Sport Participation in Australia

Using Innovative technology for planning

Associate Professor Rochelle Eimer.eime@federation.edu.au

Sport Participation in Australia• Problem:

• Lack of integration of sport participation data with other data• Lack of systematic use of data to inform decision making• Lack of national sport participation data

• Data: Access Integration Analysis Knowledge

• Solution• Integration of data• Analysis to inform program and policy development at organisational and national level

• Goal: • more active, more often

Sport and Recreation Spatial• Innovative use of latest technologies, GIS mapping

capabilities and research to generate knowledge and insight for the sport and recreation, health and education sectors.

• Data collection, data integration, statistical analysis, data visualisation via geographical information system (GIS) programming and mapping, and dissemination of knowledge

• Provides increased capacity for strategic planning and development of participation programs and facilities

Critical factors for sport and recreation

Participants

Health

Population Facilities

4 key areas

• Participation levels and trends• Influences on participation• Value of sport: the health benefits of

participation• Places to play: the nexus between facilities

and participation

Range of data

• Leisure time physical activity data- 10 years• Sport participation data- SSA’s- up to 5 years

• Player, coach and official• Over 2.6 million records to date

• Sport and recreation facility data• Population demographics• Population projection data• Health data• Physical activity levels• Education

Sports

• AFL• Tennis• Netball• Basketball• Cricket• Hockey• Lawn bowls

Outputs

• GIS- Organisations directly use GIS to spatially visualise and analyse• Sector-wide data• Their own data• Derived and customised indicators

• Research• Individual research summary reports• Sector level peer review publications• Examples:

• Participation trends over time• Participation age profiles• Facility provision • Attrition/drop-out• Transition from modified sport program to competition

Technology• OpenLayers, Mapserver, Mapcache and a spatially enabled database to

dynamically generate choropleth maps. • In excess of 190,000 possible map combinations by use of the following

data aspects:

• Year (2000-2013)• Age Group (5 yr, 10 yr, 15 yr, 20 year, Custom)• Gender (Male, Female)• Participant Club (5000+)• Participant Program (40+)• Coach Level • Umpire level • Region type (Postcode, LGA and SA4)• Data Metric (Total participants/coaches/umpires, Participation Rate

(Percentage of region population, Change from Previous year)

Features

www.sportandrecreationspatial.com.au

Participation numbers- Postcode

Demographic breakdowns

Participation filters

Number of participants

Yearly participation rate- LGA

Changes in participation

Exporting data

Age profiles of sport

Health

Facilities

Provision of facilitiesPlaying fields/courts per participant: by LGA

Details of facilities

Provision of facilities

Population projections

Population projections

Socio-Economic Status

Contact Details

Associate Professor Rochelle EimeVicHealth Research Practice FellowFederation University, Victoria Universityr.eime@federation.edu.au(03) 5327 9687www.sportandrecreationspatial.com.au