the bar chart compares the proportion of people in Australia who exercised on a regular basis in 2010, according to age and gender.
Overall, women exercised more than men. It is also noticeable that boys aged 15 to 24 and women aged 45 to 54 accounted for the highest percentage of the total people who did regular exercise.
In 2010, over 50% of women aged 35 to 64 exercised regularly, while the figures for men in the same age groups were much lower, ranging from 39.5% to 45.1%. The 15 to 24 age group was the only group in which the proportion of males taking regular exercise was higher than that of females, 52% and 47.7% respectively.
Turning to the two remaining groups, 48.9% women at the age between 25 and 34 exercised on a regular basis, whereas the figure for the opposite sex in the same age group was only 42.2%. Men and women aged 65 or older who did regular physical activity accounted for a similar percentage, at around 47%.
