"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 Lancaster.

Key indicators

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

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 Lancaster.

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 Lancaster.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 9.14Poor 2012-13: 7.53Poor 2013-14: 9.62Poor 2014-15: 7.78Poor 2015-16: 9.6Poor 2016-17: 8.61Poor 2017-18: 11.14Poor 2018-19: 4.69Poor 2019-20: 9.13Poor 2020-21: 10.95Poor 2021-22: 7.65Fair 2011-12: 20.84Fair 2012-13: 19.73Fair 2013-14: 22.03Fair 2014-15: 16.95Fair 2015-16: 10.36Fair 2016-17: 11.76Fair 2017-18: 14.66Fair 2018-19: 17.57Fair 2019-20: 20.59Fair 2020-21: 15.84Fair 2021-22: 20.57Good 2011-12: 39.44Good 2012-13: 37.77Good 2013-14: 38.93Good 2014-15: 39.51Good 2015-16: 48.71Good 2016-17: 52.24Good 2017-18: 39.99Good 2018-19: 43.72Good 2019-20: 41.65Good 2020-21: 46.68Good 2021-22: 38.59Very good 2011-12: 30.58Very good 2012-13: 34.97Very good 2013-14: 29.43Very good 2014-15: 35.76Very good 2015-16: 31.33Very good 2016-17: 27.4Very good 2017-18: 34.21Very good 2018-19: 34.02Very good 2019-20: 28.62Very good 2020-21: 26.53Very good 2021-22: 33.19

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 Lancaster.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 2.27Poor 2012-13: 5.27Poor 2013-14: 4.68Poor 2014-15: 0Poor 2015-16: 7.3Poor 2016-17: 6.54Poor 2017-18: 2.85Poor 2018-19: 2.83Poor 2019-20: 0Poor 2020-21: 0Poor 2021-22: 2.33Fair 2011-12: 15.36Fair 2012-13: 13.8Fair 2013-14: 18.41Fair 2014-15: 0Fair 2015-16: 9.83Fair 2016-17: 9.5Fair 2017-18: 13.47Fair 2018-19: 11.72Fair 2019-20: 0Fair 2020-21: 13.87Fair 2021-22: 13.45Good 2011-12: 47.68Good 2012-13: 49.91Good 2013-14: 50.31Good 2014-15: 56.06Good 2015-16: 45.18Good 2016-17: 49.77Good 2017-18: 50.44Good 2018-19: 49.36Good 2019-20: 50.01Good 2020-21: 60.06Good 2021-22: 49.12Very good 2011-12: 34.68Very good 2012-13: 31.02Very good 2013-14: 26.6Very good 2014-15: 33.53Very good 2015-16: 37.69Very good 2016-17: 34.19Very good 2017-18: 33.23Very good 2018-19: 36.09Very good 2019-20: 30.4Very good 2020-21: 26.06Very good 2021-22: 35.1

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 Lancaster.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 3.58Poor 2012-13: 4.16Poor 2013-14: 3.27Poor 2014-15: 4.95Poor 2015-16: 5.6Poor 2016-17: 5.2Poor 2017-18: 0Poor 2018-19: 2.86Poor 2019-20: 3.83Poor 2020-21: 0Poor 2021-22: 2.92Fair 2011-12: 14.93Fair 2012-13: 16.02Fair 2013-14: 13.6Fair 2014-15: 20.87Fair 2015-16: 15.61Fair 2016-17: 12.59Fair 2017-18: 0Fair 2018-19: 17.28Fair 2019-20: 19.96Fair 2020-21: 0Fair 2021-22: 7.87Good 2011-12: 57.35Good 2012-13: 49.62Good 2013-14: 54.21Good 2014-15: 43.26Good 2015-16: 50.87Good 2016-17: 58.79Good 2017-18: 54.69Good 2018-19: 54.6Good 2019-20: 52.82Good 2020-21: 51.52Good 2021-22: 52.14Very good 2011-12: 24.14Very good 2012-13: 30.19Very good 2013-14: 28.93Very good 2014-15: 30.92Very good 2015-16: 27.93Very good 2016-17: 23.42Very good 2017-18: 32.09Very good 2018-19: 25.26Very good 2019-20: 23.38Very good 2020-21: 30.52Very good 2021-22: 37.06

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 Lancaster.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 22.44Poor 2012-13: 16.69Poor 2013-14: 13.79Poor 2014-15: 17.83Poor 2015-16: 21.12Poor 2016-17: 24.71Poor 2017-18: 17.22Poor 2018-19: 16.16Poor 2019-20: 22.07Poor 2020-21: 22.09Poor 2021-22: 31.06Fair 2011-12: 20.4Fair 2012-13: 18.3Fair 2013-14: 12.95Fair 2014-15: 13.55Fair 2015-16: 11.25Fair 2016-17: 15.49Fair 2017-18: 14.34Fair 2018-19: 15.46Fair 2019-20: 19.84Fair 2020-21: 15.48Fair 2021-22: 14.3Good 2011-12: 19.52Good 2012-13: 26.51Good 2013-14: 22.74Good 2014-15: 10.33Good 2015-16: 22.8Good 2016-17: 27.81Good 2017-18: 28.16Good 2018-19: 27.94Good 2019-20: 16.59Good 2020-21: 29.06Good 2021-22: 19.02Very good 2011-12: 37.65Very good 2012-13: 38.49Very good 2013-14: 50.52Very good 2014-15: 58.29Very good 2015-16: 44.83Very good 2016-17: 31.98Very good 2017-18: 40.28Very good 2018-19: 40.45Very good 2019-20: 41.5Very good 2020-21: 33.37Very good 2021-22: 35.63