Australia’s Top 20 Sports and Physical Activities Revealed!
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Sport Australia has released the latest annual data from its AusPlay survey, Australia’s largest and most comprehensive sport and physical activity survey, launched in late 2015.
For the first time, AusPlay has revealed Australia’s top 20 sports and physical activities, along with detailed ‘State of the Play’ reports on each. Recreational activities like walking, fitness/gym, swimming, running and cycling top the list. The most popular organised sport for Australian participants is football, coming in at number six overall.
Top 20 participation sports and physical activities
*Based on annual participation (organised out-of-school activities only for children 0-14; all activities for adults 15+)
- Walking (Recreational) 8,783,064
- Fitness/Gym 6,874,541
- Swimming 4,505,531
- Running/Athletics 3,334,693
- Cycling 2,359,660
- Football 1,767,288
- Tennis 1,202,011
- Bush walking 1,189,493
- Basketball 1,017,968
- Golf 1,015,150
- Yoga 984,362
- Australian Football 913,668
- Netball 901,903
- Cricket 798,618
- Dancing (recreational) 688,293
- Pilates 585,706
- Surfing 508,015
- Gymnastics 489,058
- Touch football 464,721
- Martial arts 316,826
For more information, head over to the Sport Aus website.