The table compares the proportions of people who rode a bike in one town by age and gender in June 2011.
Overall, females showed bigger proportions in all age categories compared to their male counterparts.
Moreover, the youngest age groups exhibited much higher numbers, regardless of their gender.
Among males, children under 9 years old made up the largest proportion of cyclists, at 52%. However, with the older groups, the rates were only 42% for teenagers aged from 10 to 17, and 17% for people aged between 18 and 39. The proportion of 40- to 50-year-old male cyclists was the lowest, at just 12%, while only nearly a fifth of men aged over enjoyed this activity.
The percentage of girls younger than 9 years old who cycled was slightly higher than that of boys of the same age, at 52%. However, the figure for girls aged 10 to 17 was just under a quarter, much lower than that of their counterparts. Similar to men in the same age groups, cycling was not very popular among women aged 40 to 59 and 60 or over, accounting for only 8% and 14% of females, respectively.