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Table 4 Estimated instances of participationa in 12 sports during 2016–2017 by Victorians aged 15+ years: by sport and setting

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

 

Setting

Aggregate

(6 settings)c

Sports clubs & associations

Gyms, centres etc.

Community, rec clubs etc.

Work, education

Other, don’t know

Not organisedb

Sport

Count

%

%b

Count

%

%b

Count

%

%b

Count

%

%b

Count

%

%b

Count

%

 

Count

Rank

Australian Football

101,232

54

73

21,795

12

16

7543

4

5

7075

4

5

283

< 1

< 1

50,777

27

 

188,705

6

Basketball

83,258

37

55

30,596

14

20

14,734

7

10

14,836

7

10

9053

4

6

73,429

33

 

225,906

4

Bowls

28,144

52

53

5695

11

11

15,581

29

29

   

3729

7

7

834

2

 

53,983

9

Cricket

75,029

56

71

10,275

8

10

7364

6

7

10,411

8

10

1954

1

2

27,910

21

 

132,943

8

Golf

167,474

61

70

28,524

10

12

28,141

10

12

   

13,956

5

6

36,634

13

 

274,729

2

Gymnastics

2827

18

22

6577

42

50

1049

7

8

2647

17

20

   

2594

17

 

15,694

12

Hockey

32,225

64

67

11,522

23

24

   

4475

9

9

   

1879

4

 

50,101

10

Netball

86,294

60

65

26,434

18

20

10,455

7

8

4524

3

3

5413

4

4

11,404

8

 

144,524

7

Sailing

12,399

65

77

1853

10

12

1775

9

11

      

3081

16

 

19,108

11

Soccer

79,896

38

57

30,821

15

22

11,499

6

8

13,495

6

10

5638

3

4

66,633

32

 

207,982

5

Swimming

61,192

9

13

242,872

35

53

90,009

13

20

24,388

3

5

38,002

5

8

247,487

35

 

703,950

1

Tennis

118,677

46

65

28,381

11

15

18,836

7

10

5914

2

3

11,460

4

6

77,546

30

 

260,814

3

Aggregate (12 sports)

848,647

37

48

445,345

20

29

206,986

9

13

87,765

4

4

89,488

4

6

600,208

26

 

2,278,439

 
  1. aAn instance of participation is participation by a person in a particular sport in a particular setting
  2. bThe “Not organised” category applies only to adults (15+ yrs). For comparison with Table 3, the second column of percentages for each organised setting is calculated with reference to the total count for the five organised settings, with the “Not organised” setting excluded
  3. cThe 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
  4. The 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