"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 Bradford.

Key indicators

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

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 Bradford.

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 Bradford.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 14.24Poor 2012-13: 10.21Poor 2013-14: 10.51Poor 2014-15: 9.31Poor 2015-16: 10.82Poor 2016-17: 12.7Poor 2017-18: 9.51Poor 2018-19: 10.9Poor 2019-20: 10.19Poor 2020-21: 13.66Poor 2021-22: 6.39Fair 2011-12: 16.98Fair 2012-13: 19.06Fair 2013-14: 19.06Fair 2014-15: 16.44Fair 2015-16: 18.76Fair 2016-17: 16.4Fair 2017-18: 16.54Fair 2018-19: 15.76Fair 2019-20: 14.76Fair 2020-21: 16.99Fair 2021-22: 20.82Good 2011-12: 35.75Good 2012-13: 37.56Good 2013-14: 35.13Good 2014-15: 39.32Good 2015-16: 37.78Good 2016-17: 35.91Good 2017-18: 39.8Good 2018-19: 35.28Good 2019-20: 38.13Good 2020-21: 41.68Good 2021-22: 42.17Very good 2011-12: 33.03Very good 2012-13: 33.17Very good 2013-14: 35.31Very good 2014-15: 34.93Very good 2015-16: 32.63Very good 2016-17: 35Very good 2017-18: 34.14Very good 2018-19: 38.05Very good 2019-20: 36.92Very good 2020-21: 27.67Very good 2021-22: 30.62

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 Bradford.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.24Poor 2012-13: 4.81Poor 2013-14: 3.87Poor 2014-15: 4.38Poor 2015-16: 4.48Poor 2016-17: 4.43Poor 2017-18: 4.07Poor 2018-19: 5.13Poor 2019-20: 4.98Poor 2020-21: 5.21Poor 2021-22: 4.73Fair 2011-12: 18.02Fair 2012-13: 15.71Fair 2013-14: 16.34Fair 2014-15: 13.48Fair 2015-16: 12.53Fair 2016-17: 11.3Fair 2017-18: 13.16Fair 2018-19: 14.27Fair 2019-20: 14.92Fair 2020-21: 14.03Fair 2021-22: 11.46Good 2011-12: 43.93Good 2012-13: 45.58Good 2013-14: 44.37Good 2014-15: 45.36Good 2015-16: 47Good 2016-17: 46.56Good 2017-18: 48.98Good 2018-19: 41.42Good 2019-20: 45.64Good 2020-21: 49.13Good 2021-22: 49.6Very good 2011-12: 32.81Very good 2012-13: 33.9Very good 2013-14: 35.42Very good 2014-15: 36.78Very good 2015-16: 35.99Very good 2016-17: 37.71Very good 2017-18: 33.8Very good 2018-19: 39.19Very good 2019-20: 34.46Very good 2020-21: 31.63Very good 2021-22: 34.22

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 Bradford.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 10.48Poor 2012-13: 5.23Poor 2013-14: 7.46Poor 2014-15: 4.21Poor 2015-16: 6.05Poor 2016-17: 6.74Poor 2017-18: 4.5Poor 2018-19: 5.01Poor 2019-20: 5.49Poor 2020-21: 5.82Poor 2021-22: 6.02Fair 2011-12: 19.6Fair 2012-13: 20.24Fair 2013-14: 15.25Fair 2014-15: 16.85Fair 2015-16: 16.16Fair 2016-17: 14.19Fair 2017-18: 16.57Fair 2018-19: 15.23Fair 2019-20: 13.78Fair 2020-21: 19.87Fair 2021-22: 13.25Good 2011-12: 43.36Good 2012-13: 49.39Good 2013-14: 47.43Good 2014-15: 48.45Good 2015-16: 48.31Good 2016-17: 47.32Good 2017-18: 50.79Good 2018-19: 46.66Good 2019-20: 49.47Good 2020-21: 52.66Good 2021-22: 56.91Very good 2011-12: 26.56Very good 2012-13: 25.14Very good 2013-14: 29.86Very good 2014-15: 30.49Very good 2015-16: 29.47Very good 2016-17: 31.75Very good 2017-18: 28.14Very good 2018-19: 33.1Very good 2019-20: 31.26Very good 2020-21: 21.65Very good 2021-22: 23.82

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 Bradford.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 25.67Poor 2012-13: 20.59Poor 2013-14: 25.1Poor 2014-15: 21.76Poor 2015-16: 18.61Poor 2016-17: 23.09Poor 2017-18: 18.68Poor 2018-19: 21.38Poor 2019-20: 21.12Poor 2020-21: 23.88Poor 2021-22: 23.48Fair 2011-12: 16.62Fair 2012-13: 18.34Fair 2013-14: 16.24Fair 2014-15: 16.42Fair 2015-16: 14.41Fair 2016-17: 16.41Fair 2017-18: 16.28Fair 2018-19: 15.66Fair 2019-20: 15.78Fair 2020-21: 19.14Fair 2021-22: 19.14Good 2011-12: 21.73Good 2012-13: 22.78Good 2013-14: 20.07Good 2014-15: 23.07Good 2015-16: 23.06Good 2016-17: 22.37Good 2017-18: 24.09Good 2018-19: 22.43Good 2019-20: 25.71Good 2020-21: 24.71Good 2021-22: 25.42Very good 2011-12: 35.98Very good 2012-13: 38.29Very good 2013-14: 38.58Very good 2014-15: 38.75Very good 2015-16: 43.92Very good 2016-17: 38.13Very good 2017-18: 40.95Very good 2018-19: 40.53Very good 2019-20: 37.4Very good 2020-21: 32.27Very good 2021-22: 31.97