Manchester Adult Activity Levels May 2020-21

The latest Active Lives results published by Sport England show that 71.0% of adults in Manchester are active for at least 30 minutes a week, equating to 314,600 adults moving; a decrease of 5,600 from the survey 12 months ago.

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

Manchester Overview

71.0% of adults in Manchester are now moving (active and fairly active), this equates to 314,600 adults. Since Active Lives launched, November 2015-16, inactivity in Manchester has increased by 2.7%, meanwhile in Greater Manchester the rate has increased by 2.0%, in the last 12 months it has risen by 1.6% in Manchester.

Line graph showing inactivity in Manchester and Greater Manchester

Demographic data

The inactivity gender gap in Manchester is 0.2%

Since November 15/16 the gender gap has decreased by 0.7%. This change is due to a larger increase in inactivity amongst men (+2.8%) than amongst women (+2.1%).

Learn more about activity levels related to gender here

The inactivity socio-economic gap in Manchester is 18.2%

Since November 15/16 the socio-economic gap has decreased by 4.2%. This change is due to a smaller increase in inactivity amongst lower social groups (+0.3%), NS-SEC 6-8, than amongst higher social groups (+4.5%) NS-SEC 1-2.

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

The inactivity disability gap in Manchester is 13.6%

Since November 15/16 the disability gap has decreased by 10.0%.  This is due to a decline in inactivity amongst those with a long term limiting disability (-4.9%) and an increase in inactivity amongst those without a long term limiting disability (+5.1%)

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

The inactivity age gap in Manchester is 41.6%

Since November 15/16 the age gap has decreased by 10.6%. This is a result of inactivity amongst over 75's declining (-6.2%) and inactivity increasing amongst 16 to 34 year olds (+4.4%).

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 Manchester 24.0% of those from a White British background are inactive, compared to 22.0% of those from a White Other background, 43.5% of South Asians and 36.8% of those identifying as Black.

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.