"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 Doncaster.

Key indicators

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

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 Doncaster.

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 Doncaster.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 12.73Poor 2012-13: 10.69Poor 2013-14: 13.16Poor 2014-15: 10.79Poor 2015-16: 7.6Poor 2016-17: 9.78Poor 2017-18: 12.33Poor 2018-19: 11.67Poor 2019-20: 13.54Poor 2020-21: 9.15Poor 2021-22: 9.85Fair 2011-12: 18.75Fair 2012-13: 18.81Fair 2013-14: 17.04Fair 2014-15: 15.33Fair 2015-16: 13.55Fair 2016-17: 18.25Fair 2017-18: 16.2Fair 2018-19: 17.59Fair 2019-20: 17.84Fair 2020-21: 23.93Fair 2021-22: 15.67Good 2011-12: 32.36Good 2012-13: 36.76Good 2013-14: 37.27Good 2014-15: 34.82Good 2015-16: 38.69Good 2016-17: 34.08Good 2017-18: 36.73Good 2018-19: 34.01Good 2019-20: 34.65Good 2020-21: 39.38Good 2021-22: 38.31Very good 2011-12: 36.16Very good 2012-13: 33.74Very good 2013-14: 32.53Very good 2014-15: 39.06Very good 2015-16: 40.16Very good 2016-17: 37.89Very good 2017-18: 34.75Very good 2018-19: 36.73Very good 2019-20: 33.96Very good 2020-21: 27.54Very good 2021-22: 36.17

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 Doncaster.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.65Poor 2012-13: 5.27Poor 2013-14: 5.62Poor 2014-15: 5.4Poor 2015-16: 3.84Poor 2016-17: 3.42Poor 2017-18: 5.74Poor 2018-19: 6.06Poor 2019-20: 5.32Poor 2020-21: 4.26Poor 2021-22: 5.1Fair 2011-12: 13.79Fair 2012-13: 15.21Fair 2013-14: 13.52Fair 2014-15: 13.14Fair 2015-16: 12.03Fair 2016-17: 12.41Fair 2017-18: 12.61Fair 2018-19: 13.4Fair 2019-20: 14.11Fair 2020-21: 14.78Fair 2021-22: 15.64Good 2011-12: 44.99Good 2012-13: 44.87Good 2013-14: 47.49Good 2014-15: 44.29Good 2015-16: 46.1Good 2016-17: 49.14Good 2017-18: 45.98Good 2018-19: 41.93Good 2019-20: 46.83Good 2020-21: 47.35Good 2021-22: 45.9Very good 2011-12: 35.57Very good 2012-13: 34.65Very good 2013-14: 33.38Very good 2014-15: 37.17Very good 2015-16: 38.03Very good 2016-17: 35.03Very good 2017-18: 35.67Very good 2018-19: 38.62Very good 2019-20: 33.74Very good 2020-21: 33.6Very good 2021-22: 33.36

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 Doncaster.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 8.53Poor 2012-13: 6.78Poor 2013-14: 6.38Poor 2014-15: 7.2Poor 2015-16: 4.31Poor 2016-17: 4.23Poor 2017-18: 6.81Poor 2018-19: 5.9Poor 2019-20: 6.77Poor 2020-21: 7.22Poor 2021-22: 7.41Fair 2011-12: 18.44Fair 2012-13: 18.99Fair 2013-14: 17.6Fair 2014-15: 16.12Fair 2015-16: 14.05Fair 2016-17: 16.54Fair 2017-18: 17.61Fair 2018-19: 17.34Fair 2019-20: 19.54Fair 2020-21: 20.99Fair 2021-22: 15.82Good 2011-12: 44.37Good 2012-13: 45.85Good 2013-14: 47.51Good 2014-15: 46.55Good 2015-16: 48.23Good 2016-17: 49.45Good 2017-18: 46.42Good 2018-19: 46.28Good 2019-20: 51.53Good 2020-21: 51.44Good 2021-22: 50.13Very good 2011-12: 28.66Very good 2012-13: 28.38Very good 2013-14: 28.51Very good 2014-15: 30.13Very good 2015-16: 33.41Very good 2016-17: 29.78Very good 2017-18: 29.16Very good 2018-19: 30.48Very good 2019-20: 22.16Very good 2020-21: 20.35Very good 2021-22: 26.63

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 Doncaster.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 23.28Poor 2012-13: 22.96Poor 2013-14: 22.07Poor 2014-15: 19.31Poor 2015-16: 18.38Poor 2016-17: 21.76Poor 2017-18: 21.59Poor 2018-19: 25.54Poor 2019-20: 21.99Poor 2020-21: 22.17Poor 2021-22: 23.22Fair 2011-12: 17.88Fair 2012-13: 17.47Fair 2013-14: 19.58Fair 2014-15: 15.33Fair 2015-16: 13.53Fair 2016-17: 14.98Fair 2017-18: 16.83Fair 2018-19: 15.08Fair 2019-20: 18.19Fair 2020-21: 22.29Fair 2021-22: 15.26Good 2011-12: 18.79Good 2012-13: 21.54Good 2013-14: 19.67Good 2014-15: 17.96Good 2015-16: 17.62Good 2016-17: 18.77Good 2017-18: 23.55Good 2018-19: 20.56Good 2019-20: 20.55Good 2020-21: 22.04Good 2021-22: 20.29Very good 2011-12: 40.05Very good 2012-13: 38.03Very good 2013-14: 38.68Very good 2014-15: 47.41Very good 2015-16: 50.47Very good 2016-17: 44.49Very good 2017-18: 38.03Very good 2018-19: 38.82Very good 2019-20: 39.28Very good 2020-21: 33.5Very good 2021-22: 41.22