Band 9: The bar chart compares the percentages of men and women in a town who participated in four leisure activities in 2025. Respondents could select more than one activity.

The bar chart compares male and female participation rates in four leisure activitiesin a town in 2025. People could report taking part in more than one activity.

Overall, swimming had the highest participation rate among both men and women. Women recorded higher figures for swimming and yoga, while men were more likely to participate in running and cycling. The difference between the two groups was greatest for yoga.

Swimming attracted 45% of women, compared with 40% of men. The contrast was much more pronounced for yoga, which was reported by 35% of women but only 10% of men. This made yoga the second most common activity among women, whereas it ranked last among men. The pattern was reversed for the remaining activities. Running was reported by 35% of men and 30% of women, while the corresponding figures for cycling were 30% and 20%. Among men, running and cycling ranked second and third respectively. For women, however, cycling had the lowest participation rate of the four activities.