According to a survey conducted in 2021, around 86 percent of respondents in the age group 15 to 24 years said they played video games. Similarly, around 82 percent of respondents in the age group five to 14 years were video game players.
Video gaming in Australia
In 2022, video gaming was listed as the fifth most popular hobby or activity in Australia. The leading reasons to play video games in Australia in 2021 were to have fun, relieve boredom, and keep the mind active. Australians between 15-24 years old accounted for the largest share of video game players in Australia in 2021, by age group, with the majority of video game players playing on a game console or their phone. Over half of Australians between 18-64 years old reported spending ten hours or less playing video games per week in 2022, with one-fifth of Australians stating that they didn’t play video games at all.
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Share of video game players in Australia in 2021, by age group
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IGEA. (October 19, 2021). Share of video game players in Australia in 2021, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 21, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/784981/australia-video-game-player-by-age-group/
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