Volunteers by sport
Here is unpublished data from the last ABS survey on volunteers in 2000 (excludes Olympics/Paralympics). Out of a total of 1.3 million volunteers in sport and recreation organisations in Australia, there were:
- Football (all codes) - 335,800 volunteers (25% of all sport and recreation volunteers)
- Water sports - 127,900 (10%)
- Bowls - 98,600 (8%)
- Cricket - 96,300 (7%)
- Netball - 92,500 (7%)
- Golf - 66,500 (5%)
- Tennis - 55,200 (4%)
- Basketball - 52,900 (4%)
- Other sport and recreation organisations - 396,700 (30%)
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