Rankings · Physically active

Adults physically active (150+ minutes a week), council by council

The share of adults, from each nation’s own survey. Surveys, periods and methods differ between the nations, so each nation is ranked on its own and the tables are not comparable across nations.

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How to read these rankings. Rank 1 is the highest figure in the group. Councils with the same figure share a rank, marked “=”, and the next rank is skipped. Ranks describe the published estimates, not a verdict on a council.

These are survey estimates, and Lifemap’s dataset holds no confidence intervals for them, so the tables show none and make no comparison with a national figure. Small differences between neighbouring councils are unlikely to be meaningful. Methodology §04 gives the survey and period behind each nation’s figures.

England

English upper-tier councils: counties, unitary authorities, metropolitan and London boroughs

Period 2024/25 · OHID Fingertips indicator 93014 (Active Lives Adult Survey)

Physically active · England, upper tier · 2024/25. 151 councils, highest first. England figure: 68.0%.

Physically active · England, upper tier · 2024/25. 151 councils, highest first.
Rank Council %
1= Hammersmith and Fulham 78.4
1= Wandsworth 78.4
3 Bath and North East Somerset 78.1
4 Richmond upon Thames 77.8
5 Lambeth 77.6
6 Kingston upon Thames 77.2
7 Bristol, City of 76.3
8 York 76.2
9 Southwark 76.1
10 Dorset 75.7
11= Brighton and Hove 75.5
11= Westmorland and Furness 75.5
13 Wokingham 75.3
14 Rutland 74.9
15= Isle of Wight 74.8
15= Surrey 74.8
17 Cornwall 74.4
18 Devon 73.7
19 West Berkshire 73.2
20= Bracknell Forest 73.1
20= Camden 73.1
22= Oxfordshire 72.9
22= Windsor and Maidenhead 72.9
24 Wiltshire 72.8
25 Hackney 72.5
26 Hampshire 72.3
27 Merton 72.0
28 Somerset 71.9
29= Bedford 71.8
29= North Yorkshire 71.8
29= South Gloucestershire 71.8
32= Derbyshire 71.5
32= Plymouth 71.5
34 Central Bedfordshire 71.4
35= Buckinghamshire 71.3
35= Gloucestershire 71.3
37 Northumberland 71.2
38 West Sussex 70.6
39= Cumberland 70.4
39= Leeds 70.4
39= Reading 70.4
42 Lewisham 70.3
43= Stockport 70.2
43= Trafford 70.2
45= Bromley 70.1
45= East Riding of Yorkshire 70.1
45= Hertfordshire 70.1
48= Cheshire East 70.0
48= Haringey 70.0
50 Sheffield 69.8
51 Warwickshire 69.6
52= East Sussex 69.4
52= Newcastle upon Tyne 69.4
52= Norfolk 69.4
55 Salford 69.3
56 Cambridgeshire 69.2
57= Cheshire West and Chester 69.1
57= Ealing 69.1
57= Tower Hamlets 69.1
60= Manchester 69.0
60= Telford and Wrekin 69.0
62 Herefordshire, County of 68.9
63= North Somerset 68.8
63= Nottinghamshire 68.8
65= Kent 68.7
65= Shropshire 68.7
65= Southampton 68.7
65= Warrington 68.7
69= Leicestershire 68.5
69= Torbay 68.5
71 Worcestershire 68.4
72= Islington 68.3
72= Kensington and Chelsea 68.3
72= Waltham Forest 68.3
72= Westminster 68.3
76= Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 68.2
76= Suffolk 68.2
78 Calderdale 68.1
79 Essex 68.0
80= Greenwich 67.9
80= North Northamptonshire 67.9
80= Staffordshire 67.9
83 Sefton 67.8
84 Barnsley 67.4
85 Swindon 67.1
86= Lancashire 66.9
86= Stockton-on-Tees 66.9
88 Portsmouth 66.8
89 West Northamptonshire 66.5
90 Harrow 66.2
91 Liverpool 65.9
92 Bury 65.8
93 Wakefield 65.7
94 County Durham 65.6
95= Nottingham 65.4
95= South Tyneside 65.4
97= Lincolnshire 65.1
97= Milton Keynes 65.1
97= Solihull 65.1
97= Wirral 65.1
101 Gateshead 64.8
102 Redbridge 64.7
103= Rotherham 64.5
103= Southend-on-Sea 64.5
105 Darlington 64.4
106 Dudley 64.2
107 Enfield 64.0
108 Croydon 63.9
109 Barnet 63.5
110 Birmingham 63.3
111 Sutton 63.2
112 Peterborough 62.6
113 North East Lincolnshire 62.5
114 Kirklees 62.4
115= Derby 62.2
115= Medway 62.2
117= Bradford 62.1
117= Redcar and Cleveland 62.1
117= St. Helens 62.1
120 Havering 62.0
121 Halton 61.7
122 Hounslow 61.5
123= Coventry 61.3
123= Hartlepool 61.3
125= Brent 61.0
125= North Lincolnshire 61.0
127 Doncaster 60.8
128 Thurrock 60.7
129= Knowsley 60.4
129= Stoke-on-Trent 60.4
131 Kingston upon Hull, City of 60.1
132= Bexley 59.9
132= Bolton 59.9
132= North Tyneside 59.9
135 Oldham 59.6
136 Leicester 59.4
137= Hillingdon 59.3
137= Sunderland 59.3
139 Rochdale 58.9
140 Tameside 58.8
141= Barking and Dagenham 58.7
141= Wigan 58.7
143 Newham 58.6
144 Blackpool 58.5
145 Luton 57.5
146 Wolverhampton 57.0
147 Walsall 56.9
148 Slough 56.6
149 Blackburn with Darwen 56.4
150 Middlesbrough 54.9
151 Sandwell 51.4
England

