"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 Sheffield.

Key indicators

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

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 Sheffield.

Dataset

School pupil characteristics
Total
State-funded nursery
State-funded primary
State-funded secondary
State-funded special school
State-funded alternative provision school
Year2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/23Percentage of students eligible010203040506070Total 201516: 19.6Total 201617: 22.4Total 201718: 20.7Total 201819: 23.2Total 201920: 25.4Total 202021: 29.6Total 202122: 32Total 202223: 33.2State-funded nursery 201516: 0State-funded nursery 201617: 10.7State-funded nursery 201718: 7.7State-funded nursery 201819: 12.9State-funded nursery 201920: 13State-funded nursery 202021: 2.5State-funded nursery 202122: 14.3State-funded nursery 202223: 20.4State-funded primary 201516: 19.5State-funded primary 201617: 22.4State-funded primary 201718: 20.6State-funded primary 201819: 23.4State-funded primary 201920: 25.7State-funded primary 202021: 30State-funded primary 202122: 32.3State-funded primary 202223: 33.1State-funded secondary 201516: 18.7State-funded secondary 201617: 21.2State-funded secondary 201718: 19.7State-funded secondary 201819: 21.8State-funded secondary 201920: 23.9State-funded secondary 202021: 28State-funded secondary 202122: 30.5State-funded secondary 202223: 32.1State-funded special school 201516: 41.3State-funded special school 201617: 48.1State-funded special school 201718: 44.6State-funded special school 201819: 45.4State-funded special school 201920: 47.1State-funded special school 202021: 52.5State-funded special school 202122: 54.8State-funded special school 202223: 56.8State-funded alternative provision school 201516: 52.9State-funded alternative provision school 201617: 59.4State-funded alternative provision school 201718: 56.5State-funded alternative provision school 201819: 57.1State-funded alternative provision school 201920: 60.6State-funded alternative provision school 202021: 66.3State-funded alternative provision school 202122: 77.8State-funded alternative provision school 202223: 78.9

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 Sheffield.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 11.28Poor 2012-13: 10.85Poor 2013-14: 11.47Poor 2014-15: 9.17Poor 2015-16: 10.33Poor 2016-17: 11.4Poor 2017-18: 9.45Poor 2018-19: 8.25Poor 2019-20: 9.83Poor 2020-21: 14.1Poor 2021-22: 7.51Fair 2011-12: 17.35Fair 2012-13: 21.92Fair 2013-14: 17.86Fair 2014-15: 17.73Fair 2015-16: 14.8Fair 2016-17: 19.43Fair 2017-18: 17.52Fair 2018-19: 17.25Fair 2019-20: 15.74Fair 2020-21: 21.3Fair 2021-22: 19.1Good 2011-12: 41.21Good 2012-13: 38.48Good 2013-14: 37.41Good 2014-15: 40.25Good 2015-16: 39.98Good 2016-17: 37.43Good 2017-18: 42.09Good 2018-19: 42.62Good 2019-20: 43.44Good 2020-21: 41.4Good 2021-22: 39.89Very good 2011-12: 30.15Very good 2012-13: 28.76Very good 2013-14: 33.27Very good 2014-15: 32.86Very good 2015-16: 34.89Very good 2016-17: 31.74Very good 2017-18: 30.94Very good 2018-19: 31.87Very good 2019-20: 30.99Very good 2020-21: 23.2Very good 2021-22: 33.51

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 Sheffield.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 4.47Poor 2012-13: 5.06Poor 2013-14: 5.23Poor 2014-15: 4.63Poor 2015-16: 4.2Poor 2016-17: 4.53Poor 2017-18: 4.58Poor 2018-19: 4.36Poor 2019-20: 4.88Poor 2020-21: 7.54Poor 2021-22: 3.64Fair 2011-12: 15.4Fair 2012-13: 16.18Fair 2013-14: 15.14Fair 2014-15: 12.9Fair 2015-16: 14.49Fair 2016-17: 14.98Fair 2017-18: 13.79Fair 2018-19: 11.14Fair 2019-20: 11.21Fair 2020-21: 18.29Fair 2021-22: 11.17Good 2011-12: 49.39Good 2012-13: 48.57Good 2013-14: 49.49Good 2014-15: 48.79Good 2015-16: 48.92Good 2016-17: 49.36Good 2017-18: 45.26Good 2018-19: 48.21Good 2019-20: 47.4Good 2020-21: 45.98Good 2021-22: 49.72Very good 2011-12: 30.74Very good 2012-13: 30.19Very good 2013-14: 30.14Very good 2014-15: 33.68Very good 2015-16: 32.39Very good 2016-17: 31.13Very good 2017-18: 36.37Very good 2018-19: 36.29Very good 2019-20: 36.52Very good 2020-21: 28.19Very good 2021-22: 35.47

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 Sheffield.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 7.84Poor 2012-13: 7.36Poor 2013-14: 6.64Poor 2014-15: 6.45Poor 2015-16: 5.12Poor 2016-17: 5.23Poor 2017-18: 5.78Poor 2018-19: 5.6Poor 2019-20: 4.04Poor 2020-21: 8.38Poor 2021-22: 5.05Fair 2011-12: 16.07Fair 2012-13: 15.97Fair 2013-14: 18.07Fair 2014-15: 15.47Fair 2015-16: 16.88Fair 2016-17: 14.19Fair 2017-18: 13.83Fair 2018-19: 8.6Fair 2019-20: 15.89Fair 2020-21: 20.43Fair 2021-22: 13.96Good 2011-12: 54.05Good 2012-13: 51.79Good 2013-14: 50.39Good 2014-15: 52.77Good 2015-16: 53.59Good 2016-17: 50.54Good 2017-18: 53.24Good 2018-19: 55.12Good 2019-20: 50.28Good 2020-21: 52.54Good 2021-22: 53.46Very good 2011-12: 22.05Very good 2012-13: 24.88Very good 2013-14: 24.9Very good 2014-15: 25.31Very good 2015-16: 24.4Very good 2016-17: 30.04Very good 2017-18: 27.15Very good 2018-19: 30.68Very good 2019-20: 29.79Very good 2020-21: 18.65Very good 2021-22: 27.53

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 Sheffield.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 22.68Poor 2012-13: 23.6Poor 2013-14: 23.62Poor 2014-15: 22.05Poor 2015-16: 24.26Poor 2016-17: 23.84Poor 2017-18: 21.87Poor 2018-19: 19Poor 2019-20: 23.52Poor 2020-21: 26.96Poor 2021-22: 22.63Fair 2011-12: 19.64Fair 2012-13: 19.02Fair 2013-14: 17.99Fair 2014-15: 17.29Fair 2015-16: 16.86Fair 2016-17: 15.95Fair 2017-18: 14.95Fair 2018-19: 18.64Fair 2019-20: 17.11Fair 2020-21: 24.6Fair 2021-22: 17.64Good 2011-12: 23.04Good 2012-13: 20.28Good 2013-14: 23.8Good 2014-15: 24.79Good 2015-16: 21.27Good 2016-17: 22.14Good 2017-18: 24.37Good 2018-19: 26Good 2019-20: 25.12Good 2020-21: 21.53Good 2021-22: 24.64Very good 2011-12: 34.63Very good 2012-13: 37.09Very good 2013-14: 34.58Very good 2014-15: 35.87Very good 2015-16: 37.6Very good 2016-17: 38.07Very good 2017-18: 38.82Very good 2018-19: 36.36Very good 2019-20: 34.25Very good 2020-21: 26.91Very good 2021-22: 35.1