| Australia | | |
Time spent for sports (men and women, minutes per day per person) | 19.0 (2006) [23/33countries] | | |
Time spent for sports (men, minutes per day per person) | 23.1 (2006) [21/33countries] | | |
Time spent for sports (women, minutes per day per person) | 16.0 (2006) [20/33countries] | | |
% of those who take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym and going for a walk in their free time several times a week or more | 57.0% (2007) [6/34countries] | | |
% of those who never take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym and going for a walk in their free time | 6.8% (2007) [30/34countries] | | |
% of those who get much enjoyment from taking part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym, going for a walk | 68.0% (2007) [5/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that taking part in sports develops children's character | 41.2% (2007) [24/34countries] | | |
% of those who participate in the activities of a sports association/ group at least once a month | 23.1% (2007) [4/34countries] | | |
% of those who belong to a sports, leisure or cultural group | 44.3% (2014) [7/34countries] | | |
% of Grade 4 students who play sports for less than 1 hour per day | 33.2% (2007) [27/37countries] | | |
% of Grade 4 students who play sports for more than 2 hours per day | 34.2% (2007) [7/37countries] | | |
% of Grade 8 students who play sports for less than 1 hour per day | 35.1% (2007) [43/50countries] | | |
% of Grade 8 students who play sports for more than 2 hours per day | 30.6% (2007) [10/50countries] | | |
% of those who take part in walking (e.g. walking, nordic, trekking, climbing) most frequently among sports or physical activities | 46.3% (2007) [4/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in golf or minigolf most frequently among sports or physical activities | 5.3% (2007) [4/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in fitness (aerobics, exercise, machine-training, work-out) most frequently among sports or physical activities | 13.9% (2007) [14/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in baseball or softball most frequently among sports or physical activities | 0.2% (2007) [9/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in jogging most frequently among sports or physical activities | 3.0% (2007) [26/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in tennis most frequently among sports or physical activities | 2.5% (2007) [5/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in marine sports most frequently among sports or physical activities | 3.8% (2007) [20/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in volleyball most frequently among sports or physical activities | 0.4% (2007) [25/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in football or soccer most frequently among sports or physical activities | 1.9% (2007) [28/34countries] | | |
% of those who attend sporting events as a spectator in their free time several times a month or more | 16.9% (2007) [12/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch baseball most frequently on TV among sports | 0.4% (2007) [8/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch football or soccer most frequently on TV among sports | 5.5% (2007) [30/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch volleyball most frequently on TV among sports | 0.0% (2007) [30/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch martial arts (boxing, wrestling, judo, etc.) most frequently on TV among sports | 0.2% (2007) [33/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch golf or minigolf most frequently on TV among sports | 1.7% (2007) [7/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch ice-skating most frequently on TV among sports | 0.0% (2007) [26/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch athletics (running, long-/high-jumping, etc.) or marathon most frequently on TV among sports | 0.5% (2007) [25/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that there is too much sport on TV | 34.1% (2007) [10/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that sports bring different groups and races inside the country closer | 74.0% (2007) [18/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that international sports competitions create more tension between countries than good feelings | 14.7% (2007) [30/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that physical or mental health is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 61.1% (2007) [11/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that meeting other people is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 14.5% (2007) [30/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that competing against others is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 5.5% (2007) [24/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that looking good is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 9.2% (2007) [26/34countries] | | |