EXPENSES RELATED TO VOLUNTEERING
Over half of all volunteers (58% or 3.5 million) had incurred some form of expense as a result of their voluntary work. The most common expenses incurred by sport and physical recreation volunteers were phone calls and travel costs (both 47%).
5.2 Sport and Physical Recreation and Other Volunteers, By whether had any expenses related to voluntary work in last 12 months |
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| | Sport & physical recreation organisation(s) only | Sport & physical recreation and other organisation(s) | Total sport & physical recreation organisation(s) | Other organisation(s) only | Total volunteers |
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Volunteers ('000) | | | | | |
| Phone calls | 392.7 | 676.5 | 1 069.2 | 1 350.3 | 2 419.5 |
| Postage | *118.2 | 231.9 | 350.1 | 472.9 | 823.1 |
| Uniform | *42.3 | 67.6 | 110.0 | *75.8 | 185.8 |
| Travel costs | 394.3 | 667.8 | 1 062.1 | 1 632.3 | 2 694.4 |
| Meals | 82.0 | 275.9 | 357.9 | 507.9 | 865.8 |
| Training | *93.1 | 143.1 | 236.2 | 155.4 | 391.6 |
| Other | *42.1 | *80.1 | 122.2 | 280.0 | 402.2 |
| Total incurred expenses(a) | 510.4 | 871.4 | 1 381.8 | 2 137.3 | 3 519.1 |
| No expenses | 543.8 | 342.1 | 885.9 | 1 679.2 | 2 565.1 |
| Total(b) | 1 054.2 | 1 213.6 | 2 267.7 | 3 816.5 | 6 084.2 |
Volunteers (%) | | | | | |
| Phone calls | 37.3 | 55.7 | 47.1 | 35.4 | 39.8 |
| Postage | 11.2 | 19.1 | 15.4 | 12.4 | 13.5 |
| Uniform | *4.0 | 5.6 | 4.8 | *2.0 | 3.1 |
| Travel costs | 37.4 | 55.0 | 46.8 | 42.8 | 44.3 |
| Meals | 7.8 | 22.7 | 15.8 | 13.3 | 14.2 |
| Training | *8.8 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 4.1 | 6.4 |
| Other | *4.0 | *6.6 | 5.4 | 7.3 | 6.6 |
| Total incurred expenses(a) | 48.4 | 71.8 | 60.9 | 56.0 | 57.8 |
| No expenses | 51.6 | 28.2 | 39.1 | 44.0 | 42.2 |
| Total(b) | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
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* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution |
(a) Components may not add to totals as some persons may have incurred more than one expense. |
(b) Includes the category Not applicable. |