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Participation - Pacific Island adults

Participation in sport & active leisure by Pacific Islander Adults

Participation in sport and active leisure by Pacific Island adults
Census 2001 group
figure: 119,667		 % 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% 4% 1,100 5,300 3 13
Badminton 1% 4% 1,200 4,200 5 16
Basketball 8% 16% 9,800 19,200 38 69
Outdoor bowls <1% 2% 500 2,500 3 10
Indoor bowls 1% 3% 1,200 3,400 5 16
Outdoor cricket 8% 17% 9,800 19,900 29 65
Indoor cricket 2% 7% 2,000 7,800 7 24
Competitive cycling - 1% 0 700 0 2
Golf 5% 11% 6,400 13,500 22 43
Hockey - - 0 0 0 0
Horse riding <1% 3% 500 3,200 2 9
Motor sports 1% 1% 700 700 3 3
Netball 4% 12% 5,000 14,900 19 51
Rowing <1% <1% 100 500 1 2
Rugby Union 7% 18% 7,800 21,400 24 59
Rugby League 7% 13% 8,200 15,400 27 52
Shooting 1% 2% 1,300 2,500 4 9
Skiing - 2% 0 2,500 0 5
Soccer 4% 7% 4,500 8,300 20 34
Softball 1% 3% 1,500 3,200 6 13
Squash 2% 3% 2,900 3,800 9 13
Surf life saving - <1% 0 100 0 1
Tennis 6% 14% 7,200 16,200 25 54
Touch football 13% 24% 15,300 28,300 51 92
Triathlon - <1% 0 200 0 1
Volleyball 15% 28% 18,100 33,100 57 105
Yachting/sailing etc. <1% 1% 200 700 2 4
Waka - <1% 0 200 0 1
Active Leisure  
Aerobics 6% 13% 7,500 15,100 23 49
Aquarobics 1% 6% 1,400 7,000 6 22
Recreational cycling 4% 8% 4,200 9,300 16 33
Exercise classes 15% 22% 17,600 26,500 56 89
Exercising at home 26% 33% 30,700 39,600 112 145
Fishing 11% 24% 13,200 28,900 44 97
Gardening 30% 41% 36,400 48,500 139 176
Mountain biking 2% 4% 1,900 5,300 6 17
Running/jogging etc. 10% 13% 11,600 15,800 40 54
Surfing/body boarding 2% 3% 2,200 4,100 9 15
Swimming 14% 27% 16,600 32,200 63 116
Tramping 2% 4% 2,400 4,800 7 15
ANY WALKING 62% 71% 74,700 85,400 264 303
Kapa haka <1% <1% 300 300 2 2
Taiaha - - 0 0 0 0
Mau rakau - - 0 0 0 0
Other physical activities 5% 9% 5,500 11,000 22 42
NO physical activities 9% 2% 10,500 2,400 44 10
 
Total 100% 100% 119,700 119,700 433 433

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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