Hillingdon local authority · 2024/25
Young and active
44.6%
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 — Worse
healthcards · Hillingdon · 2024/25
What this means
About 4 in 10 children aged 5 to 16 in Hillingdon average at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity a day across the week.
95% confidence interval: 41.0–48.3 %. Source denominator: 838 weighted survey respondents (Persons, 5-16 yrs); not the unweighted sample size.
Fingertips comparison: Worse England. Small local sample — wide confidence interval.
Recent observations (Hillingdon)
- 2021/22: 40.5%
- 2022/23: 38.6%
- 2023/24: 43.5%
- 2024/25: 44.6%
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:
- Hillingdon (E09000017), 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 838 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.