Wigan Adult Activity Levels May 2020-21

The latest Active Lives results published by Sport England show that 67.9% of adults in Wigan are active for at least 30 minutes a week, equating to 182,400 adults moving; a decrease of 4,700 from the survey 12 months ago.

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

Wigan Overview

67.9% of adults in Wigan are now moving (active and fairly active), this equates to 182,400 adults. Since Active Lives launched, November 2015-16, inactivity in Wigan has decreased by 0.5%, meanwhile in Greater Manchester the rate has increased by 2.0%, in the last 12 months it has risen by 2.2% in Wigan.

Line graph showing inactivity in Wigan and Greater Manchester

Demographic data

The inactivity gender gap in Wigan is 5.0%

Since November 15/16 the gender gap has decreased by 3.9%. This change is due to a decrease in inactivity amongst women (-2.5%) and an increase in inactivity amongst men (+1.4%).

Learn more about activity levels related to gender here

The inactivity socio-economic gap in Wigan is 20.2%

Since November 15/16 the socio-economic gap has increased by 3.2%. This change is due to an increase in inactivity amongst lower social groups (+1.0%), NS-SEC 6-8, and a decrease in inactivity amongst higher social groups (-2.2%) NS-SEC 1-2.

Learn more about activity levels related to socio-economic status here

The inactivity disability gap in Wigan is 28.3%

Since November 15/16 the disability gap has increased by 4.9%.  This is a result of inactivity falling amongst those without a long term limiting disability (-2.8%) and increasing amongst those with a long term limiting disability (+2.1%).

Learn more about activity levels related to disability and long term health conditions here

The inactivity age gap in Wigan is 18.8%

Since November 15/16 the age gap has decreased by 26.6%. This is a result of inactivity amongst over 75's declining (-13.2%) whilst inactivity has risen for 16 to 34 year olds (+13.4%).

Learn more about activity levels related to age here

Ethnicity

Due to limited sample sizes we have limited ethnicity data across the Greater Manchester boroughs. In Wigan 31.8% of those from a White British background are inactive.

Learn more about activity levels related to ethnicity here

 

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

Published October 2021

Older Active Lives articles can be found here.