GeraMind / Active Life Score / Yorkshire
Most Active Areas in the Yorkshire
Across 15 local authorities, an average of 62.6% of adults were physically active in November 2024–November 2025. The most active area is York (72.7% active). Real Sport England Active Lives data.
How active are adults in the Yorkshire?
Across the 15 local authorities in the Yorkshire, an average of 62.6% of adults were physically active (150+ minutes/week) and 27.5% were inactive (<30 minutes/week) in November 2024–November 2025, per Sport England Active Lives data published April 2026. The most active area is York (72.7% active); the least active is North East Lincolnshire (54.2% active). These are unweighted averages across the region's local authorities.
| Metric | Yorkshire (mean across 15 LAs) | England average |
|---|---|---|
| Active (150+ min/week) | 62.6% | 64.5% |
| Fairly active (30–149 min/week) | 9.9% | 10.7% |
| Inactive (<30 min/week) | 27.5% | 24.7% |
| Gera Active Life Score (GALS) | 47 / 100 | 56 / 100 |
Every Yorkshire local authority, ranked (November 2024–November 2025)
| # | Local Authority | Active % | Inactive % | GALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | York | 72.7% | 18.6% | 79 |
| 2 | Sheffield | 69.0% | 21.1% | 69 |
| 3 | North Yorkshire | 68.4% | 21.3% | 68 |
| 4 | Leeds | 67.0% | 23.5% | 61 |
| 5 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 65.5% | 25.0% | 56 |
| 6 | Calderdale | 64.2% | 25.9% | 52 |
| 7 | Wakefield | 63.2% | 27.6% | 47 |
| 8 | Rotherham | 60.5% | 27.5% | 45 |
| 9 | Barnsley | 62.9% | 28.5% | 44 |
| 10 | Bradford | 60.0% | 29.8% | 38 |
| 11 | North Lincolnshire | 57.5% | 31.3% | 32 |
| 12 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 57.7% | 32.2% | 30 |
| 13 | Doncaster | 58.2% | 32.8% | 29 |
| 14 | Kirklees | 58.2% | 34.0% | 26 |
| 15 | North East Lincolnshire | 54.2% | 32.9% | 25 |
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Frequently asked questions
- Which is the most active area in the Yorkshire?
- York is the most physically active local authority in the Yorkshire, with 72.7% of adults active (150+ minutes/week) in November 2024–November 2025. It scores GALS 79/100 on the Gera Active Life Score.
- Which is the least active area in the Yorkshire?
- North East Lincolnshire has the lowest share of active adults in the Yorkshire (54.2% active, 32.9% inactive) in November 2024–November 2025, per Sport England Active Lives data.
- How does the Yorkshire compare with the England average?
- The Yorkshire averages 62.6% active adults across its 15 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)
- 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).