"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 Scarborough.

Key indicators

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

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 Scarborough.

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 Scarborough.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 6.42Poor 2012-13: 9.48Poor 2013-14: 12.63Poor 2014-15: 7.59Poor 2015-16: 14.38Poor 2016-17: 11.61Poor 2017-18: 15.49Poor 2018-19: 5.24Poor 2019-20: 6.6Poor 2020-21: 11.31Poor 2021-22: 6.67Fair 2011-12: 21.42Fair 2012-13: 22.44Fair 2013-14: 16.89Fair 2014-15: 18.57Fair 2015-16: 15.41Fair 2016-17: 11.74Fair 2017-18: 16.63Fair 2018-19: 18.44Fair 2019-20: 18.65Fair 2020-21: 18.24Fair 2021-22: 26.84Good 2011-12: 38.49Good 2012-13: 39.63Good 2013-14: 35.62Good 2014-15: 39.3Good 2015-16: 36.12Good 2016-17: 35.27Good 2017-18: 33.01Good 2018-19: 37.67Good 2019-20: 39.63Good 2020-21: 44.9Good 2021-22: 39.46Very good 2011-12: 33.67Very good 2012-13: 28.45Very good 2013-14: 34.86Very good 2014-15: 34.53Very good 2015-16: 34.09Very good 2016-17: 41.38Very good 2017-18: 34.87Very good 2018-19: 38.64Very good 2019-20: 35.13Very good 2020-21: 25.55Very good 2021-22: 27.03

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 Scarborough.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.63Poor 2012-13: 0Poor 2013-14: 7.6Poor 2014-15: 0Poor 2015-16: 5Poor 2016-17: 9.25Poor 2017-18: 6.61Poor 2018-19: 7.12Poor 2019-20: 3.71Poor 2020-21: 8.26Poor 2021-22: 4.18Fair 2011-12: 10.08Fair 2012-13: 0Fair 2013-14: 15.35Fair 2014-15: 0Fair 2015-16: 11.77Fair 2016-17: 9.28Fair 2017-18: 6.65Fair 2018-19: 6.96Fair 2019-20: 9.49Fair 2020-21: 10.51Fair 2021-22: 11.83Good 2011-12: 49.48Good 2012-13: 55.47Good 2013-14: 41.78Good 2014-15: 46.47Good 2015-16: 48.53Good 2016-17: 42.66Good 2017-18: 45.31Good 2018-19: 45.8Good 2019-20: 50.57Good 2020-21: 46.93Good 2021-22: 46.08Very good 2011-12: 34.81Very good 2012-13: 26.89Very good 2013-14: 35.28Very good 2014-15: 34.48Very good 2015-16: 34.7Very good 2016-17: 38.8Very good 2017-18: 41.42Very good 2018-19: 40.11Very good 2019-20: 36.24Very good 2020-21: 34.3Very good 2021-22: 37.91

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 Scarborough.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 11.03Poor 2012-13: 3.19Poor 2013-14: 7.4Poor 2014-15: 6.38Poor 2015-16: 0Poor 2016-17: 8.7Poor 2017-18: 6.82Poor 2018-19: 4.62Poor 2019-20: 4.89Poor 2020-21: 10.57Poor 2021-22: 2.96Fair 2011-12: 8.21Fair 2012-13: 19.98Fair 2013-14: 7.43Fair 2014-15: 8.22Fair 2015-16: 0Fair 2016-17: 7.43Fair 2017-18: 6.02Fair 2018-19: 10.1Fair 2019-20: 12.47Fair 2020-21: 13.01Fair 2021-22: 20.43Good 2011-12: 48.15Good 2012-13: 53.31Good 2013-14: 55.81Good 2014-15: 49.09Good 2015-16: 51.09Good 2016-17: 50.62Good 2017-18: 52.47Good 2018-19: 44.6Good 2019-20: 52.7Good 2020-21: 51.45Good 2021-22: 47.97Very good 2011-12: 32.62Very good 2012-13: 23.52Very good 2013-14: 29.37Very good 2014-15: 36.3Very good 2015-16: 31.52Very good 2016-17: 33.25Very good 2017-18: 34.69Very good 2018-19: 40.69Very good 2019-20: 29.94Very good 2020-21: 24.98Very good 2021-22: 28.65

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 Scarborough.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 15.55Poor 2012-13: 18.54Poor 2013-14: 15.5Poor 2014-15: 27.86Poor 2015-16: 19.14Poor 2016-17: 18.28Poor 2017-18: 25.84Poor 2018-19: 13.1Poor 2019-20: 20.54Poor 2020-21: 25.34Poor 2021-22: 20.72Fair 2011-12: 19.99Fair 2012-13: 15.46Fair 2013-14: 12.73Fair 2014-15: 13.29Fair 2015-16: 14.07Fair 2016-17: 11.88Fair 2017-18: 10.33Fair 2018-19: 17.73Fair 2019-20: 12.61Fair 2020-21: 23.14Fair 2021-22: 17.41Good 2011-12: 25.61Good 2012-13: 28.92Good 2013-14: 29.52Good 2014-15: 15.94Good 2015-16: 18.68Good 2016-17: 27.68Good 2017-18: 14.28Good 2018-19: 13.69Good 2019-20: 27.56Good 2020-21: 21.55Good 2021-22: 20.2Very good 2011-12: 38.86Very good 2012-13: 37.08Very good 2013-14: 42.24Very good 2014-15: 42.91Very good 2015-16: 48.11Very good 2016-17: 42.16Very good 2017-18: 49.54Very good 2018-19: 55.48Very good 2019-20: 39.29Very good 2020-21: 29.97Very good 2021-22: 41.68