The table illustrates the percentages of people in different age groups in a town who rode bicycles in 2011, classified by gender.
Overall, it is evident that cycling was most popular among children aged 0-9 for both males and females, while the lowest participation rates were recorded in the 40-59 age group. In addition, females consistently had higher cycling rates than males across all age categories.
In the youngest group, 50.3% of males rode bicycles, compared with a slightly higher figure of 51.4% for females. Among those aged 10-17, the proportion of female cyclists remained relatively high at 42.2%, whereas the corresponding figure for males was considerably lower, at 24.6%. A similar pattern can be seen in the 18-39 age group, where 17.1% of females cycled, almost double the rate of males, at 9.7%.
Participation declined further among people aged 40-59, with only 8% of males and 12.3% of females riding bicycles, making this group the least active overall. By contrast, cycling rates rose again among those aged 60 and over, reaching 13.2% for males and 18.5% for females.