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swish

Years ago

Most participated team sports in Australia?

I would be amazed if basketball isn't the number 1 participation in the country. Its played all year round in most places where indoor facilities are available. Most football codes are only played for 5 - 6 months and are certainly male dominated.
Most schools now have indoor basketball courts so more kids are playing in school time ( all year round) where as "traditional" aussie schools might do ( on a significant scale) a Footy code in winter and cricket in summer.
Basketball comps are run most nights of the week for social players of all ages, where as most football codes play only on w/ends and there social grades probably don't cover the range of ages as basketball does.

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very old

Years ago

A gender split wou;ld also have been interesting. I assume the full (paid) research data would also show the Mix of sports for each year , some kids play 4+ sports, and there is the question of the perameters, can a kid answer yes to basketball if they just play a 3 week internal school "competition" ?

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Mantis

Years ago

Ninja'ed!

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Mantis

Years ago

Extracted from the table at The Top 20 sports played by Aussies young and old, by Roy Morgan Market research:

#1 Soccer
#2 Basketball
#3 Cricket
#4 Netball
#5 Australian Rules*
#6 Rugby League*
#7 Volleyball
#8 Softball
#9 Field Hockey

(* Note that the two football codes' numbers are artificially reduced due to the geographic split in their areas of dominance, while other team sports are national. However, even if combined, AFL and NRL would only rank #3)

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