The bar graph illustrates the proportion of Australian boys and girls participating in various extracurricular sports activities in 2010.
Overall, while boys had higher participating figures in football and basketball, girls were more involved in swimming and netball. Notably, football and netball exhibited the most significant gender gap.
Football was the most popular sport among boys, with 20% taking part compared to just 4% of girls, marking the most pronounced gender disparity. Basketball also attracted more boys, despite having lower attendance levels, with about 8% among boys and 7% among girls.
In stark contrast, girls surpassed boys in terms of participation in netball and swimming. Netball showed the most substantial gender gap in favor of girls, with 17% of girls compared to a mere 3% of boys – the lowest point on the chart. Swimming was a common activity among both genders, with girls outnumbering boys at 16%, whereas boys accounted for 13%. Meanwhile, the share of girls not participating in any sport was marginally higher than those of boys, at 5% and 4%, respectively.
