GeraMind / Active Life Score / North East
Most Active Areas in the North East
Across 12 local authorities, an average of 60.6% of adults were physically active in November 2024–November 2025. The most active area is Northumberland (67.0% active). Real Sport England Active Lives data.
How active are adults in the North East?
Across the 12 local authorities in the North East, an average of 60.6% of adults were physically active (150+ minutes/week) and 29.0% were inactive (<30 minutes/week) in November 2024–November 2025, per Sport England Active Lives data published April 2026. The most active area is Northumberland (67.0% active); the least active is Middlesbrough (50.6% active). These are unweighted averages across the region's local authorities.
| Metric | North East (mean across 12 LAs) | England average |
|---|---|---|
| Active (150+ min/week) | 60.6% | 64.5% |
| Fairly active (30–149 min/week) | 10.4% | 10.7% |
| Inactive (<30 min/week) | 29.0% | 24.7% |
| Gera Active Life Score (GALS) | 41 / 100 | 56 / 100 |
Every North East local authority, ranked (November 2024–November 2025)
| # | Local Authority | Active % | Inactive % | GALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northumberland | 67.0% | 23.4% | 62 |
| 2 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 67.0% | 24.9% | 58 |
| 3 | Stockton-on-Tees | 64.1% | 25.7% | 53 |
| 4 | Gateshead | 62.1% | 24.8% | 53 |
| 5 | Darlington | 62.4% | 26.1% | 50 |
| 6 | South Tyneside | 62.9% | 26.9% | 49 |
| 7 | County Durham | 60.8% | 28.7% | 42 |
| 8 | Redcar and Cleveland | 58.5% | 30.5% | 35 |
| 9 | North Tyneside | 58.9% | 31.6% | 32 |
| 10 | Hartlepool | 57.8% | 33.5% | 27 |
| 11 | Sunderland | 54.4% | 34.4% | 21 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 50.6% | 37.9% | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- Which is the most active area in the North East?
- Northumberland is the most physically active local authority in the North East, with 67.0% of adults active (150+ minutes/week) in November 2024–November 2025. It scores GALS 62/100 on the Gera Active Life Score.
- Which is the least active area in the North East?
- Middlesbrough has the lowest share of active adults in the North East (50.6% active, 37.9% inactive) in November 2024–November 2025, per Sport England Active Lives data.
- How does the North East compare with the England average?
- The North East averages 60.6% active adults across its 12 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 — 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)
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).