Bury Adult Activity Levels November 2019-20

Bury Overview

The latest Active Lives data shows that there has been a decline in activity levels across Bury in the last 12 months. 73.3% of adults in Bury are now moving (active and fairly active), this equates to 111,400 adults. Since Active Lives launched, November 2015-16, the inactivity rate has increased by 0.4%, meanwhile in Greater Manchester the rate has increased by 2.6%.

When this latest release is combined with activity data on children and young people, 128,000 Bury residents are moving.

Find out more about activity levels of children and young people in Bury here.

Demographic data

	The inactivity gender gap in Bury is 5.2% Since November 15/16 the gender gap has increase by 2.1% , however the gap has inverted since baseline with more women now inactive than men. The change has been driven by a decrease in male inactivity (-4.3%) and an increase in female inactivity (+4.0%). Learn more about activity levels related to gender here
	The inactivity socio-economic gap in Bury is 17.4% Since November 15/16 the socio-economic gap has increased by 12.2%. The increase in gap size is a result of decreasing inactivity amongst higher socio-economic groups (-4.2%), NS-SEC 1-2, and an increase in inactivity amongst lower socio-economic groups (+8.0%), NS-SEC 6-8. Learn more about activity levels related to socio-economic status here
	The inactivity disability gap in Bury is 14.5% Since November 15/16 the disability gap has decreased by 3.7%. The change has been driven by an increase in inactivity amongst those with no long term limiting disability (+1.6%) and a decrease in inactivity 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 Bury is 20.4% Since November 15/16 the age gap has decreased  by 7.4%. This decrease has been driven by an increase in inactivity amongst 16-34 year olds (+6.3%) and a decrease in inactivity amongst the over 75's (-1.0%). 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 Bury 24.0% of those from a White British background are inactive. Learn more about activity levels related to ethnicity here

If you have questions about this data please email: [email protected]

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

Published June 2021