Trafford Adult Activity Levels May 2020-21

Trafford Overview

75.0% of adults in Trafford are now moving (active and fairly active), this equates to 140,100 adults. Since Active Lives launched, November 2015-16, inactivity in Trafford has decreased by 2.2%, meanwhile in Greater Manchester the rate has increased by 2.0%, in the last 12 months it has risen by 4.4% in Trafford.

Demographic data

	The inactivity gender gap in Trafford is 2.4% Since November 15/16 the gender gap has decreased by 9.8%. This change is due to a large decrease in inactivity amongst women (-9.5) and an increase in inactivity amongst men (+5.1%). Learn more about activity levels related to gender here
	Inactivity socio-economic gap in Trafford There was insufficient data collected from lower socio-economic groups within Trafford for any statistical analysis.  Learn more about activity levels related to socio-economic status here
	The inactivity disability gap in Trafford is 10.2% Since November 15/16 the disability gap has decreased by 16.3%. This is due to an increase in inactivity amongst those without a long term limiting disability (+0.8%) and a decrease in inactivity amongst those with a long term limiting disability (-15.5%). Learn more about activity levels related to disability and long term health conditions here
	The inactivity age gap in Trafford is 18.3% Since November 15/16 the age gap has decreased by 10.3%. This is a result of inactivity amongst over 75's declining (-10.9%) at a greater rate than for 16 to 34 year olds (-0.6%). 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 Trafford 21.6% of those from a White British background are inactive compared to 49.5% of those from a South Asian background. 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

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