"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 Sefton.

Key indicators

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

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 Sefton.

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: 15.9Total 201617: 17.1Total 201718: 16.3Total 201819: 17.4Total 201920: 19.5Total 202021: 22.3Total 202122: 24.1Total 202223: 25.8State-funded nursery 201516: 25State-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: 16.1State-funded primary 201617: 17.3State-funded primary 201718: 16.4State-funded primary 201819: 17.7State-funded primary 201920: 19.7State-funded primary 202021: 22.5State-funded primary 202122: 23.8State-funded primary 202223: 24.9State-funded secondary 201516: 14.8State-funded secondary 201617: 15.8State-funded secondary 201718: 15State-funded secondary 201819: 16State-funded secondary 201920: 17.9State-funded secondary 202021: 20.6State-funded secondary 202122: 23.3State-funded secondary 202223: 25.7State-funded special school 201516: 40.7State-funded special school 201617: 43.2State-funded special school 201718: 42.1State-funded special school 201819: 42.5State-funded special school 201920: 45.1State-funded special school 202021: 50.3State-funded special school 202122: 50.5State-funded special school 202223: 53.6State-funded alternative provision school 201516: 35.1State-funded alternative provision school 201617: 31.2State-funded alternative provision school 201718: 43.8State-funded alternative provision school 201819: 39.1State-funded alternative provision school 201920: 45.2State-funded alternative provision school 202021: 61.2State-funded alternative provision school 202122: 54.2State-funded alternative provision school 202223: 59.4

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 Sefton.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 9.44Poor 2012-13: 12.77Poor 2013-14: 10.58Poor 2014-15: 11.41Poor 2015-16: 9.91Poor 2016-17: 13.13Poor 2017-18: 12.45Poor 2018-19: 10.82Poor 2019-20: 7.64Poor 2020-21: 10.43Poor 2021-22: 9.51Fair 2011-12: 18.36Fair 2012-13: 17.06Fair 2013-14: 17.51Fair 2014-15: 16.9Fair 2015-16: 19.92Fair 2016-17: 16.99Fair 2017-18: 16.67Fair 2018-19: 15.34Fair 2019-20: 12.56Fair 2020-21: 18.1Fair 2021-22: 12Good 2011-12: 39.57Good 2012-13: 38.9Good 2013-14: 39.63Good 2014-15: 38.42Good 2015-16: 37.76Good 2016-17: 39.15Good 2017-18: 36.23Good 2018-19: 40.13Good 2019-20: 42.72Good 2020-21: 42.28Good 2021-22: 41.64Very good 2011-12: 32.62Very good 2012-13: 31.27Very good 2013-14: 32.28Very good 2014-15: 33.27Very good 2015-16: 32.42Very good 2016-17: 30.72Very good 2017-18: 34.65Very good 2018-19: 33.7Very good 2019-20: 37.07Very good 2020-21: 29.19Very good 2021-22: 36.86

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 Sefton.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 4.36Poor 2012-13: 4.26Poor 2013-14: 5.27Poor 2014-15: 5.42Poor 2015-16: 4.86Poor 2016-17: 5.73Poor 2017-18: 4Poor 2018-19: 4.08Poor 2019-20: 3.55Poor 2020-21: 5.62Poor 2021-22: 4.78Fair 2011-12: 13.41Fair 2012-13: 14.9Fair 2013-14: 12.09Fair 2014-15: 12.97Fair 2015-16: 14.9Fair 2016-17: 13.24Fair 2017-18: 10.48Fair 2018-19: 9.63Fair 2019-20: 11.42Fair 2020-21: 10.09Fair 2021-22: 11.71Good 2011-12: 50.43Good 2012-13: 47.68Good 2013-14: 48.81Good 2014-15: 46.89Good 2015-16: 43.78Good 2016-17: 51.4Good 2017-18: 44.2Good 2018-19: 49.23Good 2019-20: 48.08Good 2020-21: 50.11Good 2021-22: 48.16Very good 2011-12: 31.81Very good 2012-13: 33.16Very good 2013-14: 33.82Very good 2014-15: 34.72Very good 2015-16: 36.46Very good 2016-17: 29.63Very good 2017-18: 41.32Very good 2018-19: 37.06Very good 2019-20: 36.95Very good 2020-21: 34.18Very good 2021-22: 35.35

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 Sefton.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.45Poor 2012-13: 7.44Poor 2013-14: 7.64Poor 2014-15: 5.6Poor 2015-16: 6.9Poor 2016-17: 6.39Poor 2017-18: 4.94Poor 2018-19: 5.03Poor 2019-20: 5.84Poor 2020-21: 7.21Poor 2021-22: 6.2Fair 2011-12: 18.28Fair 2012-13: 16.53Fair 2013-14: 15.77Fair 2014-15: 17.06Fair 2015-16: 15.52Fair 2016-17: 16.47Fair 2017-18: 13.73Fair 2018-19: 14Fair 2019-20: 11Fair 2020-21: 17.05Fair 2021-22: 14.15Good 2011-12: 51.63Good 2012-13: 49.27Good 2013-14: 46.49Good 2014-15: 47.18Good 2015-16: 47.63Good 2016-17: 52.39Good 2017-18: 51.19Good 2018-19: 52.22Good 2019-20: 51.3Good 2020-21: 51.75Good 2021-22: 53.34Very good 2011-12: 24.63Very good 2012-13: 26.77Very good 2013-14: 30.11Very good 2014-15: 30.16Very good 2015-16: 29.95Very good 2016-17: 24.74Very good 2017-18: 30.14Very good 2018-19: 28.76Very good 2019-20: 31.86Very good 2020-21: 23.99Very good 2021-22: 26.31

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 Sefton.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 22.52Poor 2012-13: 22.47Poor 2013-14: 25.13Poor 2014-15: 23.6Poor 2015-16: 21.02Poor 2016-17: 19.43Poor 2017-18: 23.8Poor 2018-19: 21.77Poor 2019-20: 21.36Poor 2020-21: 25.8Poor 2021-22: 22.62Fair 2011-12: 17.8Fair 2012-13: 15.87Fair 2013-14: 13.96Fair 2014-15: 16.41Fair 2015-16: 16.03Fair 2016-17: 16.73Fair 2017-18: 16.71Fair 2018-19: 14.75Fair 2019-20: 16.01Fair 2020-21: 14.91Fair 2021-22: 15.75Good 2011-12: 22.27Good 2012-13: 19.86Good 2013-14: 20.89Good 2014-15: 21.22Good 2015-16: 20.81Good 2016-17: 24.31Good 2017-18: 19.29Good 2018-19: 26.79Good 2019-20: 19.88Good 2020-21: 22.31Good 2021-22: 23.88Very good 2011-12: 37.41Very good 2012-13: 41.8Very good 2013-14: 40.03Very good 2014-15: 38.78Very good 2015-16: 42.13Very good 2016-17: 39.53Very good 2017-18: 40.2Very good 2018-19: 36.69Very good 2019-20: 42.75Very good 2020-21: 36.98Very good 2021-22: 37.74