Stockport Adult Activity Levels May 2020-21

The latest Active Lives results published by Sport England show that 74.3% of adults in Stockport are active for at least 30 minutes a week, equating to 176,000 adults moving; an increase of 900 from the survey 12 months ago.

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

Stockport Overview

74.3% of adults in Stockport are now moving (active and fairly active), this equates to 176,000 adults. Since Active Lives launched, November 2015-16, inactivity in Stockport has increased by 2.5%, meanwhile in Greater Manchester the rate has increased by 2.0%, in the last 12 months it has fallen by 0.2% in Stockport.

Line graph showing inactivity in Stockport and Greater Manchester

Demographic data

The inactivity gender gap in Stockport is 4.8%

Since November 15/16 the gender gap has increased by 3.9%. This change is due to a larger increase in inactivity amongst women (+4.4%) than amongst men (+0.5%).

Learn more about activity levels related to gender here

The inactivity socio-economic gap in Stockport is 18.6%

Since November 15/16 the socio-economic gap has increased by 11.8%. This change is due to a large decrease in inactivity amongst lower social groups (-11.6%), NS-SEC 6-8, and a minor decrease 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 Stockport is 17.8%

Since November 16/17 the disability gap has decreased by 3.3%.  This is a result of an increase in inactivity amongst those without a long term limiting disability (+3.2%) whereas those with a long term limiting disability have seen inactivity decline (-0.1%).

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

The inactivity age gap in Stockport is 28.2%

Since November 15/16 the age gap has decreased by 0.8%. This is a result of inactivity amongst over 75's increasing (+2.3%) at a slower rate than for 16 to 34 year olds (+3.2%).

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 Stockport 24.7% 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.