"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 Oldham.

Key indicators

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

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 Oldham.

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 Oldham.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 12.13Poor 2012-13: 11.42Poor 2013-14: 11.72Poor 2014-15: 12.3Poor 2015-16: 12.19Poor 2016-17: 9.53Poor 2017-18: 9.27Poor 2018-19: 9.92Poor 2019-20: 11.28Poor 2020-21: 11.23Poor 2021-22: 9.89Fair 2011-12: 20.16Fair 2012-13: 20.53Fair 2013-14: 20.22Fair 2014-15: 18.15Fair 2015-16: 18.48Fair 2016-17: 17.57Fair 2017-18: 17.47Fair 2018-19: 17.93Fair 2019-20: 18.6Fair 2020-21: 16.07Fair 2021-22: 13.81Good 2011-12: 40.64Good 2012-13: 39.31Good 2013-14: 38.95Good 2014-15: 38.9Good 2015-16: 37.01Good 2016-17: 37.91Good 2017-18: 38.04Good 2018-19: 35.47Good 2019-20: 36.85Good 2020-21: 40.41Good 2021-22: 43.83Very good 2011-12: 27.06Very good 2012-13: 28.74Very good 2013-14: 29.11Very good 2014-15: 30.66Very good 2015-16: 32.32Very good 2016-17: 34.99Very good 2017-18: 35.22Very good 2018-19: 36.69Very good 2019-20: 33.28Very good 2020-21: 32.28Very good 2021-22: 32.47

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 Oldham.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 8.22Poor 2012-13: 5.17Poor 2013-14: 5.87Poor 2014-15: 6.83Poor 2015-16: 4.89Poor 2016-17: 4.55Poor 2017-18: 4.53Poor 2018-19: 4.7Poor 2019-20: 4.87Poor 2020-21: 6.61Poor 2021-22: 5.01Fair 2011-12: 17.39Fair 2012-13: 16.03Fair 2013-14: 17.86Fair 2014-15: 18.67Fair 2015-16: 18.31Fair 2016-17: 14.06Fair 2017-18: 13.28Fair 2018-19: 14.98Fair 2019-20: 14.19Fair 2020-21: 12.84Fair 2021-22: 15.92Good 2011-12: 43.23Good 2012-13: 48.4Good 2013-14: 45.35Good 2014-15: 42.85Good 2015-16: 41.45Good 2016-17: 45.98Good 2017-18: 47.23Good 2018-19: 41.52Good 2019-20: 42.13Good 2020-21: 43.49Good 2021-22: 43.06Very good 2011-12: 31.16Very good 2012-13: 30.4Very good 2013-14: 30.92Very good 2014-15: 31.66Very good 2015-16: 35.36Very good 2016-17: 35.41Very good 2017-18: 34.96Very good 2018-19: 38.8Very good 2019-20: 38.81Very good 2020-21: 37.06Very good 2021-22: 36.01

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 Oldham.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 10.21Poor 2012-13: 6.74Poor 2013-14: 11.08Poor 2014-15: 8.28Poor 2015-16: 8.41Poor 2016-17: 6.01Poor 2017-18: 6.94Poor 2018-19: 8.25Poor 2019-20: 6.39Poor 2020-21: 8.1Poor 2021-22: 6.47Fair 2011-12: 20.94Fair 2012-13: 22.75Fair 2013-14: 18.99Fair 2014-15: 21.27Fair 2015-16: 17.93Fair 2016-17: 17.67Fair 2017-18: 15.37Fair 2018-19: 14.6Fair 2019-20: 15.51Fair 2020-21: 18.81Fair 2021-22: 15.94Good 2011-12: 45.9Good 2012-13: 44Good 2013-14: 45.79Good 2014-15: 44.87Good 2015-16: 44.77Good 2016-17: 49.74Good 2017-18: 47.98Good 2018-19: 43.41Good 2019-20: 48.59Good 2020-21: 43.84Good 2021-22: 49.01Very good 2011-12: 22.95Very good 2012-13: 26.51Very good 2013-14: 24.14Very good 2014-15: 25.58Very good 2015-16: 28.89Very good 2016-17: 26.58Very good 2017-18: 29.71Very good 2018-19: 33.74Very good 2019-20: 29.52Very good 2020-21: 29.26Very good 2021-22: 28.58

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 Oldham.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 25.18Poor 2012-13: 21.98Poor 2013-14: 20.61Poor 2014-15: 23.5Poor 2015-16: 23.1Poor 2016-17: 18.04Poor 2017-18: 21.54Poor 2018-19: 19.87Poor 2019-20: 23.94Poor 2020-21: 24.6Poor 2021-22: 23.48Fair 2011-12: 19.44Fair 2012-13: 17.35Fair 2013-14: 17.72Fair 2014-15: 15.38Fair 2015-16: 16.98Fair 2016-17: 14.53Fair 2017-18: 12.24Fair 2018-19: 15.84Fair 2019-20: 15.12Fair 2020-21: 16.13Fair 2021-22: 16.69Good 2011-12: 22.61Good 2012-13: 25.4Good 2013-14: 23.48Good 2014-15: 23.25Good 2015-16: 20.8Good 2016-17: 23.07Good 2017-18: 20.21Good 2018-19: 20.5Good 2019-20: 17.08Good 2020-21: 23.2Good 2021-22: 20.74Very good 2011-12: 32.77Very good 2012-13: 35.27Very good 2013-14: 38.18Very good 2014-15: 37.87Very good 2015-16: 39.12Very good 2016-17: 44.36Very good 2017-18: 46.01Very good 2018-19: 43.79Very good 2019-20: 43.86Very good 2020-21: 36.07Very good 2021-22: 39.09