In 2007, a total of 1334 people from South East Queensland (SEQ), participated in a telephone survey which recorded details of their participation in a range of outdoor recreation activities, their preferred recreation settings, and the characteristics of these settings.

The information gained forms the 2007 South East Queensland Outdoor Recreation Demand Study (The Demand Study). The Demand Study follows two similar Demand Studies completed in 1997 and 2001.

In 2007, Griffith University undertook an analysis of the findings of the three Demand Studies resulting in the Outdoor Recreation Trends in SEQ (1997 - 2007) (Trends Analysis). The 2007 Demand Study and the Trends Analysis were joint initiatives of several State government agencies who contributed funds for the project including the Department of Local Government, Sport and Recreation, Department of Infrastructure and Planning, SEQ Water, the Environmental Protection Agency and Queensland Health.

South East Queensland Outdoor Recreation Demand Study

• South East Queensland Outdoor Recreation Demand Study (Complete version) (PDF, 1.8 MB)
  • Front cover and contents (PDF, 102 KB)
  • Section 1-6 (Acknowledgements, Executive summary, Key recommendations, Clarification of key terms, Background and objectives, Methodology) (PDF, 579 KB)
  • Section 7-8 (Results of the survey sample population profile, Results of the survey current participation) (PDF, 418 KB)
  • Section 9-10 (Results of the survey latent participation, Trends and implications) (PDF, 607 KB)
  • Section 11-13 (Conclusion, List of references, Appendices) (PDF, 172 KB)

Trends analysis

• Trends analysis (Complete version) (PDF, 1.3 MB)
  • Front cover and contents (PDF, 84 KB)
  • Section 1-6 (Acknowledgments, Executive summary, Introduction, Clarification of key terms, Methodology, Literature review: Social trends and outdoor recreation) (PDF, 175 KB)
  • Section 7-10 (General trends from the 2007 SEQORDS, Changing constraints, Recreation setting trends, 'Nowhere to go' and recreation settings) (PDF, 531 KB)
  • Section 11 (Trends in physically active forms of outdoor recreation) (PDF, 202 KB)
  • Section 12 (Changes in selected outdoor recreation activities) (PDF, 486 KB)
  • Section 13-16 (Future research, Conclusions, References, Appendix) (PDF, 74 KB)