The table below shows the participayion of people over 15 in selected sports and phusical recreation activities by gender in Australia during the period 2011-12.

The multiple bar chart illustrates the percentage of Australian people who regularly did physical activity in 2010, compared by gender in each

age

group. The

age

groups are 15 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, and more than equal to 65.

Overall

, the graph showed that Australian women were developing more interest in sports than men. The female proportion outweighed the male in all

age

categories, except for teenagers (15 to 24) who were slightly dominated by males in the given period. Among the groups that were dominated by

females

, the

age

bracket of 45 to 54, 55 to 64, and 35 to 44 had the biggest portion, with 53.3%, 53%, and 52%, respectively.

Besides

, the male proportion for those brackets was 43.1%, 45.1%, and 39.5%, consecutively.

Similarly

, at the

age

of 25 to 34,

females

proportion was 48.9% and males at 42.2%.

However

, for the

age

65 and over, the difference was less than 1%, but still dominated by

females

.

Lastly

, when it comes to the

age

of 15 to 24, the male percentage surpassed the female with 52.8%, with

females

only at 47.7%.