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Participation - Tasman

Participation in sport & active leisure by adults living in Tasman

Participation in sport & active leisure by adults living in Tasman
Census 2001 group
figure: 100,557		 % 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% 1% 0 1,400 1 8
Badminton 1% 3% 900 3,000 9 28
Basketball 3% 5% 2,600 4,800 15 36
Outdoor bowls 2% 4% 1,700 3,500 21 41
Indoor bowls 2% 4% 2,200 3,700 28 46
Outdoor cricket 3% 6% 2,600 5,800 20 41
Indoor cricket 1% 3% 600 2,700 3 15
Competitive cycling 1% 1% 600 1,400 5 12
Golf 9% 16% 8,600 16,200 72 132
Hockey 1% 2% 900 1,800 9 19
Horse riding 2% 4% 2,000 4,000 26 43
Motor sports 3% 7% 2,800 6,900 29 62
Netball 3% 6% 3,100 5,800 28 56
Rowing 1% 1% 600 1,400 7 15
Rugby Union 2% 5% 1,600 4,700 10 28
Rugby League 1% 2% 700 1,600 5 9
Shooting 6% 11% 5,700 11,200 41 79
Skiing 1% 7% 1,400 7,400 12 56
Soccer 2% 4% 2,000 4,300 16 37
Softball <1% 2% 500 2,000 6 16
Squash 1% 4% 1,400 3,800 12 34
Surf life saving - <1% 0 300 0 3
Tennis 3% 9% 3,400 9,200 34 93
Touch football 3% 8% 3,000 8,500 21 61
Triathlon - 1% 0 1,200 0 11
Volleyball 2% 4% 1,800 3,900 15 34
Yachting/sailing etc. 3% 7% 2,500 7,200 26 74
Waka - - 0 0 0 0
Active Leisure  
Aerobics 4% 9% 3,600 8,900 36 86
Aquarobics 1% 3% 800 3,400 12 33
Recreational cycling 12% 18% 11,800 18,500 119 171
Exercise classes 9% 15% 9,100 15,300 84 134
Exercising at home 20% 26% 20,200 25,800 216 273
Fishing 15% 29% 14,600 29,300 124 260
Gardening 60% 67% 60,200 67,700 662 737
Mountain biking 3% 7% 3,500 7,200 31 56
Running/jogging etc. 6% 10% 6,300 10,500 59 89
Surfing/body boarding 1% 3% 800 3,400 7 28
Swimming 15% 37% 15,200 37,500 148 352
Tramping 7% 19% 6,600 19,200 67 179
ANY WALKING 67% 73% 67,300 73,200 717 772
Kapa haka - <1% 0 100 0 1
Taiaha - - 0 0 0 0
Mau rakau - - 0 0 0 0
Other physical activities 11% 17% 10,800 16,800 107 161
NO physical activities 7% 2% 6,600 2,400 66 29
 
Total 100% 100% 100,600 100,600 1013 1013

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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