"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 Kirklees.

Key indicators

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

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 Kirklees.

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: 20.2Total 201617: 20.1Total 201718: 20Total 201819: 20.8Total 201920: 21.8Total 202021: 24.8Total 202122: 26Total 202223: 26.7State-funded nursery 201516: 0State-funded nursery 201617: 0State-funded nursery 201718: 0State-funded nursery 201819: 0State-funded nursery 201920: 0State-funded nursery 202021: 0State-funded nursery 202122: 0State-funded nursery 202223: 0State-funded primary 201516: 20.1State-funded primary 201617: 19.5State-funded primary 201718: 19State-funded primary 201819: 19.5State-funded primary 201920: 20.3State-funded primary 202021: 23.9State-funded primary 202122: 24.9State-funded primary 202223: 25.7State-funded secondary 201516: 19.6State-funded secondary 201617: 20.3State-funded secondary 201718: 20.8State-funded secondary 201819: 22.1State-funded secondary 201920: 23.4State-funded secondary 202021: 25.2State-funded secondary 202122: 26.7State-funded secondary 202223: 27.4State-funded special school 201516: 52State-funded special school 201617: 48.4State-funded special school 201718: 46.3State-funded special school 201819: 46State-funded special school 201920: 46.1State-funded special school 202021: 47.9State-funded special school 202122: 49.4State-funded special school 202223: 48.1State-funded alternative provision school 201516: 56.2State-funded alternative provision school 201617: 69.2State-funded alternative provision school 201718: 40.9State-funded alternative provision school 201819: 58.5State-funded alternative provision school 201920: 62.3State-funded alternative provision school 202021: 83.3State-funded alternative provision school 202122: 78.9State-funded alternative provision school 202223: 70.8

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 Kirklees.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 11.06Poor 2012-13: 12.73Poor 2013-14: 11.62Poor 2014-15: 8.31Poor 2015-16: 10.83Poor 2016-17: 9.06Poor 2017-18: 6.62Poor 2018-19: 8.84Poor 2019-20: 11.09Poor 2020-21: 10.91Poor 2021-22: 7.64Fair 2011-12: 16.31Fair 2012-13: 19.75Fair 2013-14: 14.88Fair 2014-15: 20.05Fair 2015-16: 17.76Fair 2016-17: 19.36Fair 2017-18: 17.23Fair 2018-19: 14.39Fair 2019-20: 15.42Fair 2020-21: 22.3Fair 2021-22: 16.37Good 2011-12: 40.73Good 2012-13: 39.34Good 2013-14: 39.24Good 2014-15: 37.95Good 2015-16: 39.13Good 2016-17: 37.85Good 2017-18: 46.87Good 2018-19: 40.22Good 2019-20: 42.39Good 2020-21: 41.66Good 2021-22: 39.63Very good 2011-12: 31.9Very good 2012-13: 28.18Very good 2013-14: 34.26Very good 2014-15: 33.69Very good 2015-16: 32.27Very good 2016-17: 33.74Very good 2017-18: 29.28Very good 2018-19: 36.54Very good 2019-20: 31.11Very good 2020-21: 25.13Very good 2021-22: 36.36

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 Kirklees.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.13Poor 2012-13: 5.36Poor 2013-14: 6.11Poor 2014-15: 3.93Poor 2015-16: 3.26Poor 2016-17: 3.71Poor 2017-18: 3.01Poor 2018-19: 4.54Poor 2019-20: 3.93Poor 2020-21: 5.15Poor 2021-22: 4.26Fair 2011-12: 15.21Fair 2012-13: 16.42Fair 2013-14: 15.46Fair 2014-15: 15.59Fair 2015-16: 13.36Fair 2016-17: 12.4Fair 2017-18: 11.92Fair 2018-19: 12.32Fair 2019-20: 15.26Fair 2020-21: 19.08Fair 2021-22: 8.95Good 2011-12: 48.44Good 2012-13: 46.19Good 2013-14: 43.73Good 2014-15: 46.06Good 2015-16: 48.21Good 2016-17: 46.7Good 2017-18: 48.82Good 2018-19: 45.86Good 2019-20: 49.46Good 2020-21: 49.69Good 2021-22: 50.26Very good 2011-12: 31.23Very good 2012-13: 32.03Very good 2013-14: 34.71Very good 2014-15: 34.42Very good 2015-16: 35.17Very good 2016-17: 37.19Very good 2017-18: 36.24Very good 2018-19: 37.27Very good 2019-20: 31.35Very good 2020-21: 26.08Very good 2021-22: 36.53

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 Kirklees.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 6.93Poor 2012-13: 6.79Poor 2013-14: 7.16Poor 2014-15: 4.83Poor 2015-16: 3.12Poor 2016-17: 4.6Poor 2017-18: 3.7Poor 2018-19: 7.11Poor 2019-20: 5.09Poor 2020-21: 5.79Poor 2021-22: 3.69Fair 2011-12: 18.99Fair 2012-13: 16.19Fair 2013-14: 15.62Fair 2014-15: 18.1Fair 2015-16: 13.94Fair 2016-17: 15.14Fair 2017-18: 13.14Fair 2018-19: 13.17Fair 2019-20: 18.68Fair 2020-21: 21.33Fair 2021-22: 17.13Good 2011-12: 48.28Good 2012-13: 52.12Good 2013-14: 49Good 2014-15: 48.48Good 2015-16: 54.29Good 2016-17: 50.65Good 2017-18: 56.06Good 2018-19: 49.38Good 2019-20: 50.21Good 2020-21: 54.61Good 2021-22: 51.13Very good 2011-12: 25.8Very good 2012-13: 24.9Very good 2013-14: 28.21Very good 2014-15: 28.59Very good 2015-16: 28.65Very good 2016-17: 29.6Very good 2017-18: 27.1Very good 2018-19: 30.34Very good 2019-20: 26.02Very good 2020-21: 18.27Very good 2021-22: 28.05

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 Kirklees.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 19.91Poor 2012-13: 22.91Poor 2013-14: 22.38Poor 2014-15: 21.78Poor 2015-16: 21.73Poor 2016-17: 21.1Poor 2017-18: 18.58Poor 2018-19: 18.79Poor 2019-20: 21.47Poor 2020-21: 26.99Poor 2021-22: 17.77Fair 2011-12: 19.2Fair 2012-13: 16.84Fair 2013-14: 16.01Fair 2014-15: 15.99Fair 2015-16: 16.02Fair 2016-17: 17.44Fair 2017-18: 17.37Fair 2018-19: 15.84Fair 2019-20: 19.57Fair 2020-21: 18.56Fair 2021-22: 17.91Good 2011-12: 25.82Good 2012-13: 21.89Good 2013-14: 20.05Good 2014-15: 24.59Good 2015-16: 21.81Good 2016-17: 21.63Good 2017-18: 24.3Good 2018-19: 23.64Good 2019-20: 24.05Good 2020-21: 24.73Good 2021-22: 22.37Very good 2011-12: 35.06Very good 2012-13: 38.36Very good 2013-14: 41.56Very good 2014-15: 37.65Very good 2015-16: 40.44Very good 2016-17: 39.83Very good 2017-18: 39.75Very good 2018-19: 41.73Very good 2019-20: 34.92Very good 2020-21: 29.71Very good 2021-22: 41.95