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Manchester Adult Activity Levels May 2019/20

Manchester Overview

27.4% inactive, 9.2% fairly active, 63.4% active

The latest Active Lives Release, May 2019/20, has seen an increase (2.1%) in the inactive population in Manchester in the last 12 months. Manchester has seen the percentage of people moving, active for at least 30 minutes a week, decrease by 1.1% since Active Lives began (November 2015/16) in comparison Greater Manchester as a whole has increased the moving population by 0.5% in the same time period.

Inactivity Across Demographics

The largest inactivity gap amongst adults in Manchester is the age gap with a 32.6% gap, the smallest is the gender gap with a 2.0% gap.