MOST POPULAR SPORTS ATTENDED MOST POPULAR SPORTS ATTENDED The most popular sports attended by people aged

15 years and over in the 12 months prior to interview were Australian Rules football (16% or 2. million!" horse ra#ing (11% or 1.$ million!" rugby league ($% or 1.6 million! and motor sports ( % or 1.% million! (Table &!. 'ales had a higher attendan#e rate for the ma(ority of sports. Twi#e as many males attended motor sports (1.) million! than females ().5 million!" as was the #ase for outdoor #ri#*et ().5 million males #ompared with ).2 million females!. +ther sports whi#h were predominantly attended by males were Australian Rules football (1., million males #ompared with 1.2 million females! and rugby league (1.) million males #ompared with ).6 million females! (Table &!. Twi#e as many females" however" attended netball (12&")))! #ompared with males (5&",))!. -emales also had a higher attendan#e rate at indoor and outdoor tennis (1.$% or 1,1")))! #ompared with males (1.%% or 122")))! (Table &!. SPECTATORS AT SELECTED SPORTING EVENTS(a), .y se/

Attendan#e rates at sporting events varied a#ross the states and territories for the most popular sports. Attendan#e at Australian Rules football in 0i#toria was &&% (1.% million! in 0i#toria" #ompared with %% ().2 million! in 1ew 2outh 3ales. Rugby league reported attendan#e rates of 1,% (6))")))! in 4ueensland" #ompared with ).6% (,"&))! in 2outh Australia (Table %!. +f the spe#tators who attended Australian Rules football in the 12 months prior to interview" %&% attended 152 times" 26% attended &55 times" and nearly one5third (&1%! attended 6 times or more. 3hereas for horse ra#ing" attendan#e was less fre6uent" with nearly three 6uarters of spe#tators only attending 152 times (,%%!

in the 12 months prior to interview" 1 % attending &55 times and % attending 6 times or more (Table 6!.