English districts (lower tier)

Period 2024/25 · OHID Fingertips indicator 93014 (Active Lives Adult Survey)

Physically active · England, districts · 2024/25. 164 councils, highest first. England figure: 68.0%.

Physically active · England, districts · 2024/25. 164 councils, highest first.
Rank Council %
1 Chichester 80.2
2 Warwick 80.0
3 Exeter 79.7
4 Waverley 79.4
5= Guildford 79.1
5= Ribble Valley 79.1
7 St Albans 78.7
8 Derbyshire Dales 78.5
9 Elmbridge 77.8
10= High Peak 77.0
10= Oxford 77.0
10= South Cambridgeshire 77.0
13= Cotswold 76.7
13= Mole Valley 76.7
15 Sevenoaks 75.8
16 Brentwood 75.7
17 Hart 75.4
18= Rossendale 75.0
18= Teignbridge 75.0
20 Winchester 74.8
21 Tunbridge Wells 74.7
22= Fareham 74.6
22= Norwich 74.6
22= West Devon 74.6
25= Tonbridge and Malling 74.5
25= Uttlesford 74.5
27= Amber Valley 74.4
27= Broxtowe 74.4
27= East Hertfordshire 74.4
30 East Hampshire 74.3
31= Eastleigh 74.1
31= Epsom and Ewell 74.1
33 Rushcliffe 74.0
34= Maldon 73.9
34= Runnymede 73.9
36= East Suffolk 73.8
36= Hastings 73.8
36= South Derbyshire 73.8
39= North Norfolk 73.7
39= South Staffordshire 73.7
41 Mid Sussex 73.6
42= Cambridge 73.5
42= Test Valley 73.5
44= New Forest 73.4
44= Surrey Heath 73.4
46= Torridge 73.3
46= Vale of White Horse 73.3
48 East Cambridgeshire 73.2
49 Horsham 73.0
50 Malvern Hills 72.8
51= Bromsgrove 72.7
51= East Devon 72.7
53 South Hams 72.6
54 Stroud 72.3
55 Erewash 72.2
56 Tandridge 72.1
57= Cheltenham 72.0
57= Tewkesbury 72.0
59= Woking 71.9
59= Worthing 71.9
61= Mid Devon 71.8
61= South Ribble 71.8
63= North West Leicestershire 71.7
63= Stratford-on-Avon 71.7
63= West Oxfordshire 71.7
66 Melton 71.4
67= Chelmsford 71.3
67= Gedling 71.3
67= South Norfolk 71.3
67= West Lancashire 71.3
71= Newark and Sherwood 71.2
71= North Hertfordshire 71.2
71= Spelthorne 71.2
74= Basingstoke and Deane 71.1
74= Cherwell 71.1
74= Harborough 71.1
74= South Oxfordshire 71.1
78 Breckland 71.0
79 Reigate and Banstead 70.8
80 South Kesteven 70.6
81= Rother 70.3
81= Rugby 70.3
83 Welwyn Hatfield 70.2
84 Stevenage 70.1
85 Hertsmere 70.0
86= Lancaster 69.8
86= Lincoln 69.8
88 Havant 69.6
89= East Staffordshire 69.4
89= Newcastle-under-Lyme 69.4
91 Folkestone and Hythe 69.2
92= Colchester 69.1
92= Staffordshire Moorlands 69.1
94= Canterbury 69.0
94= Wealden 69.0
96= Rushmoor 68.8
96= Tendring 68.8
98 Wychavon 68.7
99 Gloucester 68.4
100 Mid Suffolk 68.2
101 Eastbourne 68.1
102 Lichfield 67.9
103 Dacorum 67.8
104= Adur 67.6
104= Dover 67.6
106 Gravesham 67.5
107 Fylde 67.4
108 North Devon 67.3
109 Rochford 67.2
110= Charnwood 67.1
110= Maidstone 67.1
112= Broxbourne 67.0
112= Stafford 67.0
114= Blaby 66.9
114= Braintree 66.9
114= Forest of Dean 66.9
114= Hinckley and Bosworth 66.9
118= Lewes 66.7
118= Swale 66.7
120 Broadland 66.6
121 Ipswich 66.4
122 Wyre Forest 66.3
123= Dartford 66.2
123= Epping Forest 66.2
125 Babergh 66.0
126 Ashford 65.9
127= Chesterfield 65.8
127= Worcester 65.8
129 Bolsover 65.7
130 West Lindsey 65.6
131= King's Lynn and West Norfolk 65.2
131= Oadby and Wigston 65.2
133= East Lindsey 64.9
133= North East Derbyshire 64.9
135= Chorley 64.8
135= North Kesteven 64.8
137= Castle Point 63.9
137= Redditch 63.9
139 Three Rivers 63.8
140 Crawley 63.6
141 Arun 63.5
142 Mansfield 63.4
143= Ashfield 63.3
143= Bassetlaw 63.3
145= Fenland 63.0
145= West Suffolk 63.0
147 Great Yarmouth 62.8
148 Cannock Chase 62.5
149 Wyre 62.4
150 Basildon 62.3
151= Burnley 62.1
151= Watford 62.1
153 Thanet 62.0
154 Preston 61.9
155 Tamworth 61.6
156 Pendle 61.5
157 Gosport 61.2
158 Nuneaton and Bedworth 60.9
159 Hyndburn 60.8
160 Huntingdonshire 60.6
161 Harlow 60.3
162 South Holland 57.9
163 North Warwickshire 57.6
164 Boston 55.9
Scotland

