"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 Wirral.

Key indicators

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

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 Wirral.

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 Wirral.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 12.58Poor 2012-13: 12.89Poor 2013-14: 12.84Poor 2014-15: 12.91Poor 2015-16: 11.89Poor 2016-17: 9.5Poor 2017-18: 7.31Poor 2018-19: 6.44Poor 2019-20: 10.11Poor 2020-21: 14.67Poor 2021-22: 11.41Fair 2011-12: 20.35Fair 2012-13: 17.15Fair 2013-14: 18.71Fair 2014-15: 15.84Fair 2015-16: 16.88Fair 2016-17: 18.44Fair 2017-18: 14.14Fair 2018-19: 16.73Fair 2019-20: 15.19Fair 2020-21: 17.94Fair 2021-22: 16.64Good 2011-12: 37.99Good 2012-13: 40.04Good 2013-14: 38.73Good 2014-15: 35.81Good 2015-16: 40.07Good 2016-17: 40.25Good 2017-18: 44.59Good 2018-19: 46.51Good 2019-20: 44.5Good 2020-21: 42.61Good 2021-22: 40.06Very good 2011-12: 29.07Very good 2012-13: 29.92Very good 2013-14: 29.71Very good 2014-15: 35.45Very good 2015-16: 31.17Very good 2016-17: 31.81Very good 2017-18: 33.96Very good 2018-19: 30.31Very good 2019-20: 30.21Very good 2020-21: 24.78Very good 2021-22: 31.89

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 Wirral.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.3Poor 2012-13: 5.85Poor 2013-14: 6.08Poor 2014-15: 4.54Poor 2015-16: 5.23Poor 2016-17: 4.07Poor 2017-18: 3.47Poor 2018-19: 2.73Poor 2019-20: 3.72Poor 2020-21: 5.22Poor 2021-22: 6.41Fair 2011-12: 15.43Fair 2012-13: 16.13Fair 2013-14: 14.16Fair 2014-15: 13.28Fair 2015-16: 12.39Fair 2016-17: 12.67Fair 2017-18: 12.69Fair 2018-19: 9.16Fair 2019-20: 14.65Fair 2020-21: 16.25Fair 2021-22: 17.44Good 2011-12: 47.81Good 2012-13: 45.35Good 2013-14: 44.45Good 2014-15: 43.86Good 2015-16: 45.41Good 2016-17: 49.74Good 2017-18: 46.82Good 2018-19: 54.02Good 2019-20: 49.05Good 2020-21: 48.08Good 2021-22: 46.44Very good 2011-12: 31.46Very good 2012-13: 32.67Very good 2013-14: 35.31Very good 2014-15: 38.32Very good 2015-16: 36.97Very good 2016-17: 33.52Very good 2017-18: 37.03Very good 2018-19: 34.1Very good 2019-20: 32.58Very good 2020-21: 30.45Very good 2021-22: 29.71

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 Wirral.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 8.23Poor 2012-13: 6.44Poor 2013-14: 8.99Poor 2014-15: 6.14Poor 2015-16: 6.67Poor 2016-17: 5.48Poor 2017-18: 3.59Poor 2018-19: 3.86Poor 2019-20: 4.9Poor 2020-21: 9.02Poor 2021-22: 8.34Fair 2011-12: 20.59Fair 2012-13: 17.08Fair 2013-14: 18.74Fair 2014-15: 14.24Fair 2015-16: 13.67Fair 2016-17: 16.57Fair 2017-18: 15.23Fair 2018-19: 15.03Fair 2019-20: 20.18Fair 2020-21: 22.95Fair 2021-22: 19.55Good 2011-12: 47.69Good 2012-13: 52.12Good 2013-14: 47.71Good 2014-15: 50.52Good 2015-16: 50.09Good 2016-17: 49.83Good 2017-18: 52.06Good 2018-19: 52.99Good 2019-20: 48.43Good 2020-21: 47.08Good 2021-22: 48.12Very good 2011-12: 23.5Very good 2012-13: 24.36Very good 2013-14: 24.56Very good 2014-15: 29.1Very good 2015-16: 29.56Very good 2016-17: 28.12Very good 2017-18: 29.12Very good 2018-19: 28.12Very good 2019-20: 26.49Very good 2020-21: 20.95Very good 2021-22: 24

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 Wirral.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 20.22Poor 2012-13: 24.65Poor 2013-14: 20.1Poor 2014-15: 18.61Poor 2015-16: 20.42Poor 2016-17: 20.44Poor 2017-18: 18.88Poor 2018-19: 18.61Poor 2019-20: 19.7Poor 2020-21: 32.24Poor 2021-22: 27.35Fair 2011-12: 18.64Fair 2012-13: 16.92Fair 2013-14: 14.95Fair 2014-15: 16.43Fair 2015-16: 11.2Fair 2016-17: 14.41Fair 2017-18: 12.88Fair 2018-19: 18.22Fair 2019-20: 14.25Fair 2020-21: 16.74Fair 2021-22: 15.44Good 2011-12: 21.91Good 2012-13: 19.89Good 2013-14: 21.1Good 2014-15: 21.55Good 2015-16: 22.74Good 2016-17: 24.74Good 2017-18: 24.08Good 2018-19: 22.17Good 2019-20: 22.17Good 2020-21: 20.8Good 2021-22: 20.69Very good 2011-12: 39.23Very good 2012-13: 38.54Very good 2013-14: 43.85Very good 2014-15: 43.41Very good 2015-16: 45.64Very good 2016-17: 40.41Very good 2017-18: 44.16Very good 2018-19: 41Very good 2019-20: 43.88Very good 2020-21: 30.22Very good 2021-22: 36.52