"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 Stockport.

Key indicators

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

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 Stockport.

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: 13.6Total 201617: 13.8Total 201718: 11.4Total 201819: 13.1Total 201920: 14.7Total 202021: 17.8Total 202122: 18.9Total 202223: 20.2State-funded nursery 201516: 26.7State-funded nursery 201617: 25State-funded nursery 201718: 0.7State-funded nursery 201819: 2.4State-funded nursery 201920: 1.6State-funded nursery 202021: 4.3State-funded nursery 202122: 8State-funded nursery 202223: 8.3State-funded primary 201516: 13.4State-funded primary 201617: 13.6State-funded primary 201718: 11.2State-funded primary 201819: 12.6State-funded primary 201920: 14State-funded primary 202021: 17.2State-funded primary 202122: 17.8State-funded primary 202223: 18.8State-funded secondary 201516: 12.9State-funded secondary 201617: 13.3State-funded secondary 201718: 11State-funded secondary 201819: 12.9State-funded secondary 201920: 14.9State-funded secondary 202021: 17.8State-funded secondary 202122: 19.5State-funded secondary 202223: 21.2State-funded special school 201516: 39.2State-funded special school 201617: 38State-funded special school 201718: 34.8State-funded special school 201819: 37State-funded special school 201920: 37.3State-funded special school 202021: 39.3State-funded special school 202122: 41.1State-funded special school 202223: 41State-funded alternative provision school 201516: 41.1State-funded alternative provision school 201617: 43State-funded alternative provision school 201718: 30.7State-funded alternative provision school 201819: 36.8State-funded alternative provision school 201920: 51.5State-funded alternative provision school 202021: 51.4State-funded alternative provision school 202122: 60.6State-funded alternative provision school 202223: 65

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 Stockport.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 9.78Poor 2012-13: 8.41Poor 2013-14: 9.16Poor 2014-15: 7.93Poor 2015-16: 11.32Poor 2016-17: 8.66Poor 2017-18: 6.87Poor 2018-19: 6.63Poor 2019-20: 10.91Poor 2020-21: 7.5Poor 2021-22: 6.21Fair 2011-12: 19.56Fair 2012-13: 16.1Fair 2013-14: 16.64Fair 2014-15: 18.23Fair 2015-16: 15.77Fair 2016-17: 15.79Fair 2017-18: 16.17Fair 2018-19: 15.9Fair 2019-20: 15.44Fair 2020-21: 22.74Fair 2021-22: 15.02Good 2011-12: 41.01Good 2012-13: 43.65Good 2013-14: 43.64Good 2014-15: 43.18Good 2015-16: 40.38Good 2016-17: 45.79Good 2017-18: 42.85Good 2018-19: 41.78Good 2019-20: 42.61Good 2020-21: 38.69Good 2021-22: 48.1Very good 2011-12: 29.65Very good 2012-13: 31.83Very good 2013-14: 30.55Very good 2014-15: 30.66Very good 2015-16: 32.53Very good 2016-17: 29.76Very good 2017-18: 34.11Very good 2018-19: 35.69Very good 2019-20: 31.04Very good 2020-21: 31.08Very good 2021-22: 30.66

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 Stockport.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 3.9Poor 2012-13: 3.83Poor 2013-14: 3.77Poor 2014-15: 4.72Poor 2015-16: 4.42Poor 2016-17: 2.7Poor 2017-18: 2.21Poor 2018-19: 2.68Poor 2019-20: 3.9Poor 2020-21: 2.59Poor 2021-22: 3.2Fair 2011-12: 13.92Fair 2012-13: 12.24Fair 2013-14: 13.01Fair 2014-15: 9.64Fair 2015-16: 11.82Fair 2016-17: 10.77Fair 2017-18: 11.56Fair 2018-19: 10.27Fair 2019-20: 9.37Fair 2020-21: 15.75Fair 2021-22: 11.39Good 2011-12: 49.65Good 2012-13: 49.79Good 2013-14: 52.42Good 2014-15: 48.99Good 2015-16: 49.4Good 2016-17: 53.24Good 2017-18: 49.37Good 2018-19: 50.91Good 2019-20: 51.49Good 2020-21: 49.38Good 2021-22: 52.75Very good 2011-12: 32.53Very good 2012-13: 34.13Very good 2013-14: 30.8Very good 2014-15: 36.66Very good 2015-16: 34.35Very good 2016-17: 33.29Very good 2017-18: 36.86Very good 2018-19: 36.14Very good 2019-20: 35.25Very good 2020-21: 32.28Very good 2021-22: 32.66

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 Stockport.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 4.75Poor 2012-13: 4.37Poor 2013-14: 5.26Poor 2014-15: 5.17Poor 2015-16: 4.82Poor 2016-17: 4.15Poor 2017-18: 4.11Poor 2018-19: 4.63Poor 2019-20: 4.35Poor 2020-21: 4.49Poor 2021-22: 3.62Fair 2011-12: 16.11Fair 2012-13: 15.71Fair 2013-14: 13Fair 2014-15: 11.69Fair 2015-16: 12.97Fair 2016-17: 13.6Fair 2017-18: 12.92Fair 2018-19: 12.24Fair 2019-20: 10.8Fair 2020-21: 15.33Fair 2021-22: 10.09Good 2011-12: 51.98Good 2012-13: 52Good 2013-14: 54.98Good 2014-15: 54.55Good 2015-16: 52Good 2016-17: 56.32Good 2017-18: 51.46Good 2018-19: 52.24Good 2019-20: 53.9Good 2020-21: 55.02Good 2021-22: 57Very good 2011-12: 27.17Very good 2012-13: 27.93Very good 2013-14: 26.76Very good 2014-15: 28.59Very good 2015-16: 30.21Very good 2016-17: 25.93Very good 2017-18: 31.52Very good 2018-19: 30.88Very good 2019-20: 30.95Very good 2020-21: 25.16Very good 2021-22: 29.3

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 Stockport.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 18.98Poor 2012-13: 18.09Poor 2013-14: 19.87Poor 2014-15: 20.09Poor 2015-16: 20.99Poor 2016-17: 18.29Poor 2017-18: 19.85Poor 2018-19: 15.18Poor 2019-20: 26.52Poor 2020-21: 25.97Poor 2021-22: 23.23Fair 2011-12: 19.73Fair 2012-13: 16.3Fair 2013-14: 16.8Fair 2014-15: 14.41Fair 2015-16: 17.65Fair 2016-17: 16.64Fair 2017-18: 17.76Fair 2018-19: 18.12Fair 2019-20: 15.66Fair 2020-21: 20.33Fair 2021-22: 19.28Good 2011-12: 25.19Good 2012-13: 26.71Good 2013-14: 25.3Good 2014-15: 25.09Good 2015-16: 24.26Good 2016-17: 26.93Good 2017-18: 23.77Good 2018-19: 24.92Good 2019-20: 28.13Good 2020-21: 19.86Good 2021-22: 22.92Very good 2011-12: 36.1Very good 2012-13: 38.91Very good 2013-14: 38.03Very good 2014-15: 40.41Very good 2015-16: 37.11Very good 2016-17: 38.15Very good 2017-18: 38.63Very good 2018-19: 41.77Very good 2019-20: 29.7Very good 2020-21: 33.84Very good 2021-22: 34.57