Sport England's Active People Interactive online tool enables users to interrogate the wealth of Active People Survey data that exists to build up a more detailed and specific picture of participation in the particular sport and/or geographical area of interest to them.
The Active People Survey is a fantastic resource for anyone involved in the development and delivery of sport. It provides a rich picture of adult sports participation in England going back to October 2005. The evidence it provides can be used to support strategic planning for sport down to local authority level. Active People is the largest survey of sports participation in Europe. Around 160,000 telephone interviews are carried out each survey year (500 per local authority in England). It's a survey of the English population aged 16 and over, with no upper age limit. If you want further details, have a look at the technical report on the research and insight pages of the Sport England website.
The Active People Survey tracks the number of people taking part in sport at region, county sport partnership and local authority level. In addition to local information on who plays sport and how, Sport England have a number of tools to help paint a more detailed local picture:
