Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 20-Oct-21

Roy Morgan’s latest National Sports Participation report shows that walking for exercise is easily the most popular sport or activity which Australians regularly participate in. It is also one of the few activities Australians did more of during the year to June 2021 compared to a year earlier. Nearly 11 million adult Australians (51.9%) regularly go for a vigorous stroll. This is an increase of over 850,000 (+8.5%) on a year earlier. Going to the gym/weight training is again Australia’s second most popular sporting activity with over 3.5 million Australians (16.9%) regularly participating, an increase of 97,000 (+2.8%) on a year ago. There is a new activity in third place overall with over 2.2 million Australians (10.5%) now regularly jogging, an increase of 251,000 (+12.8%) on a year ago; it has overtaken swimming, which experienced the largest decline of any sport – down 637,000 (-32%) to 1.35 million. Meanwhile, soccer, basketball, cricket and netball are the only team sports that made the top 20 leading sports and activities, although all four had fewer regular participants in the year to June 2021 than a year ago, as lockdowns forced the cancellations of many sporting competition

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