Salford Adult Activity Levels May 2020-21

The latest Active Lives results published by Sport England show that 67.7% of adults in Salford are active for at least 30 minutes a week, equating to 141,800 adults moving; a decrease of 12,700 from the survey 12 months ago.

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

Salford Overview

67.7% of adults in Salford are now moving (active and fairly active), this equates to 141,800 adults. Since Active Lives launched, November 2015-16, inactivity in Salford has increased by 1.3%, meanwhile in Greater Manchester the rate has increased by 2.0%, in the last 12 months it has risen by 7.2% in Salford.

Line graph showing inactivity in Salford and Greater Manchester

Demographic data

The inactivity gender gap in Salford is 6.7%

Since November 15/16 the gender gap has increased by 4.1%. This change is due to an increase in inactivity amongst women (+3.4%) and a decrease in inactivity amongst men (-0.7%).

Learn more about activity levels related to gender here

The inactivity socio-economic gap in Salford is 32.4%

Since November 15/16 the socio-economic gap has increased by 8.6%. This change is due to a larger increase in inactivity amongst lower social groups (+9.1%), NS-SEC 6-8, than the increase seen amongst higher social groups (+0.5%) NS-SEC 1-2.

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

The inactivity disability gap in Salford is 17.5%

Since November 15/16 the disability gap has decreased by 6.1%.  This is due to an increase in inactivity amongst those without a long term limiting disability (+0.7%) and in decrease in inactivity amongst those with a long term limiting disability (-5.4%).

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

The inactivity age gap in Salford is 23.0%

Since November 15/16 the age gap has decreased by 15.7%. This is a result of inactivity amongst over 75's declining (-12.8%) whilst rates have increased amongst 16 to 34 year olds (+3.0%).

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 Salford 29.2% 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.