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Participation - NZ 65+ year olds

Participation in sport & active leisure by NZ 65+ year olds

Participation in sport & active leisure by NZ 65+ year olds
Census 2001 group
figure: 450,438		 % 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% 400 1,900 1 7
Badminton <1% 1% 1,000 2,300 5 11
Basketball <1% <1% 100 1,100 1 3
Outdoor bowls 7% 11% 32,900 50,600 149 244
Indoor bowls 6% 10% 28,000 43,200 144 214
Outdoor cricket <1% 1% 1,600 3,000 9 18
Indoor cricket - <1% 0 300 0 1
Competitive cycling <1% <1% 100 100 1 1
Golf 9% 12% 41,100 54,600 191 257
Hockey <1% <1% 700 1,200 3 5
Horse riding <1% 1% 1,000 3,100 6 20
Motor sports 1% 1% 2,500 3,000 10 14
Netball <1% <1% 0 1,000 1 5
Rowing <1% 1% 1,300 3,300 6 14
Rugby Union <1% <1% 1,000 2,100 4 10
Rugby League <1% <1% 900 900 3 3
Shooting 1% 1% 3,400 6,200 18 36
Skiing <1% <1% 400 1,500 2 8
Soccer <1% <1% 700 1,400 3 6
Softball - - 0 0 0 0
Squash <1% <1% 200 900 3 5
Surf life saving <1% <1% 100 200 1 2
Tennis 2% 4% 9,800 16,500 36 69
Touch football - <1% 0 0 0 1
Triathlon - - 0 0 0 0
Volleyball <1% <1% 100 100 1 1
Yachting/sailing etc. 1% 2% 3,300 8,100 19 49
Waka - - 0 0 0 0
Active Leisure  
Aerobics 1% 2% 6,500 8,600 34 50
Aquarobics 2% 3% 7,000 13,900 28 61
Recreational cycling 2% 3% 7,300 11,700 46 65
Exercise classes 3% 4% 11,600 17,500 61 94
Exercising at home 18% 21% 82,300 95,400 404 478
Fishing 5% 12% 21,800 51,900 114 277
Gardening 69% 76% 312,400 340,300 1570 1716
Mountain biking <1% <1% 900 1,200 5 6
Running/jogging etc. 1% 1% 2,400 2,900 10 14
Surfing/body boarding <1% 1% 600 2,600 4 15
Swimming 7% 17% 33,600 75,200 148 357
Tramping 2% 6% 10,600 25,300 53 123
ANY WALKING 66% 71% 297,500 321,600 1472 1581
Kapa haka <1% <1% 100 100 1 1
Taiaha - - 0 0 0 0
Mau rakau - - 0 0 0 0
Other physical activities 5% 6% 20,500 28,500 106 144
NO physical activities 8% 5% 37,900 21,600 216 126
 
Total 100% 100% 450,400 450,400 2279 2279

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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