Table 1 Adult participants’ characteristics
|  | N = 1085 |
|---|---|
Gender, n (%) | |
 Male | 316 (29.1%) |
 Female | 769 (70.9%) |
Age (years) - mean [SD] | 48.9 [13.4] |
Residential location, n (%) | |
 Lives within 5 km of intervention park | 505 (46.5%) |
 Lives within 5 km of control park | 580 (53.5%) |
Education level, n (%) | |
 No formal qualifications | 106 (9.8%) |
 Year 12/apprentice/diploma | 317 (29.2%) |
 University/higher | 662 (61.0%) |
Employment status, n (%) | |
 Full-time work | 366 (33.7%) |
 Part-time work or study | 333 (30.8%) |
 Not working | 386 (35.6%) |
Marital status, n (%) | |
 Married/de facto | 891 (82.3%) |
 Separated/widowed/divorced | 138 (12.7%) |
 Never married | 54 (5.0%) |
Country of birth, n (%) | |
 Australia | 729 (67.3%) |
 Other | 354 (32.7%) |
Dog ownership, n (%) | 391 (36.0%) |
Child under 2 years, n (%) | 97 (8.9%) |
Child between 2 and 15 years, n (%) | 670 (61.8%) |
Satisfaction with parks, n (%) | |
 Strongly disagree | 38 (3.5%) |
 Disagree | 152 (14.0%) |
 Neither agree nor disagree | 112 (10.3%) |
 Agree | 550 (50.7%) |
 Strongly agree | 233 (21.5%) |
Walking distance to park, n (%) | |
 1–5 min | 514 (47.4%) |
 6–10 min | 326 (30.0%) |
 11–20 min | 171 (15.8%) |
 21–30 min | 45 (4.1%) |
 31+ mins | 29 (2.7%) |
 Visited park in past 7 days, n (%) | 691 (63.7%) |
Minutes/week LTPA – mean [SD], median [IQR] | 217.2 [298.3], 120.0 [0.0–300.0] |
Minutes/week TPA & LTPA (n = 833) – mean [SD], median [IQR] | 348.7 [412.5], 215.0 [90.0–450.0] |