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Table 3 Estimated instances of participationa in 12 sports in 2016–2017 by Victorians aged < 15 years: by sport and setting

From: Sport participation settings: where and ‘how’ do Australians play sport?

 

Setting

Aggregate (5 settings)d

Sports clubs & associations

Gyms, centres etc.

Community, rec clubs etc.

Work, educationb

Other, don’t know

Not organisedc

Sport

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

Count

Rank

Australian Football

161,101

89

  

10,126

6

6809

4

2423

1

  

180,459

2

Basketball

120,104

88

  

5804

4

9932

7

1329

1

  

137,169

3

Bowls

              

Cricket

62,670

88

  

903

1

5324

7

2544

4

  

71,441

8

Golf

12,301

80

1774

12

1225

8

      

15,300

10

Gymnastics

19,983

28

24,110

34

15,726

22

3449

5

8554

12

  

71,822

7

Hockey

15,827

85

    

2750

15

    

18,577

9

Netball

74,787

92

376

< 1

  

5810

7

    

80,973

5

Sailing

1570

100

          

1570

11

Soccer

67,103

85

  

8327

10

2013

3

1913

2

  

79,356

6

Swimming

63,907

20

158,717

49

35,695

11

24,382

8

40,864

13

  

323,565

1

Tennis

69,452

81

9294

11

740

1

937

1

5544

6

  

85,967

4

Aggregate (12 sports)e

668,805

63

194,271

18

78,546

7

61,406

6

63,171

6

  

1,066,199

 
  1. aAn instance of participation is participation by a person in a particular sport in a particular setting
  2. bFor children (< 15) the “Work, education” setting includes only activities organised by schools but undertaken outside school hours
  3. cThe “Not organised” category applies only to adults (15+ yrs)
  4. dThe row aggregates are calculated for each sport by summing the counts for the six settings. Because a small proportion of respondents reported playing a particular sport in more than one setting, the aggregate figures are slightly (< 1%) higher than the total number of participants for each sport
  5. eThe aggregates for each setting are calculated by summing the counts for the 12 sports. Because some respondents reported playing more than one sport in a particular setting, the aggregate figures are higher than the total number of participants for each setting and for all settings combined