4156.0 - Sports and Physical Recreation: A Statistical Overview, Australia, 2009  
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Contents >> Chapter 2 - Main features >> Volunteers in sport

VOLUNTEERS IN SPORT

  • Sport and physical recreation organisations attracted the largest number of volunteers with 1.7 million people (11% of the population).
  • Of the 1.7 million sport and physical recreation volunteers more than half (887,400 or 52%) of the volunteers came from couple families with dependents. This was followed by 23% (397,500) of sport and physical recreation volunteers living in a couple only household.
  • The volunteer rate for all sport and physical recreation organisations for employed people (14%) was more than double the rate for the unemployed (5.7%) and those not in the labour force (5.6%).
  • Over half of all sport and physical recreation volunteers (54% or 925,900) were involved in coaching, refereeing or judging. Higher proportions of sport and physical recreation volunteers were also involved in administrative and clerical roles (37% or 637,200) or management and committee work (32% or 544,100).
  • Volunteers in sport and physical recreation organisations reported a variety of reasons for volunteering with the three main reasons being to help others in the community (53%), personal satisfaction and personal or family involvement (both 46%).







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