ComRes – Welsh sport activity levels

2022 Survey Highlights

Some of the findings in the surveys include:

• Use of indoor facilities has continued to increase with 19% adults saying that they used an indoor gym/fitness suite in the previous week, and 16% saying that they used an indoor swimming pool.
• Those that used indoor facilities also felt more comfortable doing so - 92% said they had felt comfortable using an indoor gym/fitness centre and 91% said that they had felt comfortable using an indoor swimming pool.
• Confidence about taking part has increased across all indoor facilities, however a decline was witnessed for outdoor facilities (potentially due to Storm Eunice).
• 6% of adults (approx. 150,000 adults) say that they have still paused or stopped their sport volunteering roles because of Covid-19/pandemic.
• There is a strong association between adult activity levels and both ‘happiness’ and ones ‘satisfaction with life’.
• Less than half of adults agree that there are enough facilities in their area (47%) and that these facilities are affordable (41%) and of excellent quality (37%).
• ‘Having someone to go with’ (14%), better weather (6%) and improved health (5%) were the things adults felt were most likely to make their experience of sport more enjoyable.