"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 Salford.

Key indicators

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

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 Salford.

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 Salford.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 13.92Poor 2012-13: 12.88Poor 2013-14: 12.25Poor 2014-15: 9.02Poor 2015-16: 10.43Poor 2016-17: 9.86Poor 2017-18: 8.62Poor 2018-19: 9.28Poor 2019-20: 11.94Poor 2020-21: 9.21Poor 2021-22: 9.82Fair 2011-12: 20.08Fair 2012-13: 20.82Fair 2013-14: 18.38Fair 2014-15: 20.28Fair 2015-16: 17.9Fair 2016-17: 17.92Fair 2017-18: 18.18Fair 2018-19: 16.39Fair 2019-20: 14.94Fair 2020-21: 20.13Fair 2021-22: 15.73Good 2011-12: 37.45Good 2012-13: 38.38Good 2013-14: 39.78Good 2014-15: 40.94Good 2015-16: 38.99Good 2016-17: 42.18Good 2017-18: 40.44Good 2018-19: 45.89Good 2019-20: 39.36Good 2020-21: 39.3Good 2021-22: 45.18Very good 2011-12: 28.55Very good 2012-13: 27.91Very good 2013-14: 29.59Very good 2014-15: 29.76Very good 2015-16: 32.69Very good 2016-17: 30.03Very good 2017-18: 32.77Very good 2018-19: 28.44Very good 2019-20: 33.76Very good 2020-21: 31.36Very good 2021-22: 29.28

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 Salford.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 7.02Poor 2012-13: 4.92Poor 2013-14: 5.52Poor 2014-15: 4.61Poor 2015-16: 4.61Poor 2016-17: 4.05Poor 2017-18: 5.02Poor 2018-19: 4.39Poor 2019-20: 5.69Poor 2020-21: 3.54Poor 2021-22: 5.59Fair 2011-12: 20.04Fair 2012-13: 16.65Fair 2013-14: 17.14Fair 2014-15: 13.38Fair 2015-16: 15.6Fair 2016-17: 15.4Fair 2017-18: 11.95Fair 2018-19: 11.77Fair 2019-20: 12.5Fair 2020-21: 13.99Fair 2021-22: 17.29Good 2011-12: 44.07Good 2012-13: 48.44Good 2013-14: 48.39Good 2014-15: 48.44Good 2015-16: 47.84Good 2016-17: 50.75Good 2017-18: 49.6Good 2018-19: 49.94Good 2019-20: 49.6Good 2020-21: 52.27Good 2021-22: 44.89Very good 2011-12: 28.86Very good 2012-13: 30Very good 2013-14: 28.95Very good 2014-15: 33.57Very good 2015-16: 31.95Very good 2016-17: 29.79Very good 2017-18: 33.43Very good 2018-19: 33.9Very good 2019-20: 32.2Very good 2020-21: 30.19Very good 2021-22: 32.23

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 Salford.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 9.5Poor 2012-13: 6.16Poor 2013-14: 5.43Poor 2014-15: 5.17Poor 2015-16: 6.68Poor 2016-17: 5.99Poor 2017-18: 4.15Poor 2018-19: 5.99Poor 2019-20: 7.17Poor 2020-21: 6.46Poor 2021-22: 4.27Fair 2011-12: 22Fair 2012-13: 19.12Fair 2013-14: 21.49Fair 2014-15: 17.23Fair 2015-16: 16.22Fair 2016-17: 15.17Fair 2017-18: 14.65Fair 2018-19: 13.87Fair 2019-20: 13.3Fair 2020-21: 18.32Fair 2021-22: 20.95Good 2011-12: 47.1Good 2012-13: 51.76Good 2013-14: 52.19Good 2014-15: 51.67Good 2015-16: 50.18Good 2016-17: 53.39Good 2017-18: 52.33Good 2018-19: 51.47Good 2019-20: 52.06Good 2020-21: 54.21Good 2021-22: 48.88Very good 2011-12: 21.4Very good 2012-13: 22.96Very good 2013-14: 20.89Very good 2014-15: 25.92Very good 2015-16: 26.93Very good 2016-17: 25.44Very good 2017-18: 28.87Very good 2018-19: 28.68Very good 2019-20: 27.47Very good 2020-21: 21Very good 2021-22: 25.9

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 Salford.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 26.92Poor 2012-13: 23.79Poor 2013-14: 22.25Poor 2014-15: 18.78Poor 2015-16: 20.39Poor 2016-17: 18.52Poor 2017-18: 21.41Poor 2018-19: 21.29Poor 2019-20: 21.42Poor 2020-21: 26.46Poor 2021-22: 24.69Fair 2011-12: 17.4Fair 2012-13: 17.76Fair 2013-14: 17.22Fair 2014-15: 15.57Fair 2015-16: 18.69Fair 2016-17: 20.78Fair 2017-18: 17.39Fair 2018-19: 15.04Fair 2019-20: 18.65Fair 2020-21: 21.67Fair 2021-22: 15.74Good 2011-12: 19.17Good 2012-13: 21Good 2013-14: 19.64Good 2014-15: 23.87Good 2015-16: 22.2Good 2016-17: 22.17Good 2017-18: 24.96Good 2018-19: 22.97Good 2019-20: 25.24Good 2020-21: 22.03Good 2021-22: 29.85Very good 2011-12: 36.51Very good 2012-13: 37.44Very good 2013-14: 40.9Very good 2014-15: 41.78Very good 2015-16: 38.72Very good 2016-17: 38.54Very good 2017-18: 36.23Very good 2018-19: 40.7Very good 2019-20: 34.69Very good 2020-21: 29.84Very good 2021-22: 29.72