Lifestyle Analysis
Method of travel to school in 2011
Car
Bus
popular method of travel to school is by car.
South Australian students use the car the
most of any state or territory with 53%.
Tasmania is the only state where travelling by bus is
more common than by car, with 53% of students
choosing the bus.
NT
QLD
Skateboard/Scooter/Rollerblades
Travelling to school by skateboard, scooter or
rollerblades is the preferred method of travel for
2% of students in the ACT.
WA
Bicycle
In the Northern Territory, 6%
of students travel to school
by bicycle, making it more
popular than in other states
and territories.
ACT
NSW
NT
QLD
SA
Tas
Vic
WA
Bicycle
4.7
1.6
6.7
3.1
2.9
1.0
3.4
4.7
Boat/Ferry
1.2
24.6
0.6
1.5
0.3
0.3
0.6
0.3
0.5
31.0
34.9
25.1
19.2
52.7
25.8
21.2
47.7
40.0
43.1
49.6
52.7
30.1
45.1
46.8
2.2
2.0
2.1
1.3
1.7
1.3
1.9
2.4
Train/Tram
0.5
3.5
0.3
3.6
1.3
0.1
4.0
3.8
Walk
18.2
29.7
10.3
16.5
21.4
13.8
19.0
20.2
Other
0.9
0.4
1.3
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
99.9
100.1
Bus
Car
Skateboard/Scooter
Rollerblades
Total
100.0 99.8 100.2 100.1
99.9 100.0
Using the train to travel to school was more
popular in Victoria than other states and
territories, with 4% of Victorian students
using the train.
SA
Table 7: Method of travel to school by state (%)
Method of travel
Train
NSW
ACT
Vic
Walk
Walking was the third most popular
method of travelling to school. New
South Wales have the highest percentage
of students who walk to school (20%).
Tas
Source: CensusAtSchool - Australia 2011
Lifestyle Analysis
Internet use in 2011
Playing Games
Most online gamers are boys. More males
(42%) than females (18%) indicated they
often use the internet to play games.
Social Networking sites
Girls Facebook and Tweet more regularly
than boys with 50% of females often
accessing social networking sites compared
with 39% of males.
Uploading/Downloading
Boys and girls upload and download music
and photos roughly equally as often.
Females selected often 30% of the time
while only 29% of males selected it.
Video Sharing
Email
Boys use YouTube more than girls. Males
who selected sometimes or often totalled
64% while females added up to 54%
Social networking is replacing emailing as
the most popular way for boys and girls to
communicate online. Only 18% of females
and 10% of males say they often email.
Table 9a: Internet use of males (%)
Table 9b: Internet use of females (%)
Males
Never
Males
Rarely
Males
Sometimes
Males
Often
Males
Total
Social networking sites (e.g.
Facebook, Twitter, chatrooms)
26.6
13.4
21.2
38.9
100.1
Social networking sites (e.g.
Facebook, Twitter, chatrooms)
Researching for school work
10.8
30.1
42.7
16.4
100.0
Emailing friends and family
Searching/browsing for
information
Uploading/Downloading (e.g.
music, photos)
29.2
36.3
24.1
10.4
100.0
11.6
29.8
39.5
19.0
99.9
16.0
23.5
31.7
28.8
100.0
8.2
20.3
29.3
42.1
99.9
Video sharing (e.g. Youtube)
15.8
20.5
29.9
33.8
100.0
Buying and/or selling things
(e.g. eBay)
51.3
28.0
14.1
6.6
100.0
Activity
Playing games
Females
Never
Females
Rarely
Females
Sometimes
Females
Often
Females
Total
21.3
10.1
18.6
49.9
99.9
Researching for school work
4.4
21.2
48.0
26.3
99.9
Emailing friends and family
15.9
34.2
32.2
17.7
100.0
9.1
31.1
43.3
16.5
100.0
14.6
24.6
31.3
29.5
100.0
Playing games
19.8
35.5
26.9
17.8
100.0
Video sharing (e.g. Youtube)
21.1
25.1
30.1
23.7
100.0
Buying and/or selling things
(e.g. eBay)
65.5
21.8
9.4
3.3
100.0
Activity
Searching/browsing for
information
Uploading/Downloading (e.g.
music, photos)
Source: CensusAtSchool - Australia 2011
Source: CensusAtSchool - Australia 2011
Lifestyle Analysis
Favourite takeaway food in 2011
Pizza/Pasta
Chips/Fries
Pizza and pasta is the most popular takeaway
food for students in all state and territories. It
is the most popular with ACT students (24%).
