Camden local authority · 2024/25
Young and active
45.4%
Children active an hour a day on average.
Percentage of physically active children and young people · Persons, 5-16 yrs
England: 49.1% · 2024/25 — Similar
healthcards · Camden · 2024/25
What this means
About 5 in 10 children aged 5 to 16 in Camden average at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity a day across the week.
95% confidence interval: 38.6–52.4 %. Source denominator: 216 weighted survey respondents (Persons, 5-16 yrs); not the unweighted sample size.
Fingertips comparison: Similar England. Small local sample — wide confidence interval.
Recent observations (Camden)
- 2021/22: 47.1%
- 2022/23: 54.4%
- 2023/24: 51.1%
- 2024/25: 45.4%
These points share an indicator, sex, age and period type. Source-method changes and overlapping pooled periods can limit comparisons; see the caveats.
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Source & provenance
- Indicator:
- Percentage of physically active children and young people (ID 93570)
- Source:
- OHID, based on Sport England Active Lives Children and Young People Survey
- Area:
- Camden (E09000007), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
- Period:
- 2024/25; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
- Population:
- Persons, 5-16 yrs
Caveats
- Small local sample (weighted denominator about 216 children); treat year-to-year wobbles with caution.
- Sport England flags some year comparisons as uncertain when methods or samples change.
- Higher means more children active.
Missing or suppressed values are never shown as zero — every card above passed validation with a real numeric value.