Opportunity & ability
- Just under three in four (73%) respondents agree that they have the ability to be physically active, which is the joint highest score across all waves along with Aug 23.
- 16-34s and 35-54s are significantly more likely than 55+ to agree they have the ability to be physically active (86% vs 80% vs 59%).
- Respondents with no disability are significantly more likely than those with a disability to agree they have the ability to be physically active (84% vs 53%).
- Respondents from higher socio-economic backgrounds (ABC1) are significantly more likely to agree they have the ability to be physically active than those from lower groups (C2DE) (82% vs 64%).
- Three in four (75%) respondents agree that they have the opportunity to be physically active, the highest score seen across all waves.
- Respondents from higher socio-economic backgrounds (ABC1) are significantly more likely to agree that they have the opportunity to be physically active than those from lower groups (C2DE) (81% vs 68%).
- Respondents with no disability are significantly more likely than those with a disability to agree they have the opportunity to be physically active (83% vs 60%).
- Three in ten (30%) respondents agree that they don’t have enough time to be physically active due to other commitments.
- Respondents aged 16-34 and 35-54 are significantly more likely than 55+ year olds to agree that they don’t have enough time to be physically active due to other commitments (39% and 40% vs 16%).
- Respondents with children aged 15 or under are significantly more likely than those without to agree that they don’t have enough time to be physically active due to other commitments (45% vs 22%).
- Respondents with other care responsibilities in the household are significantly more likely than those that don’t to agree that they don’t have enough time to be physically active due to other commitments (41% vs 30%).
Enjoyability, importance and confidence
- Nearly three in five respondents agree that they exercise to help manage their physical health (58%) or to help manage their mental health (59%).
- Those aged 16-34 and 35-54 are significantly more likely than those aged 55+ to agree that they exercise to help manage their mental health (67% and 64% vs 50%).
- Of those that have participated in sport or physical activity in the last three months, one in four (75%) say they were motivated by being physically healthy.
- Nearly three in five (58%) respondents agree that they find exercise enjoyable and satisfying.
- This remains in line with Apr 24 (54%) and Jul 23 (58%).
- Male respondents are significantly more likely than female respondents to agree that they find exercise enjoyable and satisfying (63% vs 53%).
- 16-34s and 35-54s are significantly more likely than 55+ to agree that they find exercise enjoyable and satisfying (67% and 64% vs 48%).
- Respondents with no disability are significantly more likely than those with a disability to agree that they find exercise enjoyable and satisfying (63% vs 48%).
- Seven in ten (70%) respondents agree that it is important to them to exercise regularly, the highest figure seen across all waves.
- Respondents from higher socio-economic backgrounds (ABC1) are significantly more likely to agree that it is important to them to exercise regularly than those from lower groups (C2DE) (75% vs 65%).
- Respondents with no disability are significantly more likely than those with a disability to agree that it is important to them to exercise regularly (75% vs 60%).
- Just over three in five (62%) respondents agree that they have the confidence to be physically active, which is higher than Apr 24 (58%).
- This rise was driven in part by an increase in female respondents saying they have the confidence to be physically active (56% in Jul 24 vs 50% vs Apr 24), although male respondents remain significantly more likely than female respondents to agree with this statement (69% vs 56%).
- 16-34s and 35-54s are significantly more likely than 55+ to agree that they have the confidence to be physically active (68% and 64% vs 57%).
- Respondents with no disability are significantly more likely than those with a disability to agree that they have the confidence to be physically active (70% vs 46%).
- Just under one in four (24%) respondents agree that they worry about leaving their home to take part in physical activity.
- Female respondents are more likely than male to agree that they worry about leaving their home to take part in physical activity (27% vs 22%).
- Respondents aged 16-34 (32%) are more likely to agree that they worry about leaving their home to take part in physical activity than those aged 35-54 and 55+ (32% vs 26% vs 18%).
- Respondents with a disability are significantly more likely than those without to agree that they worry about leaving their home to take part in physical activity (35% vs 18%).
- Those living in the most deprived areas are significantly more likely to worry about leaving their home to take place in physical activity than those from mid-deprivation and the least deprived area (30% vs 20% and 21%).
Location confidence
- Confidence in indoor locations continues to remain steady, with 43% of respondents confident at gyms/health and fitness suites and 33% confident at sports halls.
- Over one in three respondents say they feel confident about taking part in physical activity at grass pitches, a rise compared to Apr 24 (29%) and in line with Jul 23 (34%).
- Of those who have done some form of physical activity in the past week, over two in five (44%) say they have used an indoor facility, the highest figure observed across also waves, and higher than in Apr 24 (40%).
- Of those who have participated in a sport or activity in an indoor facility in the past week, around nine in ten say they were comfortable at indoor gyms or fitness centres (91%), indoor swimming pools (90%) and indoor grass/artificial pitches (87%).
- Around nine in ten (88%) say they feel confident at indoor courts, the highest figure observed across all waves.
