Active Lives Survey – Adults Latest Data
Description
This dataset, released in April 2024, covers the period of November 2022 to November 2023 and is based on adults (16+). It aligns with KPI 2 in “Sporting Future”.
There are 3 key measures:
- Inactive Less than 30 minutes a week
- Fairly Active: 30 – 149 minutes a week
- Active: At least 150 minutes a week
Activity includes activities such as walking, cycling, dance, fitness and sporting activities. Activity is counted in moderate intensity equivalent minutes whereby each “moderate” minute counts as one minute, and each “vigorous” minute counts as 2 moderate minutes.
| Inactive | Fairly Active | Active | |
| Dudley | 31.7% | 11.1% | 57.2% |
| Sandwell | 38.2% | 10.5% | 51.4% |
Walsall | 33.6% | 11.1% | 55.2% |
Wolverhampton | 35.8% | 12.3% | 51.9% |
Black Country | 34.8% | 11.2% | 54.0% |
West Midlands | 28.8% | 11.6% | 59.6% |
England | 25.8% | 10.9% | 63.4% |
Commentary
The Black Country remains the most inactive partnership area in England, attributable to a number of factors including high levels of deprivation and consistently performing below the national average across indicators pertaining to wider determinants of health.
Overall, for the Black Country area, 34.8% of adults were classed as inactive.
For the Black Country to be on a par with the national average (25.7%), it would require an additional 88,310 adult residents to be active for at least 30 weekly minutes at moderate intensity.
Source: https://www.sportengland.org/know-your-audience/data/active-lives
Black Country Activity Rates
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