Rochdale Adult Activity Levels November 2018-19

The latest Active Lives results published by Sport England shows that 71.1% of adults in Rochdale are active for at least 30 minutes a week, this equates to 122,700 adults moving. This is an increase of 4,900 from 12 months ago.

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

Rochdale Overview

28.9% inactive, 11.2% fairly active, 59.9% active

These results continue the positive trend in Rochdale, with the proportion of the adult population who are moving now being at its highest level. There has been an increase of 5.6% in the number of adults moving (active and fairly active) since Active Lives launched in November 2015-16, this is a greater increase than both England (1.0%) and Greater Manchester (2.3%). 

Rochdale Moving Population Compared to Greater Manchester Over Time

When this latest release is combined with activity data on children and young people, 145,200 Rochdale residents are moving. Find out more about activity levels of children and young people in Rochdale here.

Since the first Active Lives release, (November 2015-16), Rochdale has seen a decrease in inactivity levels across the majority of cohorts. The exception to this being those from lower income categories. The largest decreases in inactivity have been amongst those aged 75+ with an 11.0% decrease, those with a long term limiting disability, a 7.5% decrease, and those aged 16-34, a 6.7% decrease.

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