"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 Rotherham.

Key indicators

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

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 Rotherham.

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 Rotherham.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 14.73Poor 2012-13: 10.79Poor 2013-14: 10.36Poor 2014-15: 11.95Poor 2015-16: 11.74Poor 2016-17: 8.3Poor 2017-18: 11.19Poor 2018-19: 11.05Poor 2019-20: 9.43Poor 2020-21: 8.34Poor 2021-22: 7.2Fair 2011-12: 17.33Fair 2012-13: 17.52Fair 2013-14: 17.7Fair 2014-15: 16.63Fair 2015-16: 16.85Fair 2016-17: 19.09Fair 2017-18: 18.1Fair 2018-19: 16.36Fair 2019-20: 18.31Fair 2020-21: 22.1Fair 2021-22: 16.94Good 2011-12: 33.52Good 2012-13: 37.22Good 2013-14: 37.28Good 2014-15: 39.93Good 2015-16: 33.76Good 2016-17: 33.42Good 2017-18: 34.24Good 2018-19: 38.84Good 2019-20: 36.6Good 2020-21: 41.97Good 2021-22: 43.83Very good 2011-12: 34.42Very good 2012-13: 34.47Very good 2013-14: 34.66Very good 2014-15: 31.49Very good 2015-16: 37.65Very good 2016-17: 39.19Very good 2017-18: 36.47Very good 2018-19: 33.75Very good 2019-20: 35.66Very good 2020-21: 27.59Very good 2021-22: 32.04

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 Rotherham.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.35Poor 2012-13: 5.31Poor 2013-14: 4.32Poor 2014-15: 4.92Poor 2015-16: 5.07Poor 2016-17: 5.8Poor 2017-18: 4.94Poor 2018-19: 7.67Poor 2019-20: 4.14Poor 2020-21: 3.57Poor 2021-22: 4.38Fair 2011-12: 16.32Fair 2012-13: 13.62Fair 2013-14: 14.81Fair 2014-15: 13.06Fair 2015-16: 11.73Fair 2016-17: 11.1Fair 2017-18: 12.91Fair 2018-19: 13.35Fair 2019-20: 8.96Fair 2020-21: 10.83Fair 2021-22: 12.61Good 2011-12: 43.94Good 2012-13: 44.75Good 2013-14: 47.49Good 2014-15: 45.51Good 2015-16: 44.33Good 2016-17: 43.37Good 2017-18: 43.78Good 2018-19: 43.18Good 2019-20: 46.44Good 2020-21: 47.16Good 2021-22: 49.58Very good 2011-12: 33.39Very good 2012-13: 36.31Very good 2013-14: 33.39Very good 2014-15: 36.52Very good 2015-16: 38.87Very good 2016-17: 39.73Very good 2017-18: 38.37Very good 2018-19: 35.8Very good 2019-20: 40.47Very good 2020-21: 38.44Very good 2021-22: 33.43

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 Rotherham.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 9.32Poor 2012-13: 6.6Poor 2013-14: 6.41Poor 2014-15: 7.05Poor 2015-16: 8.45Poor 2016-17: 7.23Poor 2017-18: 7.3Poor 2018-19: 8.85Poor 2019-20: 5.36Poor 2020-21: 5.58Poor 2021-22: 4.77Fair 2011-12: 20.26Fair 2012-13: 16.87Fair 2013-14: 16.14Fair 2014-15: 16.2Fair 2015-16: 16.33Fair 2016-17: 13.18Fair 2017-18: 16.58Fair 2018-19: 16.12Fair 2019-20: 15.71Fair 2020-21: 15.31Fair 2021-22: 11.92Good 2011-12: 41.82Good 2012-13: 48.15Good 2013-14: 51.8Good 2014-15: 50.99Good 2015-16: 44.5Good 2016-17: 47.67Good 2017-18: 44.44Good 2018-19: 47.5Good 2019-20: 48.18Good 2020-21: 57.32Good 2021-22: 64.92Very good 2011-12: 28.6Very good 2012-13: 28.38Very good 2013-14: 25.66Very good 2014-15: 25.76Very good 2015-16: 30.72Very good 2016-17: 31.92Very good 2017-18: 31.68Very good 2018-19: 27.53Very good 2019-20: 30.75Very good 2020-21: 21.79Very good 2021-22: 18.39

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 Rotherham.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 25.56Poor 2012-13: 22.01Poor 2013-14: 21.82Poor 2014-15: 23.93Poor 2015-16: 27.3Poor 2016-17: 22.76Poor 2017-18: 26.77Poor 2018-19: 24.76Poor 2019-20: 22.06Poor 2020-21: 22.05Poor 2021-22: 20.39Fair 2011-12: 17.28Fair 2012-13: 18.18Fair 2013-14: 16.97Fair 2014-15: 17.24Fair 2015-16: 14.36Fair 2016-17: 14.92Fair 2017-18: 16.44Fair 2018-19: 14.17Fair 2019-20: 16.57Fair 2020-21: 16.65Fair 2021-22: 27.75Good 2011-12: 19.4Good 2012-13: 18.47Good 2013-14: 20.19Good 2014-15: 19.32Good 2015-16: 17.82Good 2016-17: 21.44Good 2017-18: 18.6Good 2018-19: 21.16Good 2019-20: 20.66Good 2020-21: 24.35Good 2021-22: 24.17Very good 2011-12: 37.76Very good 2012-13: 41.34Very good 2013-14: 41.02Very good 2014-15: 39.51Very good 2015-16: 40.52Very good 2016-17: 40.88Very good 2017-18: 38.19Very good 2018-19: 39.92Very good 2019-20: 40.71Very good 2020-21: 36.94Very good 2021-22: 27.69