Australian Bureau of Statistics
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ACCESS TO TRANSPORT

When people do not have access to transport, this can act as a barrier to their participation in the range of social, civic and economic activities of mainstream society.

While most people (84%) felt that they could easily get to the places where they needed to go, 12% felt that they sometimes had difficulty getting to such places, and 4% felt that they either could not get to places where they needed to go or often had difficulties in doing so.

6.6 Participation in Sport and Physical Recreation, By access to motor vehicle(s) and perceived level of transport difficulties
		Participated	Did not participate	Total	Participation rate	Non-participation rate	Total
		'000	'000	'000	%	%	%
Has access to motor vehicle to drive
	Access to motor vehicle(s)	11 288.4	3 308.1	14 596.4	77.3	22.7	100.0
	No access to motor vehicles	1 170.4	1 021.4	2 191.7	53.4	46.6	100.0
	Total	12 458.7	4 329.4	16 788.2	74.2	25.8	100.0
Perceived level of difficulty with transport
	Can easily get to the places needed	10 771.4	3 314.8	14 086.2	76.5	23.5	100.0
	Sometimes have difficulty getting to the places needed	1 268.5	719.5	1 988.1	63.8	36.2	100.0
	Often have difficulty getting to the places needed	382.4	196.8	579.3	66.0	34.0	100.0
	Can't get to the places needed/never go out/housebound	36.4	98.2	134.6	27.0	73.0	100.0
	Total	12 458.7	4 329.4	16 788.2	74.2	25.8	100.0

The sport and physical recreation participation rate declined with increased perceived difficulty with transport. The participation rate is highest among those who can easily get to the places needed (76%) and substantially lower for those who cannot get to the places needed (27%).

Less than half a percent of people who participated in sport and physical recreation can't get to the places needed or were housebound, whereas the proportion for non-participants was 2%. In absolute terms, almost three times as many non-participants were in this situation (98,200 compared with 36,400).

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