The charts depict the proportion of boys and girls ages ranging from 5 to 14 participating in sport and cultural activities in Australia in 2003.
Overall, the most prominent cultural activity is dancing while the least are singing and drama. In addition, girls take part in most cultural activities significantly more than boys while participating in sports less.
Dancing has the highest level of participation out of all the given activities with a quarter of girls taking part in dancing and less than 3 percent of boys taking part in it, while playing musical instruments is the 2nd most popular activity with 15 percent and 10 percent of girls and boys engaging in instrumental music respectively. In contrast, drama and singing are the least popular activities among girls and boys with both only having 5 percent and less than 3 percent engaged in the activities respectively. Moreover, the majority of boys (70%) play sports, while little over half of girls participate in sports.
