Household Expenditure on Sports and Physical Recreation (1)

1 Sports and Physical Recreation <strong>Expenditure</strong>During 2003–04, the average expenditure by Australian households on all goods and services(including in-ground swimming pools) was $886.63 per week. Of this amount, $15.70 (1.8%) wasspent on the sports and physical recreation products detailed in table 1. The term 'products' is usedby the ABS to encompass both the tangible (otherwise known as goods) and the intangible (otherwiseknown as services).Nearly half (48.2%) of the expenditure on sports and physical recreation products went on Sports,physical recreation and camping equipment ($7.57 per week). A further 44.7% was spent on Sportsand physical recreation services ($7.02 per week), while Sports and recreation vehicles accounted forthe remaining 7.1% ($1.11 per week).The product categories for which the highest expenditures were recorded were Swimming pools($3.41 per week), Sports facility hire charges ($2.30 per week) and Other sports and physicalrecreation equipment ($2.03 per week).AVERAGE WEEKLY HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE ON SELECTED SPORTS AND PHYSICAL RECREATIONPRODUCTS—2003–04BicyclesBoats, their parts and accessoriesCamping equipmentFishing equipmentGolf equipmentSports or physical recreation footwearSwimming poolsOther sports & physical recreation equipmentHire of sports equipmentHealth and fitness studio chargesSporting club subscriptionsSpectator admission fees to sportSports facility hire chargesSports lessonsPhysical recreation charges nec0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5$/weekThe 2003–04 <strong>Household</strong> <strong>Expenditure</strong> Survey also captured data regarding the numbers ofhouseholds reporting expenditure on each product category. The category on which the largestnumber had expenditure was Sports facility hire charges which was reported by 15.8% of households.Physical recreation charges nec and Other sport and physical recreation equipment were thecategories reported by the next highest percentages of households. These were little different at 5.8%and 5.7% respectively.The product categories on which the lowest percentages of households had expenditure were Hire ofsports equipment (0.4%); Boats, their parts and accessories (0.7%) and Bicycles (0.8%).In total, $6,332.5m was spent on the sports and physical recreation products detailed in table 1 during2003–04. The expenditure on Sports, physical recreation and camping equipment was $3,053.3m,while $2,831.5m was spent on Sports and physical recreation services and $447.7m on Sports andrecreation vehicles.