Active People Survey
Sport England's Active People Survey provides detailed statistics on sports participation throughout the Country. The first survey results were published in 2006/7 and provided baseline information on which to measure Sport England’s overall target of getting one million people doing more sport by 2012/13.
The latest set of results (published in December 2009) show that the number of adults in England who play sport at least three times a week has reached 6.93 million, continuing the positive upward trend over the past four years.
Sports with significant |
No of additional participants |
|---|---|
|
Athletics (including running and jogging) |
128,000 |
|
Cycling |
113,000 |
|
Canoeing and kayaking |
19,000 |
|
Tennis |
43,000 |
Fact Sheet: overall sports participation
Fact Sheet: individual sport once a week results
What information does the survey provide?
Country, county and Local Authority area information for:
- Activity levels in sport and active recreation broken down by geographical area
- participation in individual sports
- Satisfaction levels for available sports opportunities
- Information on trends in participation
- Information on market segmentation - a useful tool in planning sports opportunities for the future
Further information is available from the research pages of Sport England’s website.