2017-07-11 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 3 - Draft Sport & Active Recreation Plan

                            Community-based (primarily volunteer-      sector. Diversity of activities provided, greater
                            based) sports are increasingly expected    understanding of consumer needs and quicker
                            to become more business-like in their      responses to trends will assist local providers
                            operations. Commercial operators filling   ‘stay alive’.
                            the gap of consumer need not being
                                                                       Government and peak bodies will need to
                            picked up by not-for-profit physical
                                                                       support required changes in club operations
                            activity providers.
                                                                       and culture.
                                                                       NFP providers should look to partnerships and
                                                                       learnings from the commercial sector. Greater
                                                                       investment needs to be given to new models of
                                                                       operation to better meet consumer need and
                                                                       changing participation trends.


         AusPlay Survey
 The AusPlay Survey, commissioned by the ASC, is the largest physical participation
 survey in Australia. The results of the most current survey (2015-2016 data) provide the
 participation data for National and State figures provided in the tables used throughout
 this Plan. It is a continuous survey with over 20,000 adults surveyed each year with
 additional fieldwork happening throughout the year. It captures a wide variety of activities
 which allow for a distinction to be made between sport-related activities (e.g. team sports,
 athletics, golf) and non-sport-related physical activities (eg gym activities, bushwalking).

 Summary of AusPlay Survey Key Findings
      Sport clubs are not the main choice for participation in sport or physical activity in
       Australia for adults aged 18 years and over.
      While sport remains an important form of activity throughout life, non-sport-related
       physical activity becomes more important as we age.
      While sport clubs are the main avenue for both girls and boys, throughout
       childhood boys (50%) are more likely to be active through club sport than girls
       (33%).
      Women are more likely to participate in sport or physical activity for physical and
       mental health reasons and to lose or maintain weight than men. Men are more
       motivated by fun/ enjoyment and social reasons than women
 Given the way people participate in physical activity alters over life-stages, it is
 important to understand the basic demography of the local population. Noosa’s
 population is projected to increase 0.8% per year over 25 years compared to the Qld
 population increase of 1.7% per year over the same time period. Our population is older
 than the state average with a greater proportion of our population aged over 65 years.
 Our median age is projected to continue to be significantly higher than the rest of the
 State.

Population by age for Noosa and Qld
 Table 3. Population comparisons by age Noosa Vs Qld
LGA/State                                                Age Group
                  0-14              15-24            25-44               45-64                       65+
             number     %      number     %      number      %       number     %              number    %
Noosa         9,233    17.3     5,305,    9.9    10,554     19.7     16,432    30.7             11,991 22.4
Queensland 943,992 19.8 647,983 13.6 1,327,470 27.8 1,173,195 24.5                             686,214 14.4
 Source: ABS 3235.0, Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2015




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