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Participation - 9-12 year olds

Participation in sport & active leisure by NZ 9-12 year olds

Participation in sport & active leisure by NZ 9-12 year olds
Census 2001 group
figure: 238,464
% Young people
taking part in
the last 2 weeks:
# Young people
taking part in
the last 2 weeks:
# Respondents
Sports  
Athletics 11% 27,300 71
Basketball 11% 27,400 73
Combat sports 6% 13,500 42
Cricket 18% 42,900 101
Golf 3% 7,300 20
Gymnastics 4% 8,500 20
Hockey 9% 21,700 57
Horse riding 5% 11,400 31
Motor sports 3% 6,200 11
Netball 14% 33,400 101
Racquet sports 5% 11,300 37
Rugby Union 20% 48,100 125
Rugby League 2% 5,000 11
Shooting/archery <1% 1,100 3
Skiing/snow sports 2% 3,700 12
Soccer 22% 52,700 153
Tennis 10% 24,300 54
Touch 8% 19,400 51
Triathlon/duathlon 1% 1,300 5
Volleyball 3% 7,100 24
Active Leisure  
Air sports - 0 0
Cycling-on road 19% 45,900 116
Cycling-off road 1% 2,600 5
Exercising 18% 44,100 121
Fishing/hunting 6% 14,100 38
Hockey derivatives 2% 3,800 7
Maori sports 1% 2,300 8
Outdoor games 19% 44,900 106
Parlour sports <1% 700 1
Running/jogging 17% 41,000 123
Skateboarding 10% 25,000 69
Surfing 2% 4,600 14
Swimming 32% 77,300 205
Target ball 1% 2,100 9
Team ball 8% 18,400 48
Terrain sports 4% 10,200 28
Walking 12% 29,300 87
Water sports 2% 5,600 16
Weightlifting - 0 0
Other physical activities 1% 2,300 5
NO physical activities 5% 11,500 31
 
Total 100% 238,500 658

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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