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Most Active Areas in the East
Across 50 local authorities, an average of 64.0% of adults were physically active in November 2024–November 2025. The most active area is South Cambridgeshire (75.0% active). Real Sport England Active Lives data.
How active are adults in the East?
Across the 50 local authorities in the East, an average of 64.0% of adults were physically active (150+ minutes/week) and 24.4% were inactive (<30 minutes/week) in November 2024–November 2025, per Sport England Active Lives data published April 2026. The most active area is South Cambridgeshire (75.0% active); the least active is Luton (53.4% active). These are unweighted averages across the region's local authorities.
| Metric | East (mean across 50 LAs) | England average |
|---|---|---|
| Active (150+ min/week) | 64.0% | 64.5% |
| Fairly active (30–149 min/week) | 11.5% | 10.7% |
| Inactive (<30 min/week) | 24.4% | 24.7% |
| Gera Active Life Score (GALS) | 56 / 100 | 56 / 100 |
Every East local authority, ranked (November 2024–November 2025)
| # | Local Authority | Active % | Inactive % | GALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Albans | 74.3% | 14.1% | 93 |
| 2 | South Cambridgeshire | 75.0% | 15.2% | 91 |
| 3 | Norwich | 70.7% | 17.1% | 82 |
| 4 | Brentwood | 71.3% | 18.1% | 80 |
| 5 | East Hertfordshire | 73.0% | 18.7% | 79 |
| 6 | North Hertfordshire | 70.2% | 18.0% | 79 |
| 7 | Cambridge | 71.0% | 19.0% | 77 |
| 8 | Central Bedfordshire | 67.0% | 18.3% | 75 |
| 9 | Bedford | 70.0% | 20.0% | 73 |
| 10 | East Cambridgeshire | 67.6% | 19.2% | 73 |
| 11 | Maldon | 68.6% | 19.4% | 73 |
| 12 | Uttlesford | 68.0% | 21.7% | 67 |
| 13 | Welwyn Hatfield | 66.4% | 21.1% | 67 |
| 14 | Hertfordshire | 67.5% | 21.9% | 66 |
| 15 | Chelmsford | 65.4% | 21.3% | 66 |
| 16 | East Suffolk | 69.6% | 22.4% | 66 |
| 17 | Stevenage | 68.2% | 22.3% | 65 |
| 18 | Hertsmere | 66.8% | 22.5% | 64 |
| 19 | South Norfolk | 63.6% | 21.5% | 63 |
| 20 | Cambridgeshire | 65.3% | 23.1% | 61 |
| 21 | Broxbourne | 64.7% | 23.2% | 60 |
| 22 | Broadland | 61.7% | 22.9% | 58 |
| 23 | Colchester | 65.5% | 24.8% | 57 |
| 24 | Mid Suffolk | 63.6% | 24.1% | 57 |
| 25 | Norfolk | 63.0% | 24.7% | 55 |
| 26 | Suffolk | 63.2% | 24.6% | 55 |
| 27 | North Norfolk | 64.7% | 25.5% | 54 |
| 28 | Essex | 63.2% | 25.4% | 53 |
| 29 | Tendring | 63.5% | 25.5% | 53 |
| 30 | Dacorum | 64.8% | 26.0% | 53 |
| 31 | Southend-on-Sea | 63.8% | 26.2% | 51 |
| 32 | Braintree | 61.4% | 25.5% | 51 |
| 33 | Three Rivers | 62.4% | 26.7% | 49 |
| 34 | Rochford | 63.9% | 27.3% | 48 |
| 35 | West Suffolk | 57.6% | 25.4% | 48 |
| 36 | Breckland | 62.6% | 27.6% | 47 |
| 37 | Ipswich | 61.3% | 26.9% | 47 |
| 38 | Babergh | 59.1% | 26.7% | 46 |
| 39 | Epping Forest | 62.2% | 27.9% | 45 |
| 40 | Castle Point | 59.8% | 28.2% | 42 |
| 41 | Kings Lynn and West Norfolk | 58.3% | 29.4% | 38 |
| 42 | Harlow | 58.1% | 29.7% | 37 |
| 43 | Huntingdonshire | 56.5% | 29.5% | 36 |
| 44 | Peterborough | 58.3% | 30.9% | 34 |
| 45 | Watford | 59.1% | 30.9% | 34 |
| 46 | Great Yarmouth | 58.9% | 30.9% | 34 |
| 47 | Basildon | 56.1% | 31.1% | 31 |
| 48 | Thurrock | 57.0% | 32.0% | 30 |
| 49 | Fenland | 55.1% | 33.5% | 24 |
| 50 | Luton | 53.4% | 34.4% | 20 |
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Frequently asked questions
- Which is the most active area in the East?
- South Cambridgeshire is the most physically active local authority in the East, with 75.0% of adults active (150+ minutes/week) in November 2024–November 2025. It scores GALS 91/100 on the Gera Active Life Score.
- Which is the least active area in the East?
- Luton has the lowest share of active adults in the East (53.4% active, 34.4% inactive) in November 2024–November 2025, per Sport England Active Lives data.
- How does the East compare with the England average?
- The East averages 64.0% active adults across its 50 local authorities, which is below the England average of 64.5% active (November 2024–November 2025). These are unweighted means across local authorities, not population-weighted regional totals.
- What is the Gera Active Life Score (GALS)?
- GALS is a 0–100 index Gera computes from real Sport England Active Lives data. For each local authority: raw = activePct − inactivePct + 0.5 × fairlyActivePct, then normalised across all 317 English LAs. Full methodology at geramind.com/methodology/active-life-score.
Other English regions
- South West — mean GALS 70/100 (68.7% active)
- South East — mean GALS 66/100 (67.4% active)
- London — mean GALS 60/100 (66.0% active)
- East Midlands — mean GALS 53/100 (63.5% active)
- North West — mean GALS 48/100 (62.4% active)
- West Midlands — mean GALS 48/100 (61.7% active)
- Yorkshire — mean GALS 47/100 (62.6% active)
- North East — mean GALS 41/100 (60.6% active)
Related
- Active Life Score — all 317 English local authorities
- GALS methodology — how the score is computed
- GeraClinic — book a GP or health check across the Gera network.
- GeraHome — verified home & wellbeing services near you.
Contains public sector information published by Sport England and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Sport England — Active Lives Adult Survey (Table 3 Levels Local Authority) (November 2024–November 2025, published April 2026).