Recreation Study

FIGURE 64: RECREATION FACILITIES IN CAPE TOWNCOMPARED BY SRA DISTRICTFIGURE 65: RECREATION FACILITIES THAT RESIDENTSARE AWARE OF IN THEIR COMMUNITIESCommunityRecreation Centres153037302949Community hallSports fieldParks64.4%56.6%51.7%Sportsgrounds101625293532Pay areasSwimming poolTennis court29.7%23.5%12.8%IndoorSport CentresPoolsStadium103400744892100301District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6Basketball courtGame areasPicnic facilitiesGolf coursesFishing piersCamping areasBoating facilitiesMountain trailsOther9.9%9.9%9.1%7.3%5.2%4.5%3.8%3.0%0.6%Resorts0430050 10 20 30 40 500% 20% 40% 60% 80%PERCENTAGE OF COMMUNTIESSOURCE: MTHENTE, 2010NUMBER OF FACILITIES8.2 KNOWLEDGE OF FACILITIESSOURCE: SRA, 2010Key Performance Indicator (KPI):Knowledge of facilities = 97.8%Only 2.2% of households do not know offacilities in their community.Overall, 97.8% of households know of sport and recreationfacilities in their community. The ones that wereidentified most frequently are highlighted in Figure 65.There are no significant differences in levels of knowledgeacross the demographic groups. However, slightlymore young adults, slightly more black and colouredhouseholds and slightly more lower income householdsare aware of facilities than other demographic groups.When asked which facilities were run by the City, only0.2% of households said that they did not know. Thiswas slightly higher among women (0.4%), middle-ageadults (0.3%), coloured households (0.5%) and upperincome households (0.4%).FIGURE 66: BLUE DOWNS INDOOR SWIMMING POOL (SOURCE: SRA)More research on a community by community basiswould be required to compare perceptions against thereality of what facilities are currently managed by theCity in each community.RESEARCH REPORT JANUARY 201161