-12: 54.96Good 2012-13: 50.6Good 2013-14: 48.18Good 2014-15: 46.61Good 2015-16: 45.6Good 2016-17: 42.75Good 2017-18: 47.26Good 2018-19: 46.36Good 2019-20: 47.02Good 2020-21: 47.92Good 2021-22: 53.1Very good 2011-12: 26.73Very good 2012-13: 35.56Very good 2013-14: 30.23Very good 2014-15: 36.59Very good 2015-16: 37.38Very good 2016-17: 42.04Very good 2017-18: 38.87Very good 2018-19: 41.24Very good 2019-20: 38.3Very good 2020-21: 42.01Very good 2021-22: 36.78

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 Chorley.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 7.17Poor 2012-13: 4.19Poor 2013-14: 7.1Poor 2014-15: 4.43Poor 2015-16: 7.03Poor 2016-17: 7.65Poor 2017-18: 2.67Poor 2018-19: 0Poor 2019-20: 7.05Poor 2020-21: 4.28Poor 2021-22: 0Fair 2011-12: 16.3Fair 2012-13: 18.36Fair 2013-14: 14.14Fair 2014-15: 15.47Fair 2015-16: 16.89Fair 2016-17: 12.95Fair 2017-18: 11.15Fair 2018-19: 0Fair 2019-20: 10.14Fair 2020-21: 10.22Fair 2021-22: 0Good 2011-12: 56.35Good 2012-13: 44.91Good 2013-14: 49.93Good 2014-15: 52.75Good 2015-16: 45.97Good 2016-17: 46.07Good 2017-18: 48.56Good 2018-19: 45.36Good 2019-20: 48.45Good 2020-21: 54.1Good 2021-22: 53.58Very good 2011-12: 20.18Very good 2012-13: 32.54Very good 2013-14: 28.83Very good 2014-15: 27.35Very good 2015-16: 30.12Very good 2016-17: 33.33Very good 2017-18: 37.61Very good 2018-19: 37.85Very good 2019-20: 34.36Very good 2020-21: 31.4Very good 2021-22: 31.24

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 Chorley.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 23.57Poor 2012-13: 16.96Poor 2013-14: 23.24Poor 2014-15: 12.98Poor 2015-16: 15.87Poor 2016-17: 21.92Poor 2017-18: 23.56Poor 2018-19: 28.43Poor 2019-20: 20.72Poor 2020-21: 16.58Poor 2021-22: 15.46Fair 2011-12: 14.16Fair 2012-13: 19.44Fair 2013-14: 17.98Fair 2014-15: 12.4Fair 2015-16: 12.3Fair 2016-17: 10.72Fair 2017-18: 16.33Fair 2018-19: 10.31Fair 2019-20: 11.25Fair 2020-21: 14.17Fair 2021-22: 21.05Good 2011-12: 24.54Good 2012-13: 27.93Good 2013-14: 15.8Good 2014-15: 25.08Good 2015-16: 29.2Good 2016-17: 19.62Good 2017-18: 15.65Good 2018-19: 20.33Good 2019-20: 16.62Good 2020-21: 21.8Good 2021-22: 14.15Very good 2011-12: 37.73Very good 2012-13: 35.67Very good 2013-14: 42.98Very good 2014-15: 49.54Very good 2015-16: 42.64Very good 2016-17: 47.74Very good 2017-18: 44.46Very good 2018-19: 40.93Very good 2019-20: 51.41Very good 2020-21: 47.46Very good 2021-22: 49.34