State and Territory Results

 

State/territory results

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AusPlay provides national data on the number of people participating in sport and physical activity and how they participate. State/territory data (including historical data) can be downloaded below.

On 31 October 2019 Sport Australia released the latest AusPlay state/territory results covering data collected in the 2018/19 financial year.

This release includes:

  • New data tables (downloadable below);
  • 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. 

 

Focus on State and Territory participation

January 2018 to December 2018 data
July 2017 to June 2018 data
January 2017 to December 2017 data
   
July 2016 to June 2017 data
January 2016 to December 2016 data
October 2015 to September 2016 data



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. 

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Comparability of results with previous national surveys

It is the nature of surveying that if several surveys examine one topic, results from one survey can differ from those of the others. This is particularly likely where there are differences in interviewee selection, sample design, sample size, questionnaire design and how the survey is conducted.

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.

What next?

Sport Australia is working closely with its stakeholders to make the most of the AusPlay results for the benefit of the sport sector and all Australians. AusPlay results are updated every six months with the next release due in April 2020.

Please note that for the first release of AusPlay Sport Australia separated the release of national (8 December 2016) and state/territory results (23 January 2017). From the second release onwards both the national and state/territory results will be released simultaneously.


National results
National results
National data on the number of people participating in sport and physical activity.
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National results
Results by sport
Results by sport
Sport specific data on the number of people participating.

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Results by sport

Frequently asked questions 

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