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Participation - Waikato

Participation in sport & active leisure by young people living in Waikato

Participation in sport & active leisure by young people living in Waikato
Census 2001 group figure: 71,835 % Young people
taking part in
the last 2 weeks
# Young people
taking part in
the last 2 weeks
# Respondents
Sports  
Athletics 10% 7,300 16
Basketball 11% 7,700 16
Combat sports 2% 1,100 5
Cricket 15% 10,600 20
Golf 2% 1,700 5
Gymnastics 3% 2,200 6
Hockey 7% 4,900 13
Horse riding 4% 2,700 6
Motor sports 5% 3,800 7
Netball 13% 9,500 21
Racquet sports 2% 1,500 5
Rugby Union 17% 12,100 25
Rugby League 2% 1,100 2
Shooting/archery <1% 200 1
Skiing/snow sports 1% 500 2
Soccer 18% 13,200 32
Tennis 2% 1,800 5
Touch 10% 7,400 20
Triathlon/duathlon 1% 500 2
Volleyball 1% 1,000 3
Active Leisure  
Air sports - 0 0
Cycling-on road 19% 13,800 38
Cycling-off road 2% 1,200 4
Exercising 26% 18,900 51
Fishing/hunting 7% 5,400 13
Hockey derivatives <1% 200 1
Maori sports - 0 0
Outdoor games 22% 15,600 30
Parlour sports - 0 0
Running/jogging 16% 11,500 32
Skateboarding 11% 8,200 20
Surfing <1% 300 2
Swimming 28% 20,200 56
Target ball 1% 700 2
Team ball 3% 2,500 6
Terrain sports 4% 2,900 10
Walking 20% 14,400 42
Water sports 2% 1,600 7
Weightlifting - 0 0
Other physical activities 2% 1,300 3
NO physical activities 5% 3,800 13
 
Total 100% 71,800 184

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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