Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 2014 MOST POPULAR ACTIVITIES FOR AUSTRALIANS These tables show the top activities (at least once a year) for different groups of the population (adults, children, gender) and various criteria (through an organisation/venue, club sport). Recreational *Athletics, track and field includes jogging and runnin Adults Top 20 activities Population estimate Per cent of population Walking (recreational) 8,397,408 42.6% Fitness/gym 6,317,614 32.1% Athletics, track and field* 3,115,027 15.8% Swimming 2,852,924 14.5% Cycling 2,302,614 11.7% Football 1,141,027 5.8% Bush walking 1,058,061 5.4% Golf 1,022,127 5.2% Tennis 946,790 4.8% Yoga 866,679 4.4% Basketball 667,006 3.4% Cricket 643,919 3.3% Netball 630,638 3.2% Surfing 528,058 2.7% Australian football 496,829 2.5% Pilates 489,731 2.5% Fishing (recreational) 412,049 2.1% Touch football 402,756 2.0% Canoeing/kayaking 312,664 1.6% Dancing (recreational) 269,798 1.4% Adults through organisation/venue Top 10 activities Population estimate Per cent of population Fitness/gym 5,045,386 25.6% Swimming 1,593,531 8.1% Golf 888,794 4.5% Football 825,866 4.2% Yoga 654,830 3.3% Tennis 611,815 3.1% Netball 583,736 3.0% Athletics, track and field 537,454 2.7% Cricket 463,042 2.3% Basketball 461,233 2.3% Adult men Population Per cent of Top 10 activities estimate population Walking (recreational) 3,189,754 32.8% Fitness/gym 2,785,040 28.6% Athletics, track and field* 1,728,674 17.8% Cycling 1,387,756 14.3% Swimming 1,261,924 13.0% Football 884,972 9.1% Golf 836,606 8.6% Cricket 571,010 5.9% Tennis 537,917 5.5% Bush walking 520,642 5.3% Adult women Top 10 activities Population estimate Per cent of population Walking (recreational) 5,207,654 52.3% Fitness/gym 3,532,574 35.4% Swimming 1,591,001 16.0% Athletics, track and field* 1,386,353 13.9% Cycling 914,858 9.2% Yoga 742,136 7.4% Netball 562,698 5.6% Bush walking 537,419 5.4% Pilates 441,642 4.4% Tennis 408,873 4.1% walking is the most popular physical activity for Australians overall followed by fitness/gym activities. However, fitness/gym activity is by far the most preferred activity involving some type of organisation or with access to a venue. g