"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 Liverpool.

Key indicators

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

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 Liverpool.

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: 27Total 201617: 26.3Total 201718: 26Total 201819: 27.3Total 201920: 28.7Total 202021: 33.2Total 202122: 34.5Total 202223: 35.2State-funded nursery 201516: 25.2State-funded nursery 201617: 29.5State-funded nursery 201718: 2.2State-funded nursery 201819: 1State-funded nursery 201920: 2.7State-funded nursery 202021: 2.2State-funded nursery 202122: 1.9State-funded nursery 202223: 1.8State-funded primary 201516: 26.8State-funded primary 201617: 26.1State-funded primary 201718: 26.2State-funded primary 201819: 27.3State-funded primary 201920: 28.8State-funded primary 202021: 34State-funded primary 202122: 34.9State-funded primary 202223: 35.5State-funded secondary 201516: 26State-funded secondary 201617: 25.4State-funded secondary 201718: 24.5State-funded secondary 201819: 26.3State-funded secondary 201920: 27.5State-funded secondary 202021: 30.9State-funded secondary 202122: 32.9State-funded secondary 202223: 33.8State-funded special school 201516: 55.5State-funded special school 201617: 55.9State-funded special school 201718: 53.2State-funded special school 201819: 52.5State-funded special school 201920: 53.2State-funded special school 202021: 57.8State-funded special school 202122: 57.7State-funded special school 202223: 58.2State-funded alternative provision school 201516: 42.3State-funded alternative provision school 201617: 33.9State-funded alternative provision school 201718: 37.5State-funded alternative provision school 201819: 28.6State-funded alternative provision school 201920: 26State-funded alternative provision school 202021: 39.6State-funded alternative provision school 202122: 41.6State-funded alternative provision school 202223: 44.8

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 Liverpool.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 13.64Poor 2012-13: 14.61Poor 2013-14: 12.82Poor 2014-15: 14.54Poor 2015-16: 13.87Poor 2016-17: 13.34Poor 2017-18: 11.49Poor 2018-19: 9.8Poor 2019-20: 9.13Poor 2020-21: 12.97Poor 2021-22: 10.71Fair 2011-12: 18.45Fair 2012-13: 22.83Fair 2013-14: 19.24Fair 2014-15: 18.67Fair 2015-16: 18.15Fair 2016-17: 16.32Fair 2017-18: 16.17Fair 2018-19: 15.29Fair 2019-20: 19.83Fair 2020-21: 15.27Fair 2021-22: 21.99Good 2011-12: 37.85Good 2012-13: 36.75Good 2013-14: 37.06Good 2014-15: 35.81Good 2015-16: 39.87Good 2016-17: 36.99Good 2017-18: 41.61Good 2018-19: 42.22Good 2019-20: 39.99Good 2020-21: 43.57Good 2021-22: 41.68Very good 2011-12: 30.07Very good 2012-13: 25.81Very good 2013-14: 30.89Very good 2014-15: 30.99Very good 2015-16: 28.1Very good 2016-17: 33.35Very good 2017-18: 30.73Very good 2018-19: 32.7Very good 2019-20: 31.05Very good 2020-21: 28.19Very good 2021-22: 25.61

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 Liverpool.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 8.5Poor 2012-13: 5.93Poor 2013-14: 6.46Poor 2014-15: 6.53Poor 2015-16: 4.05Poor 2016-17: 6.4Poor 2017-18: 5.92Poor 2018-19: 6.45Poor 2019-20: 4.23Poor 2020-21: 7.37Poor 2021-22: 2.81Fair 2011-12: 15.08Fair 2012-13: 14.94Fair 2013-14: 17.78Fair 2014-15: 16.6Fair 2015-16: 13.03Fair 2016-17: 13.07Fair 2017-18: 12.22Fair 2018-19: 12.08Fair 2019-20: 14.1Fair 2020-21: 12.26Fair 2021-22: 13.73Good 2011-12: 46.58Good 2012-13: 48.83Good 2013-14: 44.95Good 2014-15: 43.91Good 2015-16: 53.8Good 2016-17: 44.99Good 2017-18: 45.01Good 2018-19: 47.42Good 2019-20: 49.84Good 2020-21: 55.93Good 2021-22: 53.83Very good 2011-12: 29.83Very good 2012-13: 30.3Very good 2013-14: 30.81Very good 2014-15: 32.96Very good 2015-16: 29.13Very good 2016-17: 35.54Very good 2017-18: 36.85Very good 2018-19: 34.05Very good 2019-20: 31.83Very good 2020-21: 24.44Very good 2021-22: 29.64

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 Liverpool.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 9.1Poor 2012-13: 8.3Poor 2013-14: 8.32Poor 2014-15: 8.47Poor 2015-16: 7.43Poor 2016-17: 8.46Poor 2017-18: 6.51Poor 2018-19: 5.37Poor 2019-20: 5.62Poor 2020-21: 9.01Poor 2021-22: 5.35Fair 2011-12: 17.81Fair 2012-13: 17.72Fair 2013-14: 21Fair 2014-15: 19.43Fair 2015-16: 15.47Fair 2016-17: 17.48Fair 2017-18: 13.62Fair 2018-19: 15.35Fair 2019-20: 15.63Fair 2020-21: 18.41Fair 2021-22: 15.03Good 2011-12: 47.03Good 2012-13: 47.63Good 2013-14: 46.43Good 2014-15: 47.2Good 2015-16: 55.04Good 2016-17: 47.21Good 2017-18: 53.63Good 2018-19: 54.47Good 2019-20: 53.27Good 2020-21: 55.04Good 2021-22: 59.68Very good 2011-12: 26.06Very good 2012-13: 26.35Very good 2013-14: 24.26Very good 2014-15: 24.9Very good 2015-16: 22.06Very good 2016-17: 26.85Very good 2017-18: 26.25Very good 2018-19: 24.81Very good 2019-20: 25.48Very good 2020-21: 17.55Very good 2021-22: 19.94

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 Liverpool.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 26.65Poor 2012-13: 28.13Poor 2013-14: 25.79Poor 2014-15: 25.13Poor 2015-16: 22.09Poor 2016-17: 21.24Poor 2017-18: 23.82Poor 2018-19: 20.78Poor 2019-20: 25.9Poor 2020-21: 27.05Poor 2021-22: 25.26Fair 2011-12: 16.74Fair 2012-13: 19.7Fair 2013-14: 17.66Fair 2014-15: 18.43Fair 2015-16: 18.3Fair 2016-17: 15.43Fair 2017-18: 12.52Fair 2018-19: 13.08Fair 2019-20: 15.82Fair 2020-21: 19.43Fair 2021-22: 15.61Good 2011-12: 21.54Good 2012-13: 16.36Good 2013-14: 19.06Good 2014-15: 20.45Good 2015-16: 23.76Good 2016-17: 22.37Good 2017-18: 20.57Good 2018-19: 24.09Good 2019-20: 20Good 2020-21: 23.35Good 2021-22: 25.23Very good 2011-12: 35.07Very good 2012-13: 35.81Very good 2013-14: 37.49Very good 2014-15: 35.99Very good 2015-16: 35.86Very good 2016-17: 40.96Very good 2017-18: 43.09Very good 2018-19: 42.05Very good 2019-20: 38.28Very good 2020-21: 30.17Very good 2021-22: 33.9