Share of sports participants in Australia 2023, by type of sports

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 10, 2024

In financial year 2023, close to 43 percent of Australians participated in recreational walking. Fitness and gym activities proved almost as popular with well over a third of Australians going to the gym or undertaking a fitness activity in that year.

Share of people participating in sports in Australia financial year 2023, by type

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Release date

October 2023

Region

Australia

Survey time period

July 2022 to June 2023

Number of respondents

20,000 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

Note: Only sports with at least one percent of the population participating are shown.

Figures are estimates.

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