Ageing well

Ageing well is important for Suffolk residents to maintain quality of life, independence, and community engagement, while reducing healthcare costs and supporting a resilient local community.

Suffolk's Joint Strategic Needs Assessment is created as web pages, PowerBI dashboards, PDF documents, infographics and other formats.

Suffolk statistics are compared to England where possible. Smaller areas of Suffolk are contrasted with the whole county.

This page groups JSNA content most relevant to ageing well. To see everything related to the JSNA, go to the main JSNA page or search the report index.

Click here to go to the accessible and up-to-date ageing well infographic.

Dashboards - data visualisations

These are regularly updated with the latest data.

Cost of living - including inflation, family expenditure, road fuel and energy prices, jobs, employment, pay, Universal Credit, Citizens Advice and crime data.   

The Health inequalities dashboard gives examples of inequalities and their impacts before showing differences between age groups and smaller areas.

Health (Suffolk summary) includes measures for wider determinants of health and health behaviours at county, district and borough levels.

Housing and environment (Suffolk summary) - includes housing demand and affordability, house-building figures, home heating, private transport availability and travel to work.

Personal wellbeing measures including happiness and anxiety for Suffolk's districts and boroughs in comparison to the county, region and country.

Population (Suffolk summary) - age, ethnicity, sexual orientation and other data from sources including the 2021 Census.

Web reports

Each web page links to information divided into different documents.

Cancer profile (2023) - covers incidence, survival, diagnosis and specific cancer types.

Housing and health needs assessment (2024) - includes separate chapters on unsuitable, unsafe, unhealthy, or insecure housing.  

Mental health needs assessment (2023) - with a specific chapter on older people's mental health. 

Sensory impairments profile (2023) - prevalence and risk factors (including age) by impairment type (visual, hearing, dual, taste). 

Smoking and vaping health needs assessment (2024) - assessment and appendices containing general information on the impact and prevalence of smoking and vaping, as well as local target population groups including routine and manual workers.

Report index

Filtered to show the most relevant resources for ageing well.