GeraMind / Active Life Score / London
Most Active Areas in the London
Across 33 local authorities, an average of 66.0% of adults were physically active in November 2024–November 2025. The most active area is Wandsworth (76.3% active). Real Sport England Active Lives data.
How active are adults in the London?
Across the 33 local authorities in the London, an average of 66.0% of adults were physically active (150+ minutes/week) and 23.7% were inactive (<30 minutes/week) in November 2024–November 2025, per Sport England Active Lives data published April 2026. The most active area is Wandsworth (76.3% active); the least active is Barking and Dagenham (56.3% active). These are unweighted averages across the region's local authorities.
| Metric | London (mean across 33 LAs) | England average |
|---|---|---|
| Active (150+ min/week) | 66.0% | 64.5% |
| Fairly active (30–149 min/week) | 10.3% | 10.7% |
| Inactive (<30 min/week) | 23.7% | 24.7% |
| Gera Active Life Score (GALS) | 60 / 100 | 56 / 100 |
Every London local authority, ranked (November 2024–November 2025)
| # | Local Authority | Active % | Inactive % | GALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond upon Thames | 75.3% | 14.7% | 92 |
| 2 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 76.0% | 16.7% | 87 |
| 3 | Wandsworth | 76.3% | 17.1% | 87 |
| 4 | Lambeth | 75.2% | 16.8% | 86 |
| 5 | Kingston upon Thames | 74.0% | 17.1% | 85 |
| 6 | Southwark | 74.2% | 18.3% | 82 |
| 7 | Hackney | 72.5% | 18.3% | 80 |
| 8 | Camden | 72.6% | 19.6% | 77 |
| 9 | Merton | 70.3% | 20.5% | 72 |
| 10 | Haringey | 68.7% | 21.0% | 69 |
| 11 | Lewisham | 69.5% | 21.3% | 69 |
| 12 | Ealing | 67.5% | 22.0% | 66 |
| 13 | Kensington and Chelsea | 67.1% | 21.8% | 66 |
| 14 | Westminster | 66.4% | 21.5% | 66 |
| 15 | Bromley | 66.0% | 22.2% | 64 |
| 16 | Islington | 66.0% | 22.1% | 64 |
| 17 | Greenwich | 66.3% | 22.4% | 63 |
| 18 | Tower Hamlets | 67.7% | 23.4% | 62 |
| 19 | Waltham Forest | 66.8% | 24.5% | 58 |
| 20 | Barnet | 63.0% | 24.1% | 56 |
| 21 | Havering | 59.9% | 24.7% | 52 |
| 22 | Redbridge | 63.7% | 26.8% | 50 |
| 23 | Harrow | 64.4% | 28.1% | 47 |
| 24 | Hounslow | 60.5% | 26.6% | 47 |
| 25 | Enfield | 61.3% | 27.8% | 45 |
| 26 | Croydon | 59.4% | 28.3% | 42 |
| 27 | Sutton | 60.0% | 29.3% | 40 |
| 28 | Bexley | 58.5% | 28.9% | 39 |
| 29 | Brent | 59.9% | 30.3% | 37 |
| 30 | Newham | 58.0% | 30.2% | 35 |
| 31 | City of London | 56.9% | 31.0% | 32 |
| 32 | Barking and Dagenham | 56.3% | 32.0% | 29 |
| 33 | Hillingdon | 57.9% | 33.2% | 27 |
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Frequently asked questions
- Which is the most active area in the London?
- Wandsworth is the most physically active local authority in the London, with 76.3% of adults active (150+ minutes/week) in November 2024–November 2025. It scores GALS 87/100 on the Gera Active Life Score.
- Which is the least active area in the London?
- Barking and Dagenham has the lowest share of active adults in the London (56.3% active, 32.0% inactive) in November 2024–November 2025, per Sport England Active Lives data.
- How does the London compare with the England average?
- The London averages 66.0% active adults across its 33 local authorities, which is above 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)
- East — mean GALS 56/100 (64.0% 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).