Lincolnshire county · 2024/25
Young and active
54.3%
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 — Better
healthcards · Lincolnshire · 2024/25
What this means
More than half of 5 to 16-year-olds in Lincolnshire average at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity a day across the week.
95% confidence interval: 49.6–59.0 %. Source denominator: 1,018 weighted survey respondents (Persons, 5-16 yrs); not the unweighted sample size.
Fingertips comparison: Better England. Small local sample — wide confidence interval.
Recent observations (Lincolnshire)
- 2021/22: 46.3%
- 2022/23: 49.2%
- 2023/24: 45.9%
- 2024/25: 54.3%
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:
- Lincolnshire (E10000019), 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 1,018 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.