4156.0 - Sports and Physical Recreation: A Statistical Overview, Australia, 2009  
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AGE

A greater proportion of those aged 35-44 years (17%) and 45-54 years (15%) volunteered for total sport than other age groups. In addition to their personal involvement in sport and physical recreation, people in these age ranges often have dependent children of sport-playing age and consequently may volunteer to support their children's activities.

For sport only volunteers there was a greater proportion of those aged 45-54 years (9.0%) volunteering than the other age groups.

9.2 Sport and physical recreation and other volunteers, By sex and age - 2006
Sport & physical recreation organisation(s) only
Sport & physical recreation and other organisation(s)
Total sport & physical recreation organisation(s)
Other organisations only
Total volunteers
Not a volunteer
Total Persons aged 18 years & over
Volunteers ('000)
Male
672.9
366.9
1 039.9
1 365.3
2 405.2
5 148.1
7 553.3
Female
294.8
378.1
672.9
2 148.4
2 821.3
4 932.5
7 753.8
Volunteer rate (%)
Male
8.9
4.9
13.8
18.1
31.8
68.2
100.0
Female
3.8
4.9
8.7
27.7
36.4
63.6
100.0
Volunteers ('000)
18-24 years
147.5
62.8
210.3
364.0
574.3
1 365.8
1 940.1
25-34 years
167.9
112.7
280.6
578.3
858.9
1 950.3
2 809.2
35-44 years
241.0
269.4
510.4
764.7
1 275.1
1 713.2
2 988.3
45-54 years
251.9
172.4
424.2
677.4
1 101.6
1 698.6
2 800.2
55-64 years
90.5
79.1
169.6
556.8
726.4
1 512.9
2 239.3
65 years & over
68.9
48.7
117.6
572.8
690.4
1 839.5
2 529.9
Total
967.7
745.1
1 712.8
3 513.7
5 226.5
10 080.6
15 307.1
Volunteer rate (%)
18-24 years
7.6
3.2
10.8
18.8
29.6
70.4
100.0
25-34 years
6.0
4.0
10.0
20.6
30.6
69.4
100.0
35-44 years
8.1
9.0
17.1
25.6
42.7
57.3
100.0
45-54 years
9.0
6.2
15.1
24.2
39.3
60.7
100.0
55-64 years
4.0
3.5
7.6
24.9
32.4
67.6
100.0
65 years & over
2.7
1.9
4.6
22.6
27.3
72.7
100.0
Total
6.3
4.9
11.2
23.0
34.1
65.9
100.0
Source: Volunteers in Sport, Australia, 2006 (cat. no. 4440.0.55.001).








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