"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 Manchester.

Key indicators

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

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 Manchester.

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 Manchester.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 13.11Poor 2012-13: 11.83Poor 2013-14: 11.9Poor 2014-15: 10.11Poor 2015-16: 11.34Poor 2016-17: 10.22Poor 2017-18: 8.44Poor 2018-19: 7.32Poor 2019-20: 9.1Poor 2020-21: 10.93Poor 2021-22: 9.13Fair 2011-12: 21.96Fair 2012-13: 21.2Fair 2013-14: 20.45Fair 2014-15: 17.66Fair 2015-16: 21.8Fair 2016-17: 19.88Fair 2017-18: 14.74Fair 2018-19: 19.37Fair 2019-20: 15.66Fair 2020-21: 20.93Fair 2021-22: 21.93Good 2011-12: 39.21Good 2012-13: 39.91Good 2013-14: 39.93Good 2014-15: 40.62Good 2015-16: 37.49Good 2016-17: 41.22Good 2017-18: 46.85Good 2018-19: 44.65Good 2019-20: 42.15Good 2020-21: 42.65Good 2021-22: 40.84Very good 2011-12: 25.72Very good 2012-13: 27.06Very good 2013-14: 27.73Very good 2014-15: 31.61Very good 2015-16: 29.37Very good 2016-17: 28.69Very good 2017-18: 29.96Very good 2018-19: 28.66Very good 2019-20: 33.09Very good 2020-21: 25.49Very good 2021-22: 28.1

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 Manchester.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.03Poor 2012-13: 5.88Poor 2013-14: 5.58Poor 2014-15: 4.85Poor 2015-16: 4.77Poor 2016-17: 5.08Poor 2017-18: 4.56Poor 2018-19: 4.39Poor 2019-20: 3.96Poor 2020-21: 5.74Poor 2021-22: 3.06Fair 2011-12: 19.28Fair 2012-13: 21.02Fair 2013-14: 20.54Fair 2014-15: 18.29Fair 2015-16: 16.74Fair 2016-17: 15.24Fair 2017-18: 13.17Fair 2018-19: 14.91Fair 2019-20: 13.07Fair 2020-21: 13.54Fair 2021-22: 14.56Good 2011-12: 46.17Good 2012-13: 44.63Good 2013-14: 45.6Good 2014-15: 44.03Good 2015-16: 51.62Good 2016-17: 48.61Good 2017-18: 52.75Good 2018-19: 47.65Good 2019-20: 50.54Good 2020-21: 55.47Good 2021-22: 51.5Very good 2011-12: 28.52Very good 2012-13: 28.47Very good 2013-14: 28.27Very good 2014-15: 32.83Very good 2015-16: 26.86Very good 2016-17: 31.08Very good 2017-18: 29.52Very good 2018-19: 33.05Very good 2019-20: 32.44Very good 2020-21: 25.26Very good 2021-22: 30.88

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 Manchester.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.97Poor 2012-13: 7.31Poor 2013-14: 8.99Poor 2014-15: 5.83Poor 2015-16: 5.92Poor 2016-17: 4.44Poor 2017-18: 4.74Poor 2018-19: 4.84Poor 2019-20: 5.37Poor 2020-21: 7.1Poor 2021-22: 4.88Fair 2011-12: 19.67Fair 2012-13: 21.47Fair 2013-14: 19.81Fair 2014-15: 19.96Fair 2015-16: 17.83Fair 2016-17: 17.4Fair 2017-18: 16.72Fair 2018-19: 16.05Fair 2019-20: 16.69Fair 2020-21: 23.03Fair 2021-22: 15.14Good 2011-12: 48.72Good 2012-13: 49.59Good 2013-14: 47.88Good 2014-15: 50.44Good 2015-16: 52.85Good 2016-17: 54.42Good 2017-18: 57.18Good 2018-19: 52.62Good 2019-20: 51.16Good 2020-21: 50.02Good 2021-22: 57.48Very good 2011-12: 24.63Very good 2012-13: 21.63Very good 2013-14: 23.32Very good 2014-15: 23.77Very good 2015-16: 23.4Very good 2016-17: 23.74Very good 2017-18: 21.37Very good 2018-19: 26.49Very good 2019-20: 26.78Very good 2020-21: 19.85Very good 2021-22: 22.51

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 Manchester.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 23.74Poor 2012-13: 21.31Poor 2013-14: 19.47Poor 2014-15: 19.83Poor 2015-16: 18.88Poor 2016-17: 24.54Poor 2017-18: 16.46Poor 2018-19: 22.52Poor 2019-20: 20.08Poor 2020-21: 26.28Poor 2021-22: 26.15Fair 2011-12: 21.13Fair 2012-13: 19.05Fair 2013-14: 19.34Fair 2014-15: 18.34Fair 2015-16: 20.69Fair 2016-17: 20.66Fair 2017-18: 17.96Fair 2018-19: 14.1Fair 2019-20: 17.78Fair 2020-21: 20.94Fair 2021-22: 15.44Good 2011-12: 25.42Good 2012-13: 24.78Good 2013-14: 22.51Good 2014-15: 22.88Good 2015-16: 25.4Good 2016-17: 22.34Good 2017-18: 29.05Good 2018-19: 25.07Good 2019-20: 27.48Good 2020-21: 24.64Good 2021-22: 28.31Very good 2011-12: 29.71Very good 2012-13: 34.87Very good 2013-14: 38.68Very good 2014-15: 38.96Very good 2015-16: 35.03Very good 2016-17: 32.46Very good 2017-18: 36.52Very good 2018-19: 38.32Very good 2019-20: 34.66Very good 2020-21: 28.13Very good 2021-22: 30.1