ACCESS TO SPORTING FACILITIES BY INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
The 2001 Community Housing and Infrastructure Needs Survey found that there were 327 Indigenous communities with a population of 50 or more. Of these, 213 (65.1%) had some form of sporting facilities while 108 (33.0%) had no sporting facilities at all. For the remaining 6 (1.8%), the information was not provided.
The sports facilities which were most common were outdoor courts and sports grounds. Of the communities with sports facilities, 82.6% (176) had outdoor courts and 77.9% (166) had sports grounds.
The state with the highest percentage of Indigenous communities lacking any sporting facilities was NSW where 53.1% (26) were in this situation. The state with the lowest percentage was Queensland where only 11.4% (5 communities) had no sporting facilities.
8.5 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WITH A POPULATION OF 50 OR MORE, Access to sporting facilities by state and territory - 2001 |
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| COMMUNITIES WITH SPORTING FACILITIES | | | |
| State or territory | Sports grounds | Outdoor courts | Indoor or covered sporting facilities | Swimming pools | Other buildings used for sport | Other community sporting facilities | No sporting facilities | All communities(a) | |
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| New South Wales | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 49 | |
| Queensland | 27 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 44 | |
| South Australia | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 26 | |
| Western Australia | 41 | 56 | 2 | 8 | 12 | - | 21 | 81 | |
| Northern Territory | 66 | 58 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 48 | 124 | |
| Australia(b) | 166 | 176 | 29 | 22 | 55 | 9 | 108 | 327 | |
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| - nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
| (a) Includes 'Whether community has sporting facilities' not stated. |
| (b) Victoria and Tasmania included in Australia for confidentiality reasons. The Australian Capital Territory did not have any discrete Indigenous communities. |
| Source: Housing and Infrastructure in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities, Australia, 2001 (cat. no. 4710.0). |
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