Netball

Netball participation overview

Netball is the second most popular team sport amongst female participants.

The sport is very popular among young women due to it being played at most schools, however, after the age of 17, netball loses over half of its female participants.

Around 140,100 women play netball at least once a week, rising to almost 200,000 on a monthly basis.

There has been a significant increase in the number of women who play netball at least once a week from 2007-08 to 2009-10.