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FREQUENCY OF VOLUNTEERING

A third of all volunteers (35% or 2.1 million) volunteered at least once a week, and 39% (885,000) of sport and physical recreation organisation volunteers volunteered on at least a weekly basis. In comparison, a lower proportion of those volunteering for other organisations only volunteered at least weekly (33% or 1.2 million). This may be related to the regular nature of sporting activities. People volunteering for other organisations only are more likely to volunteer less frequently than at least once a week (16%) compared with sport and physical recreation organisation volunteers (9%).

5.1 Sport and Physical Recreation and Other Volunteers, By frequency of volunteering(a)
		Sport & physical recreation organisation(s) only	Sport & physical recreation and other organisation(s)	Total sport & physical recreation organisation(s)	Other organisation(s) only	Total volunteers
Volunteers ('000)
	At least once a week	414.2	471.3	885.5	1 244.3	2 129.8
	At least once a fortnight	*176.4	140.5	316.8	371.6	688.5
	At least once a month	129.7	177.4	307.1	666.3	973.3
	Several times a year	195.5	352.7	548.2	917.6	1 465.8
	Less regularly	138.4	*71.8	210.2	616.7	826.9
	Total(b)	1 054.2	1 213.6	2 267.7	3 816.5	6 084.2
Volunteers (%)
	At least once a week	39.3	38.8	39.0	32.6	35.0
	At least once a fortnight	16.7	11.6	14.0	9.7	11.3
	At least once a month	12.3	14.6	13.5	17.5	16.0
	Several times a year	18.5	29.1	24.2	24.0	24.1
	Less regularly	13.1	*5.9	9.3	16.2	13.6
	Total(b)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution
(a) Frequency of volunteering in all organisations in each organisation type.
(b) Components may not add to totals as some persons may have been involved as a volunteer in more than one organisation.