EXPENDITURE BY HOUSEHOLDS

• Australian households spent an average of $15.70 per week on selected sports and physical recreation products during 2003-04. The largest single component of this figure was $3.41 spent on swimming pools. This was followed by $2.30 spent on sports facility hire charges.
• The total expenditure by Australian households on selected sports and physical recreation products in 2003-04 was $6,332.5m. This was 1.8% of the amount Australian households spent on all products.