2017-10-10 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 6 - Sport and Active Recreation Plan

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7.3.2 Structured/Organised                           Table 8. Top 20 organised and structured activities
                                                     in Noosa by membership (*denotes where data
      Physical Activity
                                                     was participation based)
      Participation
                                                     Rank    Activity              Rank    Activity
The following table ranks the membership data
                                                     1       Gym (incl indoor      11      AFL
from structured and organised activities within
                                                             group fitness)
the Noosa area (including government, not-for-


                                                                                                               Sport and
                                                     2       Golf                  12      Lawn Bowls
profit and commercial).
                                                     3       Tennis                13      Skateboarding
For activities where memberships were not            4       Gymnastics            14      Surfing Lessons*
                                                     5       Soccer                15      Cricket

                                                                                                                 Active
available, annual participation data was used and
divided by the number of weeks of the activity       6       Netball               16      Athletics
season or 12 months (if no season existed).          7       Paddle sports*        17      Oztag
                                                             (including
This data has been extracted from survey data
collected from organisations, State level GIS
membership mapping and phone interviews.
                                                             kayaking,
                                                             canoeing
                                                             outrigging, SUP)
                                                                                                               Recreation
It is recognised that some organisations did
not respond with membership or participation
data which may slightly understate the figures
                                                     8

                                                     9
                                                             Basketball

                                                             Rugby League
                                                                                   18

                                                                                   19
                                                                                           Personal
                                                                                           Training
                                                                                           Futsal*
                                                                                                              Facilities and
provided below.

Commercial providers were asked whether
                                                     10      Rugby Union           20

                                                     Gyms reported the highest number of
                                                                                           Aqua Classes*
                                                                                                               Services in
                                                                                                                 Noosa
their activity catered predominately for tourists    memberships for any physical activity with 4,548
or locals. Overall it was a fairly even split with   memberships reported. Golf (1958), Tennis (1330),
approximately 50% catering more for tourists. Of     gymnastics (1081) and soccer (1046) make up the
interest was that gyms reported that they either     top five organised physical activities in Noosa.
significantly serviced locals or tourists (no less   Aqua classes rounded out the Top 20 list with
than an 80:20 ratio) whereas paddle sports that      241 people per week reportedly participating in
were predominately equipment hire businesses         classes.
reported marginally catering more for locals than
tourists (approx. 60:40 split).                      7.3.3 Individual Spend on Physical
                                                           Activity
Golf clubs, which have the second highest
membership data, also have a significant rate of     The Noosa participation survey indicated that
participation by local visitors and tourists (not    locals spend more than the national average on
counted in the data below), with one provider        physical activity participation. Noosa residents
noting only 50% of rounds are played by              reported spending $1,000 per person per year on
members.                                             being physically active, compared to the National
                                                     average of $875.




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