"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 Rochdale.

Key indicators

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

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 Rochdale.

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 Rochdale.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 13.52Poor 2012-13: 12.31Poor 2013-14: 14.59Poor 2014-15: 11.69Poor 2015-16: 11.01Poor 2016-17: 9.01Poor 2017-18: 8.76Poor 2018-19: 9.48Poor 2019-20: 10.18Poor 2020-21: 12.88Poor 2021-22: 7.02Fair 2011-12: 20.11Fair 2012-13: 16.32Fair 2013-14: 16.95Fair 2014-15: 17.27Fair 2015-16: 16.86Fair 2016-17: 18.55Fair 2017-18: 18.43Fair 2018-19: 19.83Fair 2019-20: 18.51Fair 2020-21: 22.05Fair 2021-22: 19.99Good 2011-12: 36.74Good 2012-13: 44.22Good 2013-14: 37.07Good 2014-15: 38.22Good 2015-16: 35.77Good 2016-17: 36.95Good 2017-18: 36.73Good 2018-19: 36.06Good 2019-20: 34.99Good 2020-21: 38Good 2021-22: 44.83Very good 2011-12: 29.63Very good 2012-13: 27.15Very good 2013-14: 31.4Very good 2014-15: 32.82Very good 2015-16: 36.36Very good 2016-17: 35.49Very good 2017-18: 36.07Very good 2018-19: 34.63Very good 2019-20: 36.32Very good 2020-21: 27.07Very good 2021-22: 28.16

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 Rochdale.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.33Poor 2012-13: 6Poor 2013-14: 6.1Poor 2014-15: 5.38Poor 2015-16: 5.7Poor 2016-17: 4.71Poor 2017-18: 4.3Poor 2018-19: 3.87Poor 2019-20: 3.74Poor 2020-21: 6.15Poor 2021-22: 3.47Fair 2011-12: 17.93Fair 2012-13: 17.55Fair 2013-14: 19.05Fair 2014-15: 18.24Fair 2015-16: 16.62Fair 2016-17: 16.92Fair 2017-18: 14.77Fair 2018-19: 13.42Fair 2019-20: 16.04Fair 2020-21: 16.75Fair 2021-22: 18.55Good 2011-12: 47.14Good 2012-13: 46.48Good 2013-14: 44.8Good 2014-15: 41.46Good 2015-16: 40.05Good 2016-17: 39.51Good 2017-18: 45.55Good 2018-19: 49.58Good 2019-20: 43.19Good 2020-21: 46.71Good 2021-22: 42.87Very good 2011-12: 28.6Very good 2012-13: 29.97Very good 2013-14: 30.06Very good 2014-15: 34.92Very good 2015-16: 37.63Very good 2016-17: 38.86Very good 2017-18: 35.39Very good 2018-19: 33.13Very good 2019-20: 37.04Very good 2020-21: 30.39Very good 2021-22: 35.1

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 Rochdale.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 7.9Poor 2012-13: 8.98Poor 2013-14: 11.53Poor 2014-15: 8.64Poor 2015-16: 7.06Poor 2016-17: 7.08Poor 2017-18: 8.5Poor 2018-19: 7.32Poor 2019-20: 8.16Poor 2020-21: 10.28Poor 2021-22: 5.31Fair 2011-12: 22.6Fair 2012-13: 22.38Fair 2013-14: 17.31Fair 2014-15: 16.94Fair 2015-16: 17.15Fair 2016-17: 16.45Fair 2017-18: 13.97Fair 2018-19: 15.02Fair 2019-20: 16.85Fair 2020-21: 17.27Fair 2021-22: 19.3Good 2011-12: 46.67Good 2012-13: 44.39Good 2013-14: 44.37Good 2014-15: 43.56Good 2015-16: 44.82Good 2016-17: 46.24Good 2017-18: 45.9Good 2018-19: 51.18Good 2019-20: 41.83Good 2020-21: 49.04Good 2021-22: 49.91Very good 2011-12: 22.83Very good 2012-13: 24.25Very good 2013-14: 26.8Very good 2014-15: 30.87Very good 2015-16: 30.97Very good 2016-17: 30.23Very good 2017-18: 31.62Very good 2018-19: 26.47Very good 2019-20: 33.15Very good 2020-21: 23.41Very good 2021-22: 25.48

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 Rochdale.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 23.41Poor 2012-13: 22.31Poor 2013-14: 20.44Poor 2014-15: 20.3Poor 2015-16: 21.25Poor 2016-17: 20.81Poor 2017-18: 21.35Poor 2018-19: 24.9Poor 2019-20: 22.98Poor 2020-21: 26.38Poor 2021-22: 19.2Fair 2011-12: 19.46Fair 2012-13: 18.63Fair 2013-14: 15.67Fair 2014-15: 16.41Fair 2015-16: 18.9Fair 2016-17: 13.31Fair 2017-18: 14.5Fair 2018-19: 12.16Fair 2019-20: 14.36Fair 2020-21: 17.93Fair 2021-22: 14.38Good 2011-12: 20.79Good 2012-13: 24.52Good 2013-14: 22.58Good 2014-15: 22.26Good 2015-16: 18.97Good 2016-17: 22.02Good 2017-18: 19.3Good 2018-19: 19.54Good 2019-20: 18.69Good 2020-21: 21.74Good 2021-22: 23.76Very good 2011-12: 36.35Very good 2012-13: 34.54Very good 2013-14: 41.32Very good 2014-15: 41.03Very good 2015-16: 40.88Very good 2016-17: 43.85Very good 2017-18: 44.84Very good 2018-19: 43.4Very good 2019-20: 43.97Very good 2020-21: 33.96Very good 2021-22: 42.66