Bury

Learn about the work happening within Bury to support active lives for all

Bury is home to over 194,600 people and consists of six towns; Bury, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom, Tottington, and Whitefield.

The latest Active Lives results published by Sport England (November 2022-Nov 2023) shows that 73.2% of adults in Bury are active for at least 30 minutes a week, this equates to 111,400 adults moving. However this is a decrease of 2,300 from 12 months ago and we need to all keep working together to support active lives for all in Bury.

Learn more about Bury's adult activity levels related to key demographic data such as gender, age and disability here.

Active Lives data (academic year 2022-23) also shows that 70.1% of children and young people (CYP) in Bury are moving, achieving at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day, this equates to 187,000 CYP.

For more information about children and young people’s physical activity levels in Bury, click here.