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Participation - Wellington

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

Participation in sport & active leisure by young people living in Wellington
Census 2001 group figure: 78,945 % Young people
taking part in
the last 2 weeks
# Young people
taking part in
the last 2 weeks
# Respondents
Sports  
Athletics 6% 4,600 9
Basketball 8% 6,100 17
Combat sports 5% 3,800 13
Cricket 12% 9,600 26
Golf 5% 3,800 9
Gymnastics 4% 3,400 10
Hockey 2% 1,300 8
Horse riding 2% 1,800 3
Motor sports 1% 1,000 3
Netball 10% 8,200 21
Racquet sports 3% 2,300 8
Rugby Union 13% 10,500 32
Rugby League 1% 1,000 1
Shooting/archery <1% 300 2
Skiing/snow sports 1% 400 1
Soccer 22% 17,200 54
Tennis 8% 6,500 13
Touch 10% 7,500 15
Triathlon/duathlon 1% 1,000 2
Volleyball 2% 1,200 2
Active Leisure  
Air sports - 0 0
Cycling-on road 20% 15,400 34
Cycling-off road 1% 500 1
Exercising 30% 23,600 69
Fishing/hunting 4% 3,200 6
Hockey derivatives - 0 0
Maori sports <1% 300 1
Outdoor games 11% 8,700 29
Parlour sports 2% 1,500 3
Running/jogging 16% 12,500 35
Skateboarding 7% 5,200 20
Surfing 2% 1,200 3
Swimming 34% 26,800 65
Target ball <1% 300 1
Team ball 4% 3,100 10
Terrain sports 4% 3,100 8
Walking 16% 12,600 40
Water sports 2% 1,800 5
Weightlifting - 0 0
Other physical activities - 0 0
NO physical activities 13% 10,300 22
 
Total 100% 78,900 214

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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