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Participation - 13-15 year olds

Participation in sport & active leisure by NZ 13-15 year olds

Participation in sport and active leisure by NZ 13-15 year olds
Census 2001 group
figure: 166,179
% Young people
taking part in
the last 2 weeks:
# Young people
taking part in
the last 2 weeks:
# Respondents
Sports  
Athletics 6% 10,600 35
Basketball 12% 20,100 59
Combat sports 5% 7,900 17
Cricket 8% 13,600 48
Golf 3% 4,800 21
Gymnastics 3% 5,400 11
Hockey 7% 12,200 43
Horse riding 2% 3,000 14
Motor sports 3% 5,500 20
Netball 12% 20,200 56
Racquet sports 4% 7,400 30
Rugby Union 10% 16,100 57
Rugby League 2% 3,300 8
Shooting/archery 1% 1,700 9
Skiing/snow sports 1% 2,100 6
Soccer 17% 27,500 79
Tennis 6% 9,700 28
Touch 9% 14,800 44
Triathlon/duathlon 1% 1,600 4
Volleyball 6% 9,300 30
Active Leisure  
Air sports - 0 0
Cycling-on road 14% 23,400 66
Cycling-off road 2% 2,500 9
Exercising 26% 42,800 141
Fishing/hunting 3% 5,300 21
Hockey derivatives - 0 0
Maori sports 1% 1,800 6
Outdoor games 10% 15,800 39
Parlour sports 1% 1,000 1
Running/jogging 13% 21,700 58
Skateboarding 7% 11,200 42
Surfing 2% 2,900 14
Swimming 22% 36,300 124
Target ball 1% 1,100 4
Team ball 5% 8,000 27
Terrain sports 4% 6,100 20
Walking 12% 20,700 68
Water sports 4% 7,200 25
Weightlifting 1% 1,000 4
Other physical activities 2% 3,000 2
NO physical activities 9% 15,600 53
 
Total 100% 166,200 527

PLEASE NOTE:
  1. The figures in this table are from a sample survey and so are estimates of the percentage and number of participants in each sport and activity. The accuracy of the estimates varies with the number of respondents the figures are based on (see column 3). For sports/activities mentioned by less than 100 respondents, the figures should be used to indicate the level of participation in these sports/activities and not to provide exact figures.
  2. These figures do not refer to registered members of a national sporting code.
  3. The percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number (<1 indicates that less than 0.5% of young people took part in the sport/activity). The numbers of participants are rounded to the nearest hundred & are calculated using the percentages before rounding and the number of NZ young people (5-17 year olds) recorded in the 2001 Census.
  4. People may participate in the sports/activities shown here on a casual basis and/or with a club or organisation.
  5. The figures in this table are from the 1998 and 2000 Combined Sport & Physical Activity Surveys.
  6. Exercising includes going to gym, aerobics and aquarobics.
  7. Motor sports includes motorcycling, trail biking and motor racing.
  8. Outdoor games includes hacky sack, trampolining, fresbee and kite flying.
  9. Parlour sports includes billiards, snooker, pool, darts and eightball.
  10. Racquet sports includes badminton, squash and table tennis.
  11. Target ball includes bowling, petanque/boules and skittles.
  12. Team ball includes softball, baseball, rounders and T ball.
  13. Water sports includes yachting/sailing, water polo, water skiing and scuba diving.

Updated | 30 Mar 2006.

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