"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 Bury.

Key indicators

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

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 Bury.

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 Bury.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 11.67Poor 2012-13: 10.49Poor 2013-14: 10.09Poor 2014-15: 8.39Poor 2015-16: 10.38Poor 2016-17: 12.27Poor 2017-18: 8.1Poor 2018-19: 8.8Poor 2019-20: 11.04Poor 2020-21: 12.17Poor 2021-22: 9.22Fair 2011-12: 18.99Fair 2012-13: 21.38Fair 2013-14: 15.98Fair 2014-15: 16.03Fair 2015-16: 18.72Fair 2016-17: 14.68Fair 2017-18: 16.16Fair 2018-19: 13.87Fair 2019-20: 16.19Fair 2020-21: 16.56Fair 2021-22: 18.11Good 2011-12: 38.62Good 2012-13: 38.49Good 2013-14: 38.96Good 2014-15: 41.62Good 2015-16: 37.93Good 2016-17: 38.99Good 2017-18: 38.38Good 2018-19: 40.33Good 2019-20: 41.15Good 2020-21: 36.77Good 2021-22: 39.34Very good 2011-12: 30.72Very good 2012-13: 29.65Very good 2013-14: 34.96Very good 2014-15: 33.95Very good 2015-16: 32.97Very good 2016-17: 34.06Very good 2017-18: 37.35Very good 2018-19: 37Very good 2019-20: 31.61Very good 2020-21: 34.49Very good 2021-22: 33.33

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 Bury.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.93Poor 2012-13: 3.19Poor 2013-14: 4.08Poor 2014-15: 3.41Poor 2015-16: 4.54Poor 2016-17: 5.25Poor 2017-18: 3.63Poor 2018-19: 4.26Poor 2019-20: 3.8Poor 2020-21: 6.21Poor 2021-22: 6.63Fair 2011-12: 18.39Fair 2012-13: 15.79Fair 2013-14: 14.29Fair 2014-15: 12.39Fair 2015-16: 13.52Fair 2016-17: 11.73Fair 2017-18: 12.07Fair 2018-19: 13.03Fair 2019-20: 11.23Fair 2020-21: 12.9Fair 2021-22: 12.05Good 2011-12: 44.46Good 2012-13: 49.22Good 2013-14: 46.58Good 2014-15: 51.35Good 2015-16: 50.5Good 2016-17: 44.24Good 2017-18: 50.94Good 2018-19: 45.97Good 2019-20: 45.83Good 2020-21: 45.12Good 2021-22: 46.81Very good 2011-12: 31.23Very good 2012-13: 31.81Very good 2013-14: 35.04Very good 2014-15: 32.85Very good 2015-16: 31.45Very good 2016-17: 38.78Very good 2017-18: 33.35Very good 2018-19: 36.73Very good 2019-20: 39.14Very good 2020-21: 35.77Very good 2021-22: 34.51

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 Bury.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 7.52Poor 2012-13: 4.89Poor 2013-14: 6.54Poor 2014-15: 6.13Poor 2015-16: 5.32Poor 2016-17: 6.82Poor 2017-18: 4.69Poor 2018-19: 5.32Poor 2019-20: 7.58Poor 2020-21: 6.69Poor 2021-22: 5.05Fair 2011-12: 19.91Fair 2012-13: 17.32Fair 2013-14: 15.43Fair 2014-15: 11.4Fair 2015-16: 14.81Fair 2016-17: 16.82Fair 2017-18: 15.98Fair 2018-19: 15.34Fair 2019-20: 12.63Fair 2020-21: 20.86Fair 2021-22: 17.73Good 2011-12: 51.07Good 2012-13: 53.45Good 2013-14: 50.09Good 2014-15: 51.64Good 2015-16: 49.59Good 2016-17: 45.93Good 2017-18: 50.4Good 2018-19: 49.62Good 2019-20: 48.13Good 2020-21: 48.1Good 2021-22: 53.87Very good 2011-12: 21.5Very good 2012-13: 24.33Very good 2013-14: 27.94Very good 2014-15: 30.83Very good 2015-16: 30.29Very good 2016-17: 30.43Very good 2017-18: 28.93Very good 2018-19: 29.72Very good 2019-20: 31.65Very good 2020-21: 24.35Very good 2021-22: 23.35

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 Bury.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 22.88Poor 2012-13: 25.32Poor 2013-14: 20.46Poor 2014-15: 22.19Poor 2015-16: 24.07Poor 2016-17: 23.92Poor 2017-18: 22.74Poor 2018-19: 22.71Poor 2019-20: 23.33Poor 2020-21: 26.39Poor 2021-22: 25.62Fair 2011-12: 19.98Fair 2012-13: 18.65Fair 2013-14: 17.3Fair 2014-15: 15.83Fair 2015-16: 14.48Fair 2016-17: 17.96Fair 2017-18: 14.94Fair 2018-19: 15.04Fair 2019-20: 16.49Fair 2020-21: 11.5Fair 2021-22: 16.7Good 2011-12: 25.08Good 2012-13: 22.3Good 2013-14: 24.19Good 2014-15: 20.72Good 2015-16: 23.09Good 2016-17: 20.7Good 2017-18: 22.2Good 2018-19: 19.29Good 2019-20: 22.53Good 2020-21: 21.8Good 2021-22: 27.06Very good 2011-12: 32.06Very good 2012-13: 33.73Very good 2013-14: 38.05Very good 2014-15: 41.26Very good 2015-16: 38.36Very good 2016-17: 37.43Very good 2017-18: 40.11Very good 2018-19: 42.96Very good 2019-20: 37.65Very good 2020-21: 40.31Very good 2021-22: 30.62