"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 Wakefield.

Key indicators

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

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 Wakefield.

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 Wakefield.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 11.86Poor 2012-13: 11.84Poor 2013-14: 11.45Poor 2014-15: 9.2Poor 2015-16: 11.28Poor 2016-17: 9.38Poor 2017-18: 7.95Poor 2018-19: 11.2Poor 2019-20: 10.32Poor 2020-21: 12.17Poor 2021-22: 9.17Fair 2011-12: 19.29Fair 2012-13: 19.16Fair 2013-14: 16.62Fair 2014-15: 17.22Fair 2015-16: 15.94Fair 2016-17: 16.96Fair 2017-18: 15.85Fair 2018-19: 16.87Fair 2019-20: 20.39Fair 2020-21: 17.53Fair 2021-22: 14.18Good 2011-12: 38.63Good 2012-13: 37.67Good 2013-14: 39.2Good 2014-15: 36.69Good 2015-16: 36.74Good 2016-17: 33.9Good 2017-18: 41.08Good 2018-19: 34.72Good 2019-20: 35.35Good 2020-21: 38.18Good 2021-22: 41.72Very good 2011-12: 30.22Very good 2012-13: 31.33Very good 2013-14: 32.74Very good 2014-15: 36.88Very good 2015-16: 36.04Very good 2016-17: 39.75Very good 2017-18: 35.12Very good 2018-19: 37.22Very good 2019-20: 33.94Very good 2020-21: 32.12Very good 2021-22: 34.93

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 Wakefield.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 4.59Poor 2012-13: 4.44Poor 2013-14: 5.7Poor 2014-15: 4.74Poor 2015-16: 3.92Poor 2016-17: 3.76Poor 2017-18: 3.13Poor 2018-19: 3.67Poor 2019-20: 5.64Poor 2020-21: 7.34Poor 2021-22: 3.36Fair 2011-12: 15.26Fair 2012-13: 15.2Fair 2013-14: 14.81Fair 2014-15: 14.15Fair 2015-16: 12.74Fair 2016-17: 12.85Fair 2017-18: 11.51Fair 2018-19: 15.77Fair 2019-20: 14.37Fair 2020-21: 12.12Fair 2021-22: 10.64Good 2011-12: 47.5Good 2012-13: 49.54Good 2013-14: 46.64Good 2014-15: 45.41Good 2015-16: 47.94Good 2016-17: 47.75Good 2017-18: 46.3Good 2018-19: 44.76Good 2019-20: 47.7Good 2020-21: 50.03Good 2021-22: 52.81Very good 2011-12: 32.65Very good 2012-13: 30.81Very good 2013-14: 32.86Very good 2014-15: 35.71Very good 2015-16: 35.4Very good 2016-17: 35.64Very good 2017-18: 39.06Very good 2018-19: 35.8Very good 2019-20: 32.29Very good 2020-21: 30.52Very good 2021-22: 33.19

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 Wakefield.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.92Poor 2012-13: 6.82Poor 2013-14: 5.68Poor 2014-15: 7.54Poor 2015-16: 4.51Poor 2016-17: 4.65Poor 2017-18: 4.14Poor 2018-19: 5.31Poor 2019-20: 6.59Poor 2020-21: 8.84Poor 2021-22: 5.26Fair 2011-12: 18.49Fair 2012-13: 17.2Fair 2013-14: 17.12Fair 2014-15: 15.56Fair 2015-16: 14.1Fair 2016-17: 13.35Fair 2017-18: 12.68Fair 2018-19: 17.59Fair 2019-20: 17.99Fair 2020-21: 17.05Fair 2021-22: 14.97Good 2011-12: 48.99Good 2012-13: 50.02Good 2013-14: 51.12Good 2014-15: 49.86Good 2015-16: 50.61Good 2016-17: 51.04Good 2017-18: 51.03Good 2018-19: 49.87Good 2019-20: 46.85Good 2020-21: 50.03Good 2021-22: 53.26Very good 2011-12: 26.61Very good 2012-13: 25.96Very good 2013-14: 26.08Very good 2014-15: 27.04Very good 2015-16: 30.78Very good 2016-17: 30.96Very good 2017-18: 32.15Very good 2018-19: 27.24Very good 2019-20: 28.57Very good 2020-21: 24.08Very good 2021-22: 26.51

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 Wakefield.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 19.28Poor 2012-13: 22.49Poor 2013-14: 21.85Poor 2014-15: 21.93Poor 2015-16: 19.94Poor 2016-17: 21.78Poor 2017-18: 21.4Poor 2018-19: 21.08Poor 2019-20: 22.27Poor 2020-21: 28.24Poor 2021-22: 21.43Fair 2011-12: 19.14Fair 2012-13: 19.91Fair 2013-14: 17.43Fair 2014-15: 16.38Fair 2015-16: 16.7Fair 2016-17: 16.26Fair 2017-18: 14.02Fair 2018-19: 15.62Fair 2019-20: 17.36Fair 2020-21: 17.69Fair 2021-22: 15.38Good 2011-12: 23.12Good 2012-13: 22.65Good 2013-14: 24.33Good 2014-15: 20.86Good 2015-16: 20.25Good 2016-17: 17.01Good 2017-18: 18.08Good 2018-19: 22.31Good 2019-20: 20.9Good 2020-21: 17.07Good 2021-22: 24.59Very good 2011-12: 38.47Very good 2012-13: 34.95Very good 2013-14: 36.39Very good 2014-15: 40.83Very good 2015-16: 43.11Very good 2016-17: 44.95Very good 2017-18: 46.5Very good 2018-19: 40.99Very good 2019-20: 39.47Very good 2020-21: 37Very good 2021-22: 38.61