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Participation - Otago & Southland

Participation in sport & active leisure by young people living in Otago & Southland

Participation in sport & active leisure by young people living in Otago & Southland
Census 2001 group figure: 50,505 % Young people
taking part in
the last 2 weeks
# Young people
taking part in
the last 2 weeks
# Respondents
Sports  
Athletics 10% 5,100 15
Basketball 17% 8,600 25
Combat sports 2% 900 2
Cricket 15% 7,400 21
Golf 5% 2,500 8
Gymnastics 4% 2,200 8
Hockey 8% 3,800 14
Horse riding 4% 1,900 5
Motor sports 1% 600 3
Netball 10% 4,900 13
Racquet sports 4% 1,800 6
Rugby Union 19% 9,500 25
Rugby League - 0 0
Shooting/archery <1% 100 1
Skiing/snow sports 2% 800 3
Soccer 13% 6,800 22
Tennis 5% 2,300 8
Touch 8% 3,900 11
Triathlon/duathlon <1% 200 1
Volleyball 3% 1,500 4
Active Leisure  
Air sports - 0 0
Cycling-on road 24% 12,300 32
Cycling-off road 1% 400 1
Exercising 25% 12,500 36
Fishing/hunting 6% 2,900 10
Hockey derivatives 2% 900 1
Maori sports 1% 700 1
Outdoor games 16% 8,300 26
Parlour sports - 0 0
Running/jogging 15% 7,500 20
Skateboarding 4% 2,100 5
Surfing 1% 500 2
Swimming 29% 14,600 44
Target ball - 0 0
Team ball 5% 2,700 8
Terrain sports 3% 1,500 4
Walking 23% 11,800 32
Water sports 1% 500 2
Weightlifting - 0 0
Other physical activities - 0 0
NO physical activities 7% 3,700 16
 
Total 100% 50,500 154

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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