"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 Bolton.

Key indicators

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

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 Bolton.

Dataset

School pupil characteristics
Total
State-funded nursery
State-funded primary
State-funded secondary
State-funded special school
State-funded alternative provision school
Year2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/23Percentage of students eligible010203040506070Total 201516: 17.3Total 201617: 17.2Total 201718: 16.8Total 201819: 19.1Total 201920: 21.3Total 202021: 24.9Total 202122: 25.8Total 202223: 26.8State-funded nursery 201516: 0State-funded nursery 201617: 0State-funded nursery 201718: 0State-funded nursery 201819: 0State-funded nursery 201920: 0State-funded nursery 202021: 0State-funded nursery 202122: 0State-funded nursery 202223: 2.5State-funded primary 201516: 16.7State-funded primary 201617: 16.6State-funded primary 201718: 16.2State-funded primary 201819: 18.6State-funded primary 201920: 20.8State-funded primary 202021: 24.7State-funded primary 202122: 25.3State-funded primary 202223: 25.7State-funded secondary 201516: 17.4State-funded secondary 201617: 16.9State-funded secondary 201718: 16.9State-funded secondary 201819: 19State-funded secondary 201920: 21.2State-funded secondary 202021: 24.5State-funded secondary 202122: 26State-funded secondary 202223: 27.7State-funded special school 201516: 34.9State-funded special school 201617: 39.1State-funded special school 201718: 37.6State-funded special school 201819: 39.6State-funded special school 201920: 44.6State-funded special school 202021: 42.6State-funded special school 202122: 41.6State-funded special school 202223: 44.4State-funded alternative provision school 201516: 51State-funded alternative provision school 201617: 54.2State-funded alternative provision school 201718: 50State-funded alternative provision school 201819: 57.6State-funded alternative provision school 201920: 47.5State-funded alternative provision school 202021: 57.1State-funded alternative provision school 202122: 58.5State-funded alternative provision school 202223: 61.8

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 Bolton.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 12.26Poor 2012-13: 12.93Poor 2013-14: 11.17Poor 2014-15: 11.38Poor 2015-16: 10.25Poor 2016-17: 10.53Poor 2017-18: 10.19Poor 2018-19: 9.99Poor 2019-20: 11.13Poor 2020-21: 9.95Poor 2021-22: 9.12Fair 2011-12: 16.62Fair 2012-13: 19.34Fair 2013-14: 18.06Fair 2014-15: 14.72Fair 2015-16: 17.34Fair 2016-17: 19.24Fair 2017-18: 18.47Fair 2018-19: 16.75Fair 2019-20: 16.53Fair 2020-21: 18.58Fair 2021-22: 17Good 2011-12: 40.29Good 2012-13: 35.01Good 2013-14: 38.59Good 2014-15: 38.56Good 2015-16: 39.2Good 2016-17: 37.31Good 2017-18: 35.45Good 2018-19: 34.39Good 2019-20: 39.2Good 2020-21: 45.55Good 2021-22: 36.86Very good 2011-12: 30.83Very good 2012-13: 32.73Very good 2013-14: 32.18Very good 2014-15: 35.34Very good 2015-16: 33.21Very good 2016-17: 32.92Very good 2017-18: 35.88Very good 2018-19: 38.86Very good 2019-20: 33.13Very good 2020-21: 25.91Very good 2021-22: 37.02

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 Bolton.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.17Poor 2012-13: 6.32Poor 2013-14: 5.71Poor 2014-15: 3.72Poor 2015-16: 4.35Poor 2016-17: 3.36Poor 2017-18: 3.59Poor 2018-19: 3.65Poor 2019-20: 4.94Poor 2020-21: 6.64Poor 2021-22: 7.42Fair 2011-12: 15.45Fair 2012-13: 16.92Fair 2013-14: 14.18Fair 2014-15: 12.94Fair 2015-16: 13.65Fair 2016-17: 15.49Fair 2017-18: 11.98Fair 2018-19: 13.88Fair 2019-20: 14.54Fair 2020-21: 13.82Fair 2021-22: 10.34Good 2011-12: 48.89Good 2012-13: 44.63Good 2013-14: 47.68Good 2014-15: 46.42Good 2015-16: 46.9Good 2016-17: 45.56Good 2017-18: 44.3Good 2018-19: 43.91Good 2019-20: 42.6Good 2020-21: 46.44Good 2021-22: 44.45Very good 2011-12: 30.48Very good 2012-13: 32.13Very good 2013-14: 32.43Very good 2014-15: 36.92Very good 2015-16: 35.1Very good 2016-17: 35.59Very good 2017-18: 40.13Very good 2018-19: 38.57Very good 2019-20: 37.93Very good 2020-21: 33.11Very good 2021-22: 37.79

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 Bolton.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 8.38Poor 2012-13: 7.72Poor 2013-14: 7.97Poor 2014-15: 5.9Poor 2015-16: 5.59Poor 2016-17: 4.54Poor 2017-18: 4.43Poor 2018-19: 5.79Poor 2019-20: 9.44Poor 2020-21: 9.6Poor 2021-22: 8.76Fair 2011-12: 20.69Fair 2012-13: 18.88Fair 2013-14: 16.95Fair 2014-15: 15.11Fair 2015-16: 16.83Fair 2016-17: 16.65Fair 2017-18: 15.4Fair 2018-19: 13.98Fair 2019-20: 14.83Fair 2020-21: 15.87Fair 2021-22: 14.17Good 2011-12: 46.03Good 2012-13: 44.83Good 2013-14: 46.94Good 2014-15: 48.65Good 2015-16: 50.69Good 2016-17: 50.66Good 2017-18: 46.63Good 2018-19: 45.66Good 2019-20: 44.1Good 2020-21: 47.23Good 2021-22: 51.2Very good 2011-12: 24.91Very good 2012-13: 28.58Very good 2013-14: 28.15Very good 2014-15: 30.35Very good 2015-16: 26.89Very good 2016-17: 28.15Very good 2017-18: 33.54Very good 2018-19: 34.57Very good 2019-20: 31.63Very good 2020-21: 27.31Very good 2021-22: 25.87

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 Bolton.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 20.11Poor 2012-13: 20.04Poor 2013-14: 19.89Poor 2014-15: 22.62Poor 2015-16: 21.74Poor 2016-17: 24.73Poor 2017-18: 22.21Poor 2018-19: 21.58Poor 2019-20: 23.13Poor 2020-21: 25.62Poor 2021-22: 28.37Fair 2011-12: 20.36Fair 2012-13: 17.91Fair 2013-14: 14.8Fair 2014-15: 13.33Fair 2015-16: 16.86Fair 2016-17: 17.42Fair 2017-18: 16.71Fair 2018-19: 15.51Fair 2019-20: 14.21Fair 2020-21: 20.72Fair 2021-22: 13.78Good 2011-12: 21.78Good 2012-13: 20.38Good 2013-14: 19.6Good 2014-15: 20.54Good 2015-16: 19.91Good 2016-17: 19.88Good 2017-18: 17.71Good 2018-19: 18.87Good 2019-20: 19.73Good 2020-21: 15.73Good 2021-22: 17.55Very good 2011-12: 37.76Very good 2012-13: 41.67Very good 2013-14: 45.71Very good 2014-15: 43.5Very good 2015-16: 41.49Very good 2016-17: 37.97Very good 2017-18: 43.37Very good 2018-19: 44.04Very good 2019-20: 42.92Very good 2020-21: 37.93Very good 2021-22: 40.3