Dorset local authority · 2024/25
On the move
75.7%
Adults meeting activity guidelines.
Percentage of physically active adults · Persons, 19+ yrs
England: 68.0% · 2024/25 — Better
healthcards · Dorset · 2024/25
What this means
About 8 in 10 adults in Dorset did at least 150 minutes of moderate activity a week. Active means 150+ moderate-intensity minutes across the week, counted in 10-minute bouts.
95% confidence interval: 72.8–78.5 %. Source denominator: 876 survey respondents aged 19+. The download supplies an unweighted respondent count; the percentage is weighted.
Fingertips comparison: Better England.
Recent observations (Dorset)
- 2021/22: 73.8%
- 2022/23: 72.8%
- 2023/24: 67.9%
- 2024/25: 75.7%
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 adults (ID 93014)
- Source:
- OHID, based on Sport England Active Lives Adult Survey
- Area:
- Dorset (E06000059), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
- Period:
- 2024/25; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
- Population:
- Persons, 19+ yrs
Caveats
- Self-reported survey (Sport England Active Lives): people may over- or under-recall activity.
- Survey sample here was an unweighted sample of about 876 adults; the true figure plausibly lies between 72.8% and 78.5%.
- Higher means more adults active. No better/worse ranking beyond the Fingertips wording above.
Missing or suppressed values are never shown as zero — every card above passed validation with a real numeric value.