Chips and fries are the second
most popular takeaway food with
students. Chips and fries are most
popular in Victoria (18%) and least
popular in the ACT (14%).
NT
Chicken
QLD
Takeaway chicken is most popular with students in
the ACT (8%) and least popular with Northern
Territory students (6%).
Table 11: Favourite takeaway foods by state/territory (%)
Favourite Takeaway Food
WA
Hamburger
SA
ACT
NSW
NT
QLD
SA
Tas
Vic
WA
None
2.2
1.5
2.1
1.6
1.3
0.8
1.6
1.5
Chicken (e.g. BBQ chicken)
8.2
7.7
6.4
6.9
8.0
7.2
6.6
6.7
13.8
7.2
15.1
16.7
13.6
16.0
17.9
18.0
16.6
5.7
6.4
8.7
6.9
9.9
9.5
8.3
Fruit/Fruit salad
2.8
2.6
1.8
2.3
2.9
2.3
2.8
2.7
Hamburgers
7.6
10.9
12.1
10.6
12.4
8.9
8.5
13.6
Kebabs/Wraps
8.9
11.5
9.0
10.4
4.3
5.3
6.6
7.2
Noodle Dishes
5.1
4.0
4.1
4.3
4.6
3.4
5.0
5.0
Kebabs/Wraps
Pies/Pasties
3.2
2.7
2.1
3.4
3.2
2.7
2.0
2.1
Pizza/Pasta
24.3
23.1
22.1
21.6
23.7
24.1
22.7
21.5
Rich Dishes (e.g. Sushi)
5.7
5.0
8.5
5.4
5.0
6.0
5.7
4.8
Rolls/Sandwhiches
2.3
2.1
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.1
2.0
2.6
Kebabs or wraps are more popular than rolls
or sandwiches. They are most popular with
students in New South Wales (11%) and
least popular with South Australians (4%).
Salads
2.0
1.9
1.5
1.8
1.6
2.5
1.4
2.0
Other
6.8
6.2
4.9
6.7
7.2
7.1
7.6
5.5
Chips/Fries
Fish (e.g. Fish and Chips)
Total
100.1 100.0 100.3 100.0
99.9
NSW
Hamburgers are in the top five favourite
takeway foods in all states and territories.
Hamburgers are most popular in WA (14%)
and least popular in Victoria (9%).
ACT
Vic
Tas
100.2 100.0 100.1
Source: CensusAtSchool - Australia 2011
Lifestyle Analysis
Favourite sport in 2011
Netball
Table 12: Favourite sport by sex (%)
Males
Females
Athletics
2.1
4.1
Baseball/Softball
1.7
1.3
Basketball
8.1
6.9
Cricket
5.6
0.6
Cycling
2.0
0.8
Dancing
1.0
15.3
15.6
1.1
Football (Rugby League)
9.4
1.1
Football (Rugby Union)
3.9
0.2
17.3
7.0
Golf
1.4
0.3
Gymnastics
0.6
4.2
Hockey
2.5
3.0
Martial Arts
3.4
2.0
Netball
0.4
22.7
Skateboarding/Rollerblading
2.8
1.2
Swimming
4.2
9.4
Tennis
4.3
4.3
10.5
10.8
None
3.4
3.6
Total
100.2
99.9
Favourite Sport
Football (AFL)
Football (Soccer)
Other activities/sports
Netball has been the most popular sport
for females since CensusAtSchool started.
In 2011, 23% of female students say
netball is their favourite sport.
Football (Soccer)
2011 is the first year that soccer
is more popular than AFL since
CensusAtSchool started, with
17% of male students favouring
soccer.
