The bar chart below shows the percentage of Australian men and women in different age groups who did regular physical activity in 2010.

The chart compares the proportions of

Australian

males and

females

in six age categories who were physically active on a regular basis in the year 2010. Roughly speaking, close to half of

Australian

adults did some kind of routine physical

activity

in 2010. Middle-aged

females

were the most physically active, proportionally,

while

males aged 35 to 44 did the least physical

activity

. In the youngest age category (15 to 24), almost 53% of

Australian

men but only 47.7% of women did

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regular physical

activity

in 2010.

However

, between the ages of 25 and 44, men were much less active on average than women. In fact, in the 35 to 44 age group, a mere 39.5% of males did some form of regular exercise, compared to 52.5% of

females

. Between the ages of 45 and 64, the figure for male physical

activity

rose to around 45%,

while

the proportion of active

females

remained around 8% higher, at 53%.

Finally

, the percentages of

Australian

women and men aged 65 and over who exercised regularly were almost identical, at approximately 47%.