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SPORT SATISFACTION SURVEY
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ACTIVE PEOPLE 1
SMALL AREA ESTIMATES
ACTIVE PEOPLE SOUTH EAST
ACTIVE PEOPLE NORTH WEST REGION
ACTIVE PEOPLE SOUTH WEST REGION
ACTIVE PEOPLE NORTH EAST REGION
ACTIVE PEOPLE EAST MIDLANDS REGION
ACTIVE PEOPLE WEST MIDLANDS REGION
ACTIVE PEOPLE LONDON REGION
ACTIVE PEOPLE EAST REGION
ACTIVE PEOPLE YORKSHIRE REGION
ACTIVE PEOPLE SURVEY ENGLAND
ACTIVE PEOPLE SURVEY SPORTS SPECIFIC
ACTIVE PEOPLE 2
ACTIVE PEOPLE DIAGNOSTIC
ACTIVE PEOPLE 3
England results in brief:
21% of the adult population (8.5 million people) take part regularly in sport and active recreation. Regular participation in sport and recreation is defined as taking part on at least 3 days a week in moderate intensity sport and active recreation (at least 12 days in the last 4 weeks) for at least 30 minutes continuously in any one session.
Regionally, regular participation ranged from a high of 22.6% in the South East region to a low of 19.3% in the West Midlands.
Walking is the most popular recreational activity for people in England. Over 8 million adults aged 16 and over (20%) did a recreational walk for at least 30 minutes in the last 4 weeks. 5.6 million people (13.8%) swim at least once a month while 4.2 million people (10.5%) go to the gym.
Over 2.7 million people put some voluntary time into sport – with an estimated 1.8 million hours unpaid support every week of the year. This equates to over 54,000 full time equivalent jobs.
4.7% of the adult population (1.9 million) contribute at least one hour a week volunteering to sport.
25.1% of the adult population (10.2 million) are members of a club where they take part in sport - an increase from 17% in 2002.
Regular participation in sport and active recreation varies across different socio-demographic groups – for example, male participation is 23.7%; and female participation is 18.5%.
Factsheets
Headline results are presented as a series of 'factsheets' - to view the national factsheet (results for England as a whole) click here
To view the national results in map form click here
To view headline results for the nine English regions, click below:
To view sports specific headline results, click here.
Using Active People Survey 1 data, a series of evidence packs or 'sport facts' have been published. These provide detail around participation by sport and the profile of sport participants. More.
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