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Participation in exercise, recreation and sport in NSW, 2003
All sport and physical activity:
- 4,255,000 people (just over 4 million) participated in sport and physical activity in 2003 in NSW
- this was a participation rate of 81.5% ( 4 out of every 5 people aged 15 and over participated in sport or physical in the 12 months in 2003)
- this was an increase of 7.2% from the previous year’s participation rate of 76%
NSW had the 6th highest participation rate behind ACT (88.7%), Victoria (84.6%), WA (84.4%), NT (83.1%),SA (82.5%) and ahead of Tasmania (80.7%) and Queensland (80.1%).
Top sports/physical activities in NSW were:
- Walking (other than bushwalking) – 36.0%
- Swimming – 17.5%
- Aerobics/fitness – 16.2%
- Tennis – 9.8%
- Golf – 8.4%
- Cycling – 7.7%
- Running – 7.1%
- Bushwalking – 6.8%
- Soccer (outdoor) – 5.3%
- Touch football – 3.6%
Participation decreases with age:
- 15 - 24 years - 89.5%
- 25 - 34 years – 86.1%
- 35 - 44 years – 81.5%
- 45 - 54 years – 78.4%
- 55 - 64 years – 76.3%
- 65 years and over – 74.6%
More males participate than females – 83.2% for all males aged 15 and over compared to 79.8% females
Organised (a) sport in NSW:
- 2,170,900 people participated in organised sport in 2003
- this was a participation rate of 41.6%
NSW was 7th out of all states and territories behind ACT (48.3%), Victoria (45.3%) ,NT (45.1%), SA (43.4%) and Tasmania (42.0%) and ahead of Qld (39.6%).
- (a) ‘Organised’ sports are those that were organized in full or part by a club, association or other type of organization.
Source: The Participation in Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey 2003 Annual Report, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport
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