"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 St. Helens.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of St. Helens.

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 St. Helens.

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: 18Total 201617: 18Total 201718: 16.6Total 201819: 18.1Total 201920: 20.2Total 202021: 24.2Total 202122: 26.3Total 202223: 27.6State-funded nursery 201516: 0State-funded nursery 201617: 0State-funded nursery 201718: 0State-funded nursery 201819: 0State-funded nursery 201920: 0State-funded nursery 202021: 0State-funded nursery 202122: 0State-funded nursery 202223: 0State-funded primary 201516: 18.4State-funded primary 201617: 18.3State-funded primary 201718: 16.8State-funded primary 201819: 18.3State-funded primary 201920: 20.1State-funded primary 202021: 24.5State-funded primary 202122: 26.4State-funded primary 202223: 27.4State-funded secondary 201516: 16.1State-funded secondary 201617: 16.6State-funded secondary 201718: 15.2State-funded secondary 201819: 16.9State-funded secondary 201920: 19.7State-funded secondary 202021: 23.1State-funded secondary 202122: 25.5State-funded secondary 202223: 27.2State-funded special school 201516: 49State-funded special school 201617: 45.2State-funded special school 201718: 43.2State-funded special school 201819: 44State-funded special school 201920: 44.7State-funded special school 202021: 49.5State-funded special school 202122: 47.8State-funded special school 202223: 48.8State-funded alternative provision school 201516: 39.7State-funded alternative provision school 201617: 34.5State-funded alternative provision school 201718: 26.7State-funded alternative provision school 201819: 32.2State-funded alternative provision school 201920: 23.1State-funded alternative provision school 202021: 31.6State-funded alternative provision school 202122: 52.8State-funded alternative provision school 202223: 55.3

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 St. Helens.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 10.53Poor 2012-13: 14.64Poor 2013-14: 10.65Poor 2014-15: 10.09Poor 2015-16: 13.61Poor 2016-17: 11.15Poor 2017-18: 11.72Poor 2018-19: 9.74Poor 2019-20: 9.14Poor 2020-21: 12.26Poor 2021-22: 9.45Fair 2011-12: 17.86Fair 2012-13: 18.61Fair 2013-14: 21.32Fair 2014-15: 20.08Fair 2015-16: 17.05Fair 2016-17: 20.15Fair 2017-18: 14.88Fair 2018-19: 16.16Fair 2019-20: 15.73Fair 2020-21: 18.79Fair 2021-22: 13.66Good 2011-12: 37.09Good 2012-13: 37.51Good 2013-14: 37.82Good 2014-15: 37.6Good 2015-16: 36.22Good 2016-17: 37.09Good 2017-18: 40.31Good 2018-19: 39.06Good 2019-20: 38.78Good 2020-21: 43.77Good 2021-22: 43.38Very good 2011-12: 34.52Very good 2012-13: 29.24Very good 2013-14: 30.21Very good 2014-15: 32.22Very good 2015-16: 33.12Very good 2016-17: 31.61Very good 2017-18: 33.09Very good 2018-19: 35.04Very good 2019-20: 36.35Very good 2020-21: 25.18Very good 2021-22: 33.51

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 St. Helens.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 3.8Poor 2012-13: 6.08Poor 2013-14: 4.19Poor 2014-15: 5.47Poor 2015-16: 3.97Poor 2016-17: 4.83Poor 2017-18: 4.69Poor 2018-19: 4.62Poor 2019-20: 6.22Poor 2020-21: 5.45Poor 2021-22: 1.96Fair 2011-12: 13.37Fair 2012-13: 15.33Fair 2013-14: 13.99Fair 2014-15: 11.03Fair 2015-16: 16.41Fair 2016-17: 14.14Fair 2017-18: 13.73Fair 2018-19: 10.51Fair 2019-20: 10.88Fair 2020-21: 12.45Fair 2021-22: 14.2Good 2011-12: 45.39Good 2012-13: 43.22Good 2013-14: 46.86Good 2014-15: 47.05Good 2015-16: 42.91Good 2016-17: 47.22Good 2017-18: 47.89Good 2018-19: 51.7Good 2019-20: 46.79Good 2020-21: 50.06Good 2021-22: 47.03Very good 2011-12: 37.43Very good 2012-13: 35.36Very good 2013-14: 34.97Very good 2014-15: 36.44Very good 2015-16: 36.71Very good 2016-17: 33.81Very good 2017-18: 33.69Very good 2018-19: 33.17Very good 2019-20: 36.11Very good 2020-21: 32.04Very good 2021-22: 36.82

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 St. Helens.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.14Poor 2012-13: 7.96Poor 2013-14: 6.2Poor 2014-15: 5.93Poor 2015-16: 7.01Poor 2016-17: 6.57Poor 2017-18: 6.06Poor 2018-19: 6.08Poor 2019-20: 7.36Poor 2020-21: 9.44Poor 2021-22: 6.18Fair 2011-12: 18.21Fair 2012-13: 19.2Fair 2013-14: 16.73Fair 2014-15: 15.63Fair 2015-16: 18.75Fair 2016-17: 15.09Fair 2017-18: 13.46Fair 2018-19: 13.46Fair 2019-20: 12.76Fair 2020-21: 19.8Fair 2021-22: 17.19Good 2011-12: 47.7Good 2012-13: 43.03Good 2013-14: 49.8Good 2014-15: 47.1Good 2015-16: 45.19Good 2016-17: 47.52Good 2017-18: 51.16Good 2018-19: 51.66Good 2019-20: 49.45Good 2020-21: 48.06Good 2021-22: 46.49Very good 2011-12: 28.95Very good 2012-13: 29.82Very good 2013-14: 27.27Very good 2014-15: 31.34Very good 2015-16: 29.05Very good 2016-17: 30.82Very good 2017-18: 29.32Very good 2018-19: 28.8Very good 2019-20: 30.43Very good 2020-21: 22.7Very good 2021-22: 30.13

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 St. Helens.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 21.29Poor 2012-13: 22.54Poor 2013-14: 20.9Poor 2014-15: 19.71Poor 2015-16: 20.54Poor 2016-17: 21.81Poor 2017-18: 18.51Poor 2018-19: 20.44Poor 2019-20: 21.64Poor 2020-21: 25.92Poor 2021-22: 24.72Fair 2011-12: 19.48Fair 2012-13: 18.49Fair 2013-14: 17.03Fair 2014-15: 16.27Fair 2015-16: 15.1Fair 2016-17: 16.2Fair 2017-18: 16.88Fair 2018-19: 14.49Fair 2019-20: 16Fair 2020-21: 19.34Fair 2021-22: 14.45Good 2011-12: 20.19Good 2012-13: 18.82Good 2013-14: 18.18Good 2014-15: 21.3Good 2015-16: 23.08Good 2016-17: 21.61Good 2017-18: 19.36Good 2018-19: 25.04Good 2019-20: 18.63Good 2020-21: 21.57Good 2021-22: 22.75Very good 2011-12: 39.04Very good 2012-13: 40.15Very good 2013-14: 43.89Very good 2014-15: 42.72Very good 2015-16: 41.29Very good 2016-17: 40.37Very good 2017-18: 45.26Very good 2018-19: 40.03Very good 2019-20: 43.72Very good 2020-21: 33.17Very good 2021-22: 38.08