National Results
National results
AusPlay provides national data on the number of people participating in sport and physical activity and how they participate. National data (including historical data) can be downloaded below.
This release includes:
- New data tables (downloadable below);
- A year-on-year comparison of selected measures across the 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years. These can be viewed by downloading the new national data tables; and
- Data visualisations that focus on state/territory participation. These visualisations are made possible by utilising AusPlay’s 75,000+ cumulative sample since the survey commenced in October 2015.
- AusPlay National data tables – July 2018 to June 2019 data (XLS
- 391 KB) - A story of State and Territory participation (PDF
- 1.7 MB) - AusPlay key terms and definitions (PDF - 131 KB)
- AusPlay National data tables – January 2018 to December 2018 data (XLS - 394 KB)
- Online Animated Story - A story of sports and physical activities
- State of Play Report - Australian Football (PDF - 1.4 MB)
- State of Play Report - Basketball (PDF - 1.4 MB)
- State of Play Report - Bush Walking (PDF - 1.3 MB)
- State of Play Report - Cricket (PDF - 1.4 MB)
- State of Play Report - Cycling (PDF - 1.3 MB)
- State of Play Report - Dancing (PDF - 1.4 MB)
- State of Play Report - Fitness Gym (PDF - 1.3 MB)
- State of Play Report - Football (PDF - 1.5 MB)
- State of Play Report - Golf (PDF - 1.3 MB)
- State of Play Report - Gymnastics (PDF - 926 KB)
- State of Play Report - Martial arts (PDF - 1.3 MB)
- State of Play Report - Netball (PDF - 1.4 MB)
- State of Play Report - Pilates (PDF - 1.3 MB)
- State of Play Report - Running Athletics (PDF - 1.4 MB)
- State of Play Report - Surfing (PDF - 1.3 MB)
- State of Play Report - Swimming (PDF - 1.4 MB)
- State of Play Report - Tennis (PDF - 1.4 MB)
- State of Play Report - Touch Football (PDF - 1.3 MB)
- State of Play Report - Walking (PDF - 1.3 MB)
- State of Play Report - Yoga (PDF - 1.3 MB)
- Online animated story: A Story of Older Australians' Participation in Sport and Physical Activity
- AusPlay Focus: Older Australians’ Participation in Sport and Physical Activity (PDF - 1.45 MB)
- AusPlay National data tables – July 2017 to June 2018 data (XLS - 464 KB)
- AusPlay Focus: Children’s Organised Out-of-school Participation (PDF - 1.3 MB)
- AusPlay National data tables – January 2017 to December 2017 data (XLS - 609 KB)
- AusPlay Focus: Women and Girls Participation (PDF - 2.2 MB)
- AusPlay National data tables – July 2016 to June 2017 data (XLS - 520 KB)
- Interactive charts - AusPlay participation data for the 2016 calendar year
- Fact sheet – Australian kids need active, sporty parents (PDF - 438 KB)
- AusPlay National data tables – January 2016 to December 2016 data (XLS - 510 KB)
- Summary of key National findings – October 2015 to September 2016 data (PDF - 1.5 MB) - updated 21 December 2016
- Summary of key National findings – October 2015 to September 2016 data (ebook) - updated 21 December 2016
- AusPlay National data tables – October 2015 to September 2016 data (XLS - 469 KB)
A more detailed report of AusPlay findings from October 2015 to September 2016 data is available upon request. Please contact ausplay@sportaus.gov.au.
Future releases and time series comparisons
Sport Australia released the first results from AusPlay on 8 December 2016 for data collected from October 2015 to September 2016. This release filled a major data gap for the sport sector, which had been without national participation estimates since 2014 when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ceased all sport and recreation data collection.
From the second release onwards Sport Australia will follow a regular cycle of calendar and financial year reporting. Sport Australia has committed to report data every six months:
2. Results released on 26 April 2017 for data collected January 2016 – December 2016
3. Results released on 16 November 2017 for data collected July 2016 – June 2017
4. Results released on 30 April 2018 for data collected January 2017 – December 2017
5. Results released on 31 October 2018 for data collected July 2017 – June 2018
6. Results released on 30 April 2019 for data collected January 2018 – December 2018
7. Results released on 31 October 2019 for data collected July 2018 – June 2019
8. Next results to be released in April 2020
The first three releases have overlapping data and therefore time series comparisons cannot be made. Time series comparisons are possible from release 4 onwards by using two discrete data collection periods e.g. the 2016 and 2017 calendar years.
A tool to test whether the difference between estimates is statistically significant is available for download below. If you have any questions about the tool or would like assistance with it please send an email to ausplay@sportaus.gov.au.
Comparability of results with previous national surveys
AusPlay is different to previous national surveys in each of these aspects and any comparison of survey data should take these methodological differences into account. Although AusPlay includes some similar questions to the Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey (ERASS) and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) surveys (e.g. In the last 12 months did you participate in any physical activities for sport, for exercise or for recreation?), the methodology is different and it should therefore be treated as a new time series.
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