Oldham Adult Activity Levels November 2019-20

Oldham Overview

The latest Active Lives data shows that there has been a decline in activity levels across Oldham in the last 12 months. 66.2% of adults in Oldham are now moving (active and fairly active), this equates to 121,600 adults. Since Active Lives launched, November 2015-16, the inactivity rate has increased by 7.3%, 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, 148,100 Oldham residents are moving.

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

Demographic data

	The inactivity gender gap in Oldham is 2.5% Since November 15/16 the gender gap has increased by 0.4%, however, women are more active than men. This widening has been driven by a faster increase in inactivity amongst men (+6.7%) than men (+6.3%). Learn more about activity levels related to gender here
	The inactivity socio-economic gap in Oldham is 22.1% Since November 15/16 the gender gap has increased by 0.6%. This change has been driven by a greater increase in inactivity amongst lower socio-economic groups, NS-SEC 6-8, (+5.5%) than amongst lower socio-economic groups, NS-SEC 1-2 (+4.9%). Learn more about activity levels related to socio-economic status here
	The inactivity disability gap in Oldham is 15.0% Since November 15/16 the gender gap has increased by 3.0%. This decrease has been driven by a larger increase in inactivity amongst those with no long term limiting disability (+9.4%) than amongst those with long term limiting disabilities (+6.3%). Learn more about activity levels related to disability and long term health conditions here
	The inactivity age gap in Oldham is 26.0% Since November 15/16 the gender gap has increased by 0.4%. This increase has been driven by a larger increase in inactivity amongst the over 75's (+9.5%) than amongst 16-34 year olds (+9.1%). 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 Oldham 29.3% of those from a White British background are inactive whilst the rate amongst South Asians is 47.2%. 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