After-school and community activities

Age differences

Older youth were more likely to want more community places to hang out, and slightly less likely to want more after-school activities, than younger youth.

An average of 29.9 percent of young people aged 12 to 13 indicated that they wanted more after-school activities, and this fell slightly to 27.8 percent of those aged 14 to 17.

An average of 41 percent of those aged 12 to 13 indicated that they wanted more community placed to hang out.  This increased slightly to 42.1 percent of those aged 14 to 17.

Proportion of young people aged 12 to 17 reporting that they want more after-school activities and community places to hang out, by age, 2006
  Ages 12 and 13 Ages 14 to 7
Want more after-school activities 29.9 27.8
Want more places to hang out 41.0 42.1

Source: Youth Connectedness Survey.