Band 9: The bar chart below shows the Percentage of Australian man and woman in different age groups who did regular physical activity in 2010 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,and make comparisons where relevant.

The column chart compares the proportions of Australian males and females in different age groups who engaged in regular physical activity in 2010.

Overall, men aged 15-24 were more active than women, while participation among those aged 65 and over was almost equal for both genders. In the remaining four age groups, the percentage of women engaging in regular physical activity was higher than that of men.

In the youngest age group, men aged 15-24 showed higher participation than their female counterparts, reaching 52.8%. This was the only group in which the proportion of women, at 47.7%, was lower than that of men. Among adults aged 65 and over, the figures for males and females were very similar, at 46.7% and 47.1% respectively.

From ages 25 to 64, women consistently recorded higher participation rates than men. For example, 48.9% of women aged 25-34 took part in physical activity, compared with 46.9% of men. The largest gender gap occurred in the 35-44 age group, where the proportion of women peaked at 53.3%, while the figure for men was only 43.1%.