Introduction and references
Introduction
This dashboard provides information about the levels of participation in sports and fitness activities in Australia between 2016 and 2020.
It provides key insights to help inform interested parties, such as National and State Government agencies, and other sports and fitness organisations, about steps that may need to be taken to improve people’s participation in sports and fitness activities in Australia.
The dashboard has been created using AusPlay survey data from the Government’s Clearinghouse for Sport information and knowledge sharing platform for Australian sport www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au.
It contains the following charts:
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Chart 1 - Participation rates by gender and age for people who participate once per year
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Chart 2 - Participation rates by gender and age for people who participate once per week
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Chart 3 - Participation rates by gender and age for people who participate three times per week
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Chart 4a - The top 5 most common sports and activities
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Chart 4b - The 5th to 10th most common sports and activities
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Chart 4c - The 10th to 15th most common sports and activities
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Chart 5 - Reasons why people participated (motivations) in sports and activities in 2020 (by gender and age group (for adults only))
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Chart 6 - Reasons why people don’t participate (barriers) in sports and activities (by gender for 2016 to 2020)
Data references
Clearinghouse for Sport (2022), AusPlay results - Previous data releases, retrieved 10 April 2022, https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/research/ausplay/results#previous_data_releases.
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Clearinghouse for Sport (2022), AusPlay results - Previous data releases, National data tables - January 2020 to December 2020, retrieved 10 April 2022, https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/excel_doc/0004/1004575/AusPlay-National-data-tables-30-April-2021_Final.xlsx.
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Clearinghouse for Sport (2022), AusPlay results - Previous data releases, National data tables - January 2019 to December 2019, retrieved 10 April 2022, https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/excel_doc/0010/757297/AusPlay-National-data-tables-30-April-2020_Final.xlsx.
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Clearinghouse for Sport (2022), AusPlay results - Previous data releases, National data tables – January 2018 to December 2018 data, retrieved 10 April 2022, https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/excel_doc/0011/762086/AusPlay_National_data_tables_30_April_2019.xlsx.
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Clearinghouse for Sport (2022), AusPlay results - Previous data releases, National data tables – January 2017 to December 2017 data, retrieved 10 April 2022, https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/excel_doc/0007/762127/AusPlay_National_data_tables_30_Apr_18.xlsx.
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Clearinghouse for Sport (2022), AusPlay results - Previous data releases, National data tables – January 2016 to December 2016 data, retrieved 10 April 2022, https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/excel_doc/0020/762131/AusPlay_National_data_tables_26_Apr_17.xlsx.