4156.0 - Sports and Physical Recreation: A Statistical Overview, Australia, Oct 2010  
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NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS

The GSS found that over 5.2 million people or 34% of the adult population aged 18 years and over participated in voluntary work in 2006. Sport and physical recreation organisations attracted the largest number of volunteers with 1.7 million people (11% of the population) followed by education and training organisations or groups (1.4 million or 9.1%) and community and welfare organisations (1.1 million or 7.3%).

9.1 Type of organisation volunteered for, By all volunteers - 2006
Graph: 9.1 Type of organisation volunteered for, By all volunteers—2006








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