"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 Barnsley.

Key indicators

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

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 Barnsley.

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 Barnsley.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 14.91Poor 2012-13: 14.13Poor 2013-14: 11.43Poor 2014-15: 12.42Poor 2015-16: 10.07Poor 2016-17: 9.94Poor 2017-18: 9.66Poor 2018-19: 11.48Poor 2019-20: 10.23Poor 2020-21: 7.89Poor 2021-22: 9.23Fair 2011-12: 18.94Fair 2012-13: 18.45Fair 2013-14: 19.02Fair 2014-15: 15.19Fair 2015-16: 17.16Fair 2016-17: 16.51Fair 2017-18: 18.21Fair 2018-19: 14.14Fair 2019-20: 15.06Fair 2020-21: 23.98Fair 2021-22: 19.23Good 2011-12: 32.38Good 2012-13: 32.71Good 2013-14: 36.87Good 2014-15: 36.21Good 2015-16: 34.63Good 2016-17: 37.83Good 2017-18: 36.71Good 2018-19: 35.73Good 2019-20: 39.12Good 2020-21: 37.2Good 2021-22: 44.83Very good 2011-12: 33.77Very good 2012-13: 34.7Very good 2013-14: 32.68Very good 2014-15: 36.18Very good 2015-16: 38.15Very good 2016-17: 35.72Very good 2017-18: 35.41Very good 2018-19: 38.65Very good 2019-20: 35.59Very good 2020-21: 30.93Very good 2021-22: 26.71

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 Barnsley.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 7.22Poor 2012-13: 4.87Poor 2013-14: 5.49Poor 2014-15: 4.78Poor 2015-16: 4.47Poor 2016-17: 5.31Poor 2017-18: 4.34Poor 2018-19: 2.96Poor 2019-20: 4.52Poor 2020-21: 3.16Poor 2021-22: 6.49Fair 2011-12: 17.4Fair 2012-13: 17.41Fair 2013-14: 15.08Fair 2014-15: 11.61Fair 2015-16: 14.52Fair 2016-17: 11.85Fair 2017-18: 13.22Fair 2018-19: 13.3Fair 2019-20: 10.36Fair 2020-21: 14.12Fair 2021-22: 13.2Good 2011-12: 43.49Good 2012-13: 48.51Good 2013-14: 46.79Good 2014-15: 46.18Good 2015-16: 46.26Good 2016-17: 46.43Good 2017-18: 40.64Good 2018-19: 43.81Good 2019-20: 43.99Good 2020-21: 47.43Good 2021-22: 52.07Very good 2011-12: 31.88Very good 2012-13: 29.21Very good 2013-14: 32.64Very good 2014-15: 37.43Very good 2015-16: 34.75Very good 2016-17: 36.41Very good 2017-18: 41.8Very good 2018-19: 39.94Very good 2019-20: 41.13Very good 2020-21: 35.28Very good 2021-22: 28.23

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 Barnsley.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 8.31Poor 2012-13: 7.13Poor 2013-14: 8.16Poor 2014-15: 7.51Poor 2015-16: 6.24Poor 2016-17: 5.57Poor 2017-18: 5.22Poor 2018-19: 4.99Poor 2019-20: 5.14Poor 2020-21: 6.62Poor 2021-22: 8.17Fair 2011-12: 19.82Fair 2012-13: 21.74Fair 2013-14: 16.7Fair 2014-15: 12.8Fair 2015-16: 16.24Fair 2016-17: 14.36Fair 2017-18: 12.98Fair 2018-19: 15.32Fair 2019-20: 13.06Fair 2020-21: 19.49Fair 2021-22: 16.39Good 2011-12: 46.33Good 2012-13: 47.01Good 2013-14: 47.91Good 2014-15: 52.7Good 2015-16: 46.52Good 2016-17: 50.94Good 2017-18: 49.71Good 2018-19: 45.24Good 2019-20: 50.13Good 2020-21: 51.84Good 2021-22: 52.45Very good 2011-12: 25.54Very good 2012-13: 24.12Very good 2013-14: 27.23Very good 2014-15: 26.99Very good 2015-16: 31Very good 2016-17: 29.13Very good 2017-18: 32.1Very good 2018-19: 34.45Very good 2019-20: 31.68Very good 2020-21: 22.05Very good 2021-22: 22.99

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 Barnsley.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 25.91Poor 2012-13: 21.97Poor 2013-14: 23.23Poor 2014-15: 24.82Poor 2015-16: 25.15Poor 2016-17: 20.86Poor 2017-18: 23.46Poor 2018-19: 20.44Poor 2019-20: 20.15Poor 2020-21: 25.02Poor 2021-22: 21.82Fair 2011-12: 14.77Fair 2012-13: 17.98Fair 2013-14: 15.75Fair 2014-15: 16.67Fair 2015-16: 14.39Fair 2016-17: 16.24Fair 2017-18: 14.13Fair 2018-19: 14.46Fair 2019-20: 17.25Fair 2020-21: 15.39Fair 2021-22: 15.1Good 2011-12: 19.46Good 2012-13: 20.2Good 2013-14: 18.54Good 2014-15: 17.67Good 2015-16: 19.34Good 2016-17: 18.27Good 2017-18: 20.98Good 2018-19: 20.87Good 2019-20: 18.67Good 2020-21: 21.19Good 2021-22: 23.37Very good 2011-12: 39.86Very good 2012-13: 39.84Very good 2013-14: 42.48Very good 2014-15: 40.84Very good 2015-16: 41.12Very good 2016-17: 44.63Very good 2017-18: 41.44Very good 2018-19: 44.23Very good 2019-20: 43.93Very good 2020-21: 38.41Very good 2021-22: 39.71