Household Expenditure on Sports and Physical Recreation (1)

Table 3 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE ON SELECTED SPORTS AND PHYSICAL RECREATION PRODUCTS, Bymajor region – 2003–04Capital city Rest of state AustraliaAVERAGE WEEKLY HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE ($)Sports and recreation vehiclesBicycles *0.16 *0.08 *0.13Boats, their parts and accessories *1.07 *0.83 0.98Total *1.23 *0.91 1.11Sports, physical recreation and camping equipmentCamping equipment 0.25 *0.48 0.33Fishing equipment *0.39 *0.58 0.46Golf equipment *0.20 *0.21 0.20Sports or physical recreation footw ear 1.12 1.19 1.14Sw imming pools 2.48 *5.01 3.41Other sports and physical recreation equipment 2.06 *1.99 2.03Total 6.50 9.46 7.57Sports and physical recreation servicesHire of sports equipment *0.08 **0.01 *0.06Health and fitness studio charges 1.77 *0.85 1.44Sporting club subscrptions 1.17 0.82 1.04Spectator admission fees to sport 0.82 *0.57 0.73Sports facility hire charges 2.20 2.51 2.30Sports lessons 1.28 *0.66 1.05Physical recreation charges nec 0.45 *0.31 0.40Total 7.77 5.73 7.02Total expenditure on selected sports andphysical recreation products 15.50 16.10 15.70Total expenditure on all products 940.12 793.82 886.63Average w eekly household income ($) 1,210 986 1,128Number of households ('000) 4,907.5 2,828.2 7,735.8Number of persons ('000) 12,567.8 7,038.9 19,606.6* estimate has a relative standard error of betw een 25% and 50% and should be used w ith caution** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% but less than or equal to 75% and is considered toounreliable for general use