The first bar chart illustrates the percentages of Australian children aged 5-14 participating in cultural activities, whereas the second bar chart provides data on the proportion of these boys and girls doing sports in 2003.
Overall, the majority of boys and girls of these ages took up sport activities, while not many of them were interested in cultural ones. It can also be observed that there was a higher rate of female children participating in almost every cultural activity this year, with the exception of playing musical instruments.
Most male children engaged in physical exercises at 70%, which was higher than the figures for drama, dancing, singing, and playing musical instruments. It is also worth mentioning that practicing music was the only popular activity for boys outside of sports, at 15%, 5% higher than that of girls. Meanwhile, under 5% of boys took part in any other activity.
For girls, while only half of them played sports as a hobby, their interest in dancing was higher than that of their male counterparts, at 25% compared to only 2% of boys. Among female students, dancing was also chosen a lot more than singing, with 25%.