Writing: Model

The bar chart below shows the percentage of Australian men and women in different age groups who did regular physical activity in 2009.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main fea- tures, and make comparisons where relevant.

Percentage of Australian men and women doing regular physical activity: 2009

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Percentage (%)
45
30
15
0
15 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

Age Group
Adapted from Cambridge IELTS 12

The chart presents the proportion of Australian males and females who regu- larly engaged in physical activity in 2009 according to six age categories.

Overall, the chart makes it clear that, proportionally, more women did frequent physical activity than men, except among those aged between 15 and 24.

Looking at Australian men, the youngest age group, 15 to 24, was the only male group in which over half of its members, 52.8%, engaged in regular physical activity. This figure falls for the following two age brackets, reaching a chart low of 39.5% among 35 to 44 year olds. This number then rises slight- ly with subsequent age groups until the chart shows that 46.7% of those aged 65 and over completed regular physical activity.

As for Australian females, only 47.7% of 15 to 24 year olds were physically active on a regular basis. However, the figure increases to 53.3% for those aged 45 to 54, which means middle-aged women were the most physically active Australians in 2009. The least physically active female age group, in contrast, was the 65+ category, which recorded a figure of 47.1%.