Scottish councils

Period 2021–2024 · Scottish Health Survey

Physically active · Scotland · 2021–2024. 32 councils, highest first.

Physically active · Scotland · 2021–2024. 32 councils, highest first.
Rank Council %
1 City of Edinburgh 75
2= East Renfrewshire 71
2= Highland 71
4 East Dunbartonshire 70
5= Perth and Kinross 69
5= Scottish Borders 69
5= South Ayrshire 69
8= Midlothian 68
8= Moray 68
10 Aberdeen City 67
11= Argyll and Bute 65
11= Dundee City 65
11= Glasgow City 65
11= Stirling 65
15= East Lothian 64
15= Fife 64
15= Shetland Islands 64
18= Aberdeenshire 63
18= North Ayrshire 63
18= Orkney Islands 63
18= West Dunbartonshire 63
22= Angus 62
22= Dumfries and Galloway 62
24= Na h-Eileanan Siar 61
24= South Lanarkshire 61
26= Clackmannanshire 60
26= East Ayrshire 60
26= North Lanarkshire 60
29= Inverclyde 59
29= Renfrewshire 59
31 Falkirk 57
32 West Lothian 47
Wales

Welsh principal areas

Period 2021/22–2022/23 · Public Health Wales, Public Health Outcomes Framework (National Survey for Wales) · Age-standardised percentages (England and Scotland publish crude percentages).

Physically active · Wales · 2021/22–2022/23. 22 councils, highest first.

Physically active · Wales · 2021/22–2022/23. 22 councils, highest first.
Rank Council %
1 Vale of Glamorgan 69.4
2 Powys 68.3
3 Ceredigion 66.9
4 Cardiff 64.7
5 Monmouthshire 62.7
6 Carmarthenshire 61.5
7 Swansea 58.6
8 Pembrokeshire 56.7
9 Wrexham 56.3
10 Denbighshire 56.1
11 Rhondda Cynon Taf 54.3
12 Neath Port Talbot 53.0
13 Flintshire 52.8
14 Bridgend 51.3
15 Torfaen 48.9
16 Newport 48.6
17 Caerphilly 48.2
18 Merthyr Tydfil 47.9
19 Gwynedd 46.9
20 Blaenau Gwent 44.6
21 Isle of Anglesey 42.0
22 Conwy 37.4
Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland districts

Adult lifestyle figures in Northern Ireland are published only for the five Health and Social Care Trusts, not for councils. Each district's page shows its trust's figures, labelled as the trust's.

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