Southend-on-Sea local authority · 2024/25

Young and active

51.7%

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 · Southend-on-Sea · 2024/25

What this means

More than half of 5 to 16-year-olds in Southend-on-Sea average at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity a day across the week.

95% confidence interval: 48.8–54.6 %. Source denominator: 1,399 weighted survey respondents (Persons, 5-16 yrs); not the unweighted sample size.

Fingertips comparison: Similar England. Small local sample — wide confidence interval.

Recent observations (Southend-on-Sea)

2021/22: 43.5%
2022/23: 50.7%
2023/24: 55.4%
2024/25: 51.7%

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 children and young people (ID 93570)
Source:: OHID, based on Sport England Active Lives Children and Young People Survey
Area:: Southend-on-Sea (E06000033), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
Period:: 2024/25; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
Population:: Persons, 5-16 yrs

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Caveats

Small local sample (weighted denominator about 1,399 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.