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Participation - Pacific young people

Participation in sport & active leisure by Pacific Young People

Participation in sport and active leisure by Pacific young people
Census 2001 group
figure: 56,280
% Young people
taking part in
the last 2 weeks:
# Young people
taking part in
the last 2 weeks:
# Respondents
Sports  
Athletics 11% 6,000 13
Basketball 12% 6,600 18
Combat sports 2% 1,300 3
Cricket 10% 5,800 19
Golf 2% 1,300 3
Gymnastics 2% 800 3
Hockey 2% 1,000 5
Horse riding - 0 0
Motor sports - 0 0
Netball 9% 4,800 15
Racquet sports <1% 200 1
Rugby Union 15% 8,600 26
Rugby League 5% 3,100 7
Shooting/archery - 0 0
Skiing/snow sports - 0 0
Soccer 19% 10,600 26
Tennis 1% 800 3
Touch 17% 9,400 20
Triathlon/duathlon - 0 0
Volleyball 7% 3,900 12
Active Leisure  
Air sports - 0 0
Cycling-on road 10% 5,600 12
Cycling-off road - 0 0
Exercising 11% 5,900 16
Fishing/hunting 2% 1,000 2
Hockey derivatives - 0 0
Maori sports <1% 100 1
Outdoor games 12% 6,700 20
Parlour sports - 0 0
Running/jogging 13% 7,500 26
Skateboarding 1% 400 3
Surfing - 0 0
Swimming 20% 11,100 27
Target ball 1% 500 2
Team ball 5% 2,600 6
Terrain sports 1% 500 2
Walking 7% 3,900 9
Water sports 1% 700 1
Weightlifting <1% 100 1
Other physical activities <1% 200 1
NO physical activities 23% 12,800 34
 
Total 100% 56,300 160

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 and skittles.
  12. Team ball includes softball, baseball, rounders and T ball.
  13. Water sports includes yachting/sailing, water polo, water skiing and scuba diving.

Updated | 30 Mar 2006.

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