Football (AFL)
AFL football is the second most
popular sport for males, with 16%
of students preferring AFL.
Basketball
Basketball is the forth most popular
sport for both males (8%) and with
females (7%).
Dancing
Dancing is the second most popular
sport amongst female students with
15% favouring dance.
Tennis
Tennis is evenly shared as the favourite
sport amongst males and females (4%).
None
female students say they do not have a
favourite sport.
Source: CensusAtSchool - Australia 2011
Lifestyle Analysis
Students who take actions in the home to conserve
the environment in 2011
www.abs.gov.au/censusatschool
Turning off the tap while brushing teeth
Nationally, turning off the tap while brushing teeth is the
most popular action students take to conserve the environment at home. In Victoria, 90% of students are helping the
environment in this way.
Turning off appliances
Of all the actions taken in the home to conserve
the environment, turning off applicances at the
powerpoint has the least variation between
states and territories. The highest is Queensland
(53%) and the lowest is ACT (44%).
Household recycles rubbish
Students recycle to almost the same degree as
they turn off the tap when they brush their
teeth. In all states and territories, these two
actions are the most popular taken to conserve
the environment at home.
Table 14: Students who take actions in the home to conserve the
environment by state (%)
Actions taken to conserve water
ACT
NSW
NT
QLD
SA
Tas
Vic
WA
My household has installed a
water tank
30.4
38.1
18.7
52.7
61.3
39.7
45.1
27.9
My household has installed a
water saving shower head
45.4
42.7
34.1
50.2
42.4
33.2
49.0
40.2
I take shorter showers
52.6
52.6
47.7
53.9
49.7
49.8
57.2
60.4
I turn off the tap while I
brush my teeth
I turn off appliances (e.g. TV,
computer, gaming consoles)
at the power point
88.8
86.0
83.3
88.1
89.4
79.8
90.3
88.2
44.4
51.1
51.5
52.6
50.2
48.1
47.9
49.9
89.5
82.0
75.9
76.1
85.2
77.0
83.5
79.8
My household recycles our
rubbish
Installing a water tank
Installing a water tank is the action that differs the
most between states and territories. It ranges
from the highest, South Australia (61%) to the
lowest in the Northern Territory (19%).
Each figure shows the percentage of students who responded 'Yes' relative to the state/territory total.
Source: CensusAtSchool - Australia 2011
www.abs.gov.au/censusatschool
Lifestyle Analysis
Time series of importance of environmental
and social issues
Recycling our rubbish
Recycling rubbish remains an issue with
students. Between 2008 and 2011, the
median level of importance students
placed on this only rose 24 points (from
639 to 663).
Conserving water
Since 2008, water conservation has
been the most important environmental
issue for students.
Reducing pollution
Reducing pollution is consistently
more important than conserving old
growth forests, but less important that
conserving water.
Table 15: Importance of environmental
and social issues (median)
Having healthy eating habits
Issue
2008
2010
2011
Reducing pollution
659.0
693.0
687.0
Recycling our rubbish
639.0
657.0
663.0
Conserving water
793.0
769.0
734.0
Reducing energy usage
(electricity, gas, oil for heating, lighting, car travel)
635.0
610.0
616.0
Conserving old growth forests
568.0
539.0
545.0
Protecting coastl/marine environments
687.0
681.0
681.0
Having healthy eating habits
781.0
752.0
775.0
Reducing bullying in schools
617.0
773.0
830.0
Owning a computer
563.0
598.0
598.0
Access to the internet
657.0
719.0
728.0
0 = Not Very Important and 1000 = Very Important
Source: CensusAtSchool - Australia 2008, 2010 and 2011
Healthy eating habits remains important
to students. From 2008 to 2011, the
median value went from 781 to 775.
Access to the internet
Access to the internet is more important to
students than owning their own computer. In
2011, the median level of importance that
students placed on internet access was 728,
compared with 598 for computer ownership.
Reducing bullying in schools
Reducing bullying is becoming
increasingly important to students.
Since 2008 the median level of
importance increased 113 points
(from 617 to 830).
bullyi
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