Greater Manchester Activity Levels May 20-21: Age

A detailed breakdown of the latest Active Lives research from Sport England exploring the differences in activity levels by age across Greater Manchester.

Overhead view of a group dance exercise class in a community centre

The inactivity age gap in Greater Manchester is 26.7% and since November 15/16 (baseline) the age gap has decreased by 8.6%. This has been driven by an increase in inactivity amongst 16 to 34 year olds (+5.7%) and a decrease in inactivity amongst over 75's (-2.8%).

Line graph showing inactivity over time by age group in Greater Manchester

Borough Comparison

Whilst Greater Manchester as a whole has a smaller inactivity age gap (the difference in inactivity amongst over 75s and 16 to 34 year olds) than England (26.7% v. 28.2%) there is considerable variation across the ten boroughs. Overall three boroughs, Manchester (41.6%), Stockport (28.2%) and Tameside (42.9%) have larger inactivity gaps than England whilst Bury has the smallest gap at 17.4%. Whilst these gaps are still large there has been a considerable reduction in the gap since November 2015/16 in some areas. Wigan has narrowed the gap by 26.6% and Salford by 15.7%, however, Oldham and Tameside have seen the gap grow, 0.4% and 11.1% respectively.

Horizontal bar graph showing age inactivity gap by area

 

More information on the latest Active Lives release can be found here. Find out more about the relationship between age and physical activity here.

More information on the latest Active Lives release can be found here.

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All data is rounded to one decimal point, you can access the raw data here.

Published November 2021