Rochdale Adult Activity Levels May 2020-21

The latest Active Lives results published by Sport England show that 65.4% of adults in Rochdale are active for at least 30 minutes a week, equating to 114,500 adults moving; a decrease of 5,000 from the survey 12 months ago.

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

Rochdale Overview

65.4% of adults in Rochdale are now moving (active and fairly active), this equates to 114,500 adults. Since Active Lives launched, November 2015-16, inactivity in Rochdale has increased by 0.1%, meanwhile in Greater Manchester the rate has increased by 2.0%, in the last 12 months it has risen by 3.2% in Rochdale.

Line graph showing inactivity in Rochdale and Greater Manchester

Demographic data

The inactivity gender gap in Rochdale is 2.4%

Since November 15/16 the gender gap has decreased by 2.0%. This change is due to a decrease in inactivity amongst women (-1.2%) and an increase in inactivity amongst men (+0.8%).

Learn more about activity levels related to gender here

The inactivity socio-economic gap in Rochdale is 23.2%

Since November 15/16 the socio-economic gap has increased by 5.5%. This change is due to an increase in inactivity amongst lower social groups (+5.4%), NS-SEC 6-8, and a decrease in inactivity amongst higher social groups (-0.1%) NS-SEC 1-2.

Learn more about activity levels related to socio-economic status here

The inactivity disability gap in Rochdale is 20.5%

Since November 15/16 the disability gap has decreased by 2.4%. This is a result of increasing inactivity amongst those without a long term limiting disability (+0.8%) and declining inactivity amongst those with a long term limiting disability (-1.6%).

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

The inactivity age gap in Rochdale is 18.6%

Since November 15/16 the age gap has decreased by 12.4%. This is a result of inactivity amongst over 75's declining (-10.5%) and inactivity increasing amongst 16 to 34 year olds (+1.8%).

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 Rochdale 30.1% of those from a White British background are inactive. compared to 55.8% of South Asians.

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.