Tameside Adult Activity Levels May 2020-21

The latest Active Lives results published by Sport England show that 70.5% of adults in Tameside are active for at least 30 minutes a week, equating to 127,600 adults moving; an increase of 300 from the survey 12 months ago.

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

Tameside Overview

70.5% of adults in Tameside are now moving (active and fairly active), this equates to 127,600 adults. Since Active Lives launched, November 2015-16, inactivity in Tameside has decreased by 0.9%, meanwhile in Greater Manchester the rate has increased by 2.0%, in the last 12 months it has not changed in Tameside.

Line graph showing inactivity in Tameside and Greater Manchester

Demographic data

The inactivity gender gap in Tameside is 3.3%

Since November 15/16 the gender gap has increased by 2.1%. This change is due to an increase in inactivity amongst women (+0.3%) and a decrease in inactivity amongst men (-1.8%).

Learn more about activity levels related to gender here

The inactivity socio-economic gap in Tameside is 13.0%

Since November 15/16 the socio-economic gap has increased by 1.3%. This change is due to a decrease in inactivity amongst lower social groups (-1.0%), NS-SEC 6-8, and an increase in inactivity amongst higher social groups (+0.2%) NS-SEC 1-2.

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

The inactivity disability gap in Tameside is 24.1%

Since November 15/16 the disability gap has decreased by 3.8%.  Inactivity has fallen amongst both those with a long term limiting disability and those without. However the rate of decrease has been greater amongst those with a long term limiting disability (-4.9%) than in those without a long term limiting disability (-1.1%).

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

The inactivity age gap in Tameside is 42.9%

Since November 15/16 the age gap has increased by 11.1%. This is a result of inactivity amongst over 75's increasing (+7.7%) and a decrease in inactivity amongst 16 to 34 year olds (-3.4%).

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 Tameside 29.3% 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.