Health, sport and physical activity statistics

Bury Sports Development are working towards creating a healthier, more active Bury by contributing to the government target of:

To help monitor the work of the team, information has been collected from both local and national surveys to provide some key statistics.

Key statistics for Bury

21.3% of the adult population in Bury participate in 3 x 30 minutes of moderate intensity sport and physical activity a week. Men are more active than women in Bury. (National figure 21.6%, Northwest figure 21.4%).
15.9% of adults in Bury do at least 3 days a week x 30 minutes moderate sport participation a week. (National figure 16.6%, Northwest figure 17.1%).
16.7% adults received tuition from an instructor or coach in the last 12 months. (National figure 17.5%, Northwest figure 15.9%).
12.9% of all Bury adults have taken part in organised competitive sport in the last 12 months. (National figure 14.4%, Northwest figure 14.2%).
71% of all adults were satisfied with local sports provision. (National figure 68.4%, Northwest figure 68.1%).
27.5% of the adult population in Bury are members of a sports club where they take part in sport. (National figure 24.1%, Northwest figure 24.2%).
16.5% of Bury adult population is obese (15.6% 2008/09 – 0.9% decrease).
24.6% of Bury adult population stated they did ‘no physical activity’ in a week (20.9% 2008/09 – 3.7% decrease).
11.6% of Bury adults did 5 moderate sessions of physical activity lasting at least 30 minutes each week (10.1% 2008/09 – 1.5% decrease).

74% of pupils from the Broadoak Sports College and 68% of pupils from the Woodhey Specialist Science College participate in 3 hours high quality PE and school sport each week. (National figure 51%).
30% of pupils from the Broadoak Sports College and 43% of pupils from the Woodhey Specialist Science College participate in 5 hours PE and sport each week.
84% of pupils from both Broadoak and Woodhey are involved in Intra school competition . (National figure 69%).
36% of pupils from Broadoak and 38% of pupils from Woodhey are involved in Inter-school competition. (National figure 44%).

5.7% of the adult population in Bury contributes at least one hour a week volunteering in sport. (National figure 4.7%, Northwest figure 4.8%).
20% of pupils from Broadoak and 15% of pupils from Woodhey are involved in Leadership & volunteering. (National figure 19%).

The total population of 0 to 19 year olds is 23.6% and falling.
The population of Bury is aging, with a greater proportion of increase in over 65 year olds.

The statistics referred to in this web page are referenced from consultation with and the following sources:

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