The CENSUS 2021 in England and Wales published data about Health, disability, and unpaid care. The release included three publications: General health, Disability and Unpaid care.
General health
According to the Census 2021 53.1% (124,806) and 31% (72,803) of Trafford residents reported very good and good health respectively, 2.1% up and 0.6% down from 2011 when the proportions were 51% and 31.6%. Reports of bad health for 2021 accounted for 3.6% (9,273) of the residents, 0.5% up from 2011 when the proportion was 4.1%. There was no change in the proportion of residents reporting very bad health, for both 2011 and 2021 Censuses the proportion was 1.1%.
General health vary greatly across age groups, Age-standardised percentages (ASP) enable comparison between areas with differences in age structure and population size. The following paragraph, bar chart, and table present general health, age-standardised to the European Standard Population.
Compared to the mean of similar authorities and England, Trafford had 4.4% and 4.0% more residents reporting very good health respectively. Trafford has a lower proportion of residents reporting good and fair health compared to similar authorities and England. The proportion of residents reporting bad health is slightly lower than similar authorities (0.3% less) and England (0.4% less). The proportion of residents reporting very bad health is the same for Trafford as for similar authorities and only 0.1% lower than for England.
| Trafford | Similar Authorities | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good health | 51.5% | 47.1% | 47.5% |
| Good health | 31.8% | 34.7% | 34.2% |
| Fair health | 11.8% | 13% | 13% |
| Bad health | 3.7% | 4% | 4.1% |
| Very bad health | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
Among Trafford MSOAs, Partington had the largest percent of residents reporting very bad health both in 2021 (2.3%) and 2011 (2.2%). There is a 0.6% difference to the second highest MSOA on very bad health reports, Timperley East, with 1.7%. There were three MSOAs that increase 0.4% on residents reporting very bad health from 2011 to 2021, Timperley East, Davyhulme, and Sale North. Conversely, there were three MSOAs that decreased 0.4% or more of residents reporting very bad health from 2011 to 2021, Firswood, Trafford Park East & Sevenways, and Altrincham West, Dunham & Warburton.
When considering very bad health and bad health together, the MSOA Partington had the largest percent among all MSOA with 8.4% (701) of residents reporting very bad or bad health, representing 0.6% decrease when compared to the 2011 proportion. For most MSOAs the percentage of residents reporting very bad or bad health has decreased or increased less than 0.3% when compared to the percentage in 2011.
The percentage of residents reporting very bad and bad health vary greatly according to age. All of the 5-year age groups of 60 years and above had over 2% and 7% of people reporting very bad and bad health respectively. For the 85 to 89 and 90+ years age groups these reached 15.3% and 17.6% of bad health, and 5.1% and 6.4% of very bad health respectively.
Disability
According to the Census 2021 16% (37,550) of Trafford residents reported to be disabled under the Equality Act. Those whose day-to-day activities were limited a lot represented 6.8% (15,919) of Trafford’s residents and those whose day-to-day activities were limited a little represented 9.2% (21,631) of Trafford’s residents. Of the people that were not disabled under the Equality Act, 7.2% (16,996) report a long term physical or mental condition.
Disability vary largely across age groups, Age-standardised percentages (ASP) enable comparison between areas with differences in age structure and population size. The following paragraph, bar chart, and table present disability proportions age-standardised to the European Standard Population.
Compared to the mean of 15 similar authorities and England, Trafford had 0.9% and 1.1% less residents reporting to be disabled respectively. The proportion of residents reporting a disability that limit their activities a lot is slightly lower than similar authorities (0.3% less) and England (0.5% less). The proportion of residents reporting a disability that limit them a little is the same for England and for similar authorities, 0.6% higher than Trafford’s proportion.
| Trafford | Similar Authorities | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disabled | 16.6% | 17.5% | 17.7% |
| Non-disabled | 83.4% | 82.5% | 82.3% |
| Trafford | Similar Authorities | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| limited a lot | 7% | 7.3% | 7.5% |
| limited a little | 9.6% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| Trafford | Similar Authorities | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| with non-limiting condition | 7.4% | 7.1% | 6.9% |
| no condition | 76% | 75.4% | 75.4% |
Among the MSOA’s in Trafford, Partington and Old Trafford had the highest number of disabled residents, with 2,000 and 1,983 residents respectively. The MSOAs with the highest proportion of residents with a disability were Partington (24.4%), Urmston East (20.8%) and Lostock & Stretford Meadows (20.1%).
Partington (972, 11.9%) was the MSOA with the highest proportion of residents with a disability that limit their day-to-day activities a lot. From 2011 to 2021 Trafford has seen a decrease of 1.2% of residents whose disability limit them a lot, from 8% (18,165) to 6.8% (15,919). All MSOAs decreased or maintained their proportion of disabled people limited a lot.
The proportion of disabled residents increases for older age groups, reaching 63% (1,285) for the 90+ years group. The percentage of disabled with day-to-day activities limited a lot increase rapidly for groups after 75 years, going from 15% to 44.1% (900) for the 90+ years group.
Unpaid care
According to the Census 2021 8.5% (18,822) of Trafford residents provide unpaid care, down 1.9% from 2011 when the proportions was 10.4%. 4.5% (10,054) provide 19 hours or less of unpaid care, 2.4% down from 2011 when the proportions was 6.9%. 1.7% (3,681) provide 20 to 49 hours of unpaid care, 0.4% up from 2011 when the proportions was 1.3%. 2.3% (5,087) provides 50 or more hours of unpaid care, 0.1% up from 2011 when the proportions was 2.2%.
The provision of unpaid care varies across age groups, Age-standardised percentages (ASP) enable comparison between areas with differences in age structure and population size. The following paragraph, bar chart and table present disability proportions age-standardised to the European Standard Population.
Compared to the mean of 15 similar authorities and England, Trafford had a similar proportion, 0.1% and 0.2% more residents reporting to provide unpaid care respectively. There was a slightly higher proportion of residents providing 19 hours or less unpaid care compared to similar authorities and England. Conversely there were slightly lower proportions of residents providing 20 to 49 hours and 50 or more hours of unpaid care compared to similar authorities and England.
| Trafford | Similar Authorities | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carer | 8.7% | 8.8% | 8.9% |
| Non-carer | 91.3% | 91.2% | 91.1% |
| Trafford | Similar Authorities | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 hours or less | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4.4% |
| 20 to 49 hours | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.8% |
| 50 or more hours | 2.4% | 2.7% | 2.7% |
There was a higher proportion of residents providing more hours of unpaid care in the MSOAs in the north of the borough as well as Partington, Timperley East and Sale Moor.
The age distribution of the unpaid carers vary greatly depending on the number of hours of unpaid care provided.