Sport & Active Lifestyles: State of the Nation Report

National Survey for Wales: April 2024 to March 2025

The results of the National Survey for Wales (April 2024 – March 2025) were released at 9:30am on 27/08/2025.

The survey is a large telephone study that asks people across Wales about various aspects of their lives. 

For 2024–25, about 6,000 adults (aged 16 and over) took part. 

This year, fewer people than planned were interviewed, so the results should be read with some care. 

To make the results more accurate, the answers were balanced (weighted) to better represent everyone in Wales.

Key Findings

Taking part in sport and physical activity

• 59% of adults did some sport or physical activity in the last 4 weeks.
  • 56% took part in fitness activities (e.g. classes, running, cycling, swimming).
  • 19% played sports or games (e.g. football, rugby, table tennis, golf).
  • 6% enjoyed outdoor pursuits (e.g. kayaking, sailing).

Playing sport often

• 35% of adults said they played sport or participated in physical activity three or more times a week. This is down from 39% in 2022–23.

Wanting to do more

• 35% of adults said they would like to do more sport or physical activity in general (up from 27% in 2022–23).
  • 22% want to do more fitness activities.
  • 12% want to do more sports or games.
  • 6% want to do more outdoor pursuits.

What’s next?

A fuller report will be published later in Autumn. It will look at:

• different sports people play.
• differences by age, background, and where people live.
• why people take part.
• use of facilities.
• volunteering and spectating in sport.
• attitudes to being active.

There are many more topics to be explored in the survey and headline results are currently available on the National Survey for Wales page on the Welsh Government website.