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Participation - Otago & Southland

Participation in sport & active leisure by adults living in Otago & Southland

Participation in sport & active leisure by adults living in Otago & Southland
Census 2001 group
figure: 206,538		 % Adults taking part
in the last:		 # Adults taking part
in the last:		 # Respondents
 
Sports 4 weeks 12 months 4 weeks 12 months 4 weeks 12 months
Athletics 1% 2% 1,500 5,000 4 20
Badminton 1% 5% 2,000 10,300 10 33
Basketball 2% 7% 4,300 15,000 17 50
Outdoor bowls 2% 5% 5,000 11,200 25 53
Indoor bowls 3% 5% 5,800 11,000 33 58
Outdoor cricket 2% 8% 3,400 16,400 17 63
Indoor cricket 1% 3% 2,000 5,300 10 23
Competitive cycling <1% 1% 500 1,900 3 11
Golf 9% 18% 19,300 37,900 90 167
Hockey 1% 2% 1,300 3,400 8 17
Horse riding 2% 5% 4,500 9,300 18 43
Motor sports 5% 8% 9,700 16,300 38 67
Netball 3% 7% 6,200 14,400 21 51
Rowing <1% 2% 500 3,600 3 13
Rugby Union 3% 4% 5,500 8,600 18 34
Rugby League - <1% 0 600 0 4
Shooting 3% 9% 6,900 17,900 29 75
Skiing 1% 10% 2,900 20,800 18 93
Soccer 2% 5% 4,200 9,500 16 38
Softball <1% 1% 200 3,000 1 14
Squash 3% 5% 6,500 11,100 23 47
Surf life saving - 1% 0 1,200 0 4
Tennis 3% 10% 7,000 19,800 29 77
Touch football 3% 8% 5,600 15,800 24 58
Triathlon <1% 1% 400 2,600 2 9
Volleyball 1% 2% 2,400 5,200 8 23
Yachting/sailing etc. 1% 4% 1,900 9,200 10 46
Waka <1% <1% 400 400 2 2
Active Leisure  
Aerobics 4% 10% 8,400 19,700 32 78
Aquarobics 2% 7% 4,500 14,000 27 71
Recreational cycling 6% 14% 13,100 28,400 67 133
Exercise classes 12% 19% 24,000 39,300 95 152
Exercising at home 20% 27% 41,800 55,900 204 263
Fishing 8% 21% 16,300 42,700 73 194
Gardening 51% 59% 104,700 121,700 534 619
Mountain biking 3% 8% 6,900 16,900 32 69
Running/jogging etc. 9% 14% 18,400 28,800 80 124
Surfing/body boarding 2% 4% 3,700 8,900 14 42
Swimming 12% 31% 25,600 63,100 123 290
Tramping 4% 12% 8,700 25,100 41 125
ANY WALKING 66% 72% 135,600 149,000 648 709
Kapa haka 1% 1% 1,100 1,400 4 6
Taiaha - <1% 0 200 0 1
Mau rakau - - 0 0 0 0
Other physical activities 10% 16% 20,200 33,000 78 140
NO physical activities 8% 3% 17,500 5,700 80 31
 
Total 100% 100% 206,500 206,500 982 982

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 columns 5 and 6). 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 adults took part in the sport/activity). The numbers of participants are rounded to the nearest hundred and are calculated using the percentages before rounding and the number of New Zealand adults recorded in the 2001 Census.
  4. People may participate in the sports/activities shown in this table on a casual basis and/or with a club or organisation.
  5. The figures in this table are from the 1997, 1998 and 2000 Combined Sport and Physical Activity Surveys.
  6. Motor sports includes motorcycling, trail biking and motor racing.

Updated | 30 Mar 2006.

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