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Wakefield local authority · 2024/25

Young and active

57.5%

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 · Wakefield · 2024/25

What this means

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

95% confidence interval: 52.1–62.7 %. Source denominator: 347 weighted survey respondents (Persons, 5-16 yrs); not the unweighted sample size.

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

Recent observations (Wakefield)

  1. 2021/22: 52.3%
  2. 2022/23: 49.4%
  3. 2023/24: 47.8%
  4. 2024/25: 57.5%

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:
Wakefield (E08000036), 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 347 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.