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Participation - Nth Harbour & Waitakere

Participation in sport & active leisure by young people living in North Harbour & Waitakere

Participation in sport & active leisure by young people living in North Harbour & Waitakere
Census 2001 group figure: 84,087 % Young people
taking part in
the last 2 weeks
# Young people
taking part in
the last 2 weeks
# Respondents
Sports  
Athletics 8% 6,500 21
Basketball 14% 11,600 29
Combat sports 8% 6,600 18
Cricket 13% 10,800 27
Golf 5% 4,400 12
Gymnastics 4% 3,100 9
Hockey 9% 7,400 20
Horse riding 3% 2,700 9
Motor sports <1% 400 2
Netball 9% 7,500 19
Racquet sports 3% 2,600 7
Rugby Union 11% 9,200 26
Rugby League 3% 2,500 5
Shooting/archery - 0 0
Skiing/snow sports <1% 200 1
Soccer 19% 15,600 46
Tennis 11% 9,000 21
Touch 8% 6,400 14
Triathlon/duathlon 1% 1,000 2
Volleyball 3% 2,200 5
Active Leisure  
Air sports - 0 0
Cycling-on road 15% 12,900 38
Cycling-off road - 0 0
Exercising 18% 15,200 46
Fishing/hunting 3% 2,200 7
Hockey derivatives <1% 200 1
Maori sports 1% 700 2
Outdoor games 15% 12,200 30
Parlour sports 1% 500 1
Running/jogging 18% 15,100 35
Skateboarding 14% 11,400 27
Surfing 2% 1,900 5
Swimming 33% 28,200 72
Target ball 3% 2,400 7
Team ball 6% 4,900 13
Terrain sports 2% 1,500 4
Walking 19% 16,400 40
Water sports 4% 2,900 7
Weightlifting 1% 500 1
Other physical activities - 0 0
NO physical activities 8% 7,000 16
 
Total 100% 84,100 232

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 & skittles. Team ball includes softball, baseball, rounders & T ball.
  12. Water sports includes yachting/sailing, water polo, water skiing and scuba diving.

Updated | 30 Mar 2006.

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