Spectrum

 "The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) estimates that 80% of Australians participate in some form of sport.29 A 2005-06 survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) found that almost one third of Australians aged 15 years and over (29% or 4.7 million people) participated in sport or physical recreation at least twice a week and that nearly two thirds of Australians participated in sport or physical recreation at least once in a given 12 months. However, people from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB) – a group which includes the majority of refugees – are less likely to participate in sport or physical activity than the general population. The ABS reports that migrants born in non-English speaking countries have a significantly lower participation rate (52%) than migrants born in English-speaking countries (73%), with NESB women having a particularly low participation rate (48%).”