"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 Wigan.

Key indicators

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

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 Wigan.

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 Wigan.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 11.84Poor 2012-13: 10.87Poor 2013-14: 10.48Poor 2014-15: 10.6Poor 2015-16: 7.62Poor 2016-17: 7.79Poor 2017-18: 7.61Poor 2018-19: 9.48Poor 2019-20: 8.12Poor 2020-21: 11.64Poor 2021-22: 6.98Fair 2011-12: 18.74Fair 2012-13: 18.58Fair 2013-14: 15.98Fair 2014-15: 14.69Fair 2015-16: 16.09Fair 2016-17: 15.46Fair 2017-18: 17.52Fair 2018-19: 14Fair 2019-20: 14.18Fair 2020-21: 18.83Fair 2021-22: 16.82Good 2011-12: 36.27Good 2012-13: 36.74Good 2013-14: 38.12Good 2014-15: 43.17Good 2015-16: 37.33Good 2016-17: 39.15Good 2017-18: 34.85Good 2018-19: 37.41Good 2019-20: 39.03Good 2020-21: 40.02Good 2021-22: 40.6Very good 2011-12: 33.15Very good 2012-13: 33.81Very good 2013-14: 35.42Very good 2014-15: 31.53Very good 2015-16: 38.95Very good 2016-17: 37.6Very good 2017-18: 40.02Very good 2018-19: 39.11Very good 2019-20: 38.67Very good 2020-21: 29.5Very good 2021-22: 35.59

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 Wigan.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.13Poor 2012-13: 3.17Poor 2013-14: 5.28Poor 2014-15: 4.7Poor 2015-16: 4.32Poor 2016-17: 3.01Poor 2017-18: 3.19Poor 2018-19: 3.66Poor 2019-20: 3.88Poor 2020-21: 3.21Poor 2021-22: 3.14Fair 2011-12: 17.25Fair 2012-13: 15.96Fair 2013-14: 12.51Fair 2014-15: 13.46Fair 2015-16: 13.96Fair 2016-17: 10.74Fair 2017-18: 9.75Fair 2018-19: 10.38Fair 2019-20: 13.95Fair 2020-21: 16.32Fair 2021-22: 9.42Good 2011-12: 46.98Good 2012-13: 47.62Good 2013-14: 50.12Good 2014-15: 48.82Good 2015-16: 45.01Good 2016-17: 47.26Good 2017-18: 47.63Good 2018-19: 43.77Good 2019-20: 45.04Good 2020-21: 49.26Good 2021-22: 47.05Very good 2011-12: 30.63Very good 2012-13: 33.25Very good 2013-14: 32.09Very good 2014-15: 33.02Very good 2015-16: 36.71Very good 2016-17: 38.98Very good 2017-18: 39.43Very good 2018-19: 42.2Very good 2019-20: 37.13Very good 2020-21: 31.21Very good 2021-22: 40.39

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 Wigan.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 8.73Poor 2012-13: 5.41Poor 2013-14: 7.65Poor 2014-15: 6.83Poor 2015-16: 5.16Poor 2016-17: 3.26Poor 2017-18: 4.58Poor 2018-19: 5.6Poor 2019-20: 5.63Poor 2020-21: 9.25Poor 2021-22: 3.75Fair 2011-12: 18.03Fair 2012-13: 20.29Fair 2013-14: 15.57Fair 2014-15: 15.93Fair 2015-16: 12.8Fair 2016-17: 15.16Fair 2017-18: 13.06Fair 2018-19: 12.06Fair 2019-20: 15.26Fair 2020-21: 16.07Fair 2021-22: 16.3Good 2011-12: 48.49Good 2012-13: 48.86Good 2013-14: 50.8Good 2014-15: 48.72Good 2015-16: 49.64Good 2016-17: 50.82Good 2017-18: 50.52Good 2018-19: 50.66Good 2019-20: 49.63Good 2020-21: 52.49Good 2021-22: 48.8Very good 2011-12: 24.74Very good 2012-13: 25.45Very good 2013-14: 25.98Very good 2014-15: 28.52Very good 2015-16: 32.4Very good 2016-17: 30.77Very good 2017-18: 31.83Very good 2018-19: 31.69Very good 2019-20: 29.48Very good 2020-21: 22.19Very good 2021-22: 31.16

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 Wigan.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 25.7Poor 2012-13: 17.59Poor 2013-14: 18.1Poor 2014-15: 20.13Poor 2015-16: 16.86Poor 2016-17: 21.63Poor 2017-18: 20.63Poor 2018-19: 17.14Poor 2019-20: 19.57Poor 2020-21: 26.38Poor 2021-22: 25.46Fair 2011-12: 17.27Fair 2012-13: 16.86Fair 2013-14: 13.41Fair 2014-15: 16.41Fair 2015-16: 16.55Fair 2016-17: 16.71Fair 2017-18: 14.13Fair 2018-19: 15.21Fair 2019-20: 14.67Fair 2020-21: 19.89Fair 2021-22: 14.59Good 2011-12: 18.78Good 2012-13: 23.63Good 2013-14: 20.91Good 2014-15: 18.68Good 2015-16: 21.15Good 2016-17: 18.21Good 2017-18: 17.95Good 2018-19: 18.54Good 2019-20: 16.51Good 2020-21: 17.98Good 2021-22: 19.07Very good 2011-12: 38.25Very good 2012-13: 41.92Very good 2013-14: 47.57Very good 2014-15: 44.77Very good 2015-16: 45.44Very good 2016-17: 43.46Very good 2017-18: 47.29Very good 2018-19: 49.1Very good 2019-20: 49.25Very good 2020-21: 35.76Very good 2021-22: 40.88