Descriptive statistics
| Total | Green space quantity | Χ2 | P value | |||||
| ≤5% | 6%–10% | 11%–20% | 21%–41% | ≥41% | ||||
| n | 19 239 | 3908 | 3121 | 5388 | 4690 | 2132 | ||
| Mean body mass index | 26.1 | 26.9 | 26.2 | 25.8 | 25.8 | 25.9 | ||
| Overweight or obese | (Column percentages) | |||||||
| No | 52.17 | 45.62 | 52.1 | 54.42 | 54.63 | 53.19 | ||
| Yes | 47.83 | 54.38 | 47.9 | 45.58 | 45.37 | 46.81 | 90.246 | <0.001 |
| Good parks nearby | (Column percentages) | |||||||
| Disagree | 18.5 | 26.2 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 14.8 | 20.4 | ||
| Agree | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | ||
| Strongly agree | 76.8 | 68.7 | 78.8 | 79.0 | 80.6 | 74.7 | 231.459 | <0.001 |
| Years since childbirth | (Column percentages) | |||||||
| 0–1 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | ||
| 2–3 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.8 | ||
| 4–5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 16.2 | ||
| 6–7 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 16.1 | ||
| 8–9 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.8 | 16.4 | ||
| 10–11 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.4 | ||
| 12–13 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.6 | ||
| 14–15 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 7.040 | 1.000 |
| Age group (years) | (Column percentages) | |||||||
| 18–34 | 19.7 | 23.2 | 19.0 | 18.9 | 18.6 | 18.4 | ||
| 35–49 | 29.3 | 30.2 | 30.1 | 28.8 | 28.7 | 28.8 | ||
| 40–44 | 30.4 | 29.2 | 31.0 | 30.4 | 31.0 | 30.2 | ||
| ≥45 | 20.7 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 21.9 | 21.6 | 22.6 | 66.294 | <0.001 |
| Indigenous status | (Column percentages) | |||||||
| No | 98.7 | 98.5 | 99.2 | 98.7 | 98.5 | 98.3 | ||
| Yes | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| Not stated | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 17.710 | 0.024 |
| Highest qualification | (Column percentages) | |||||||
| Postgraduate | 16.8 | 12.4 | 20.8 | 18.6 | 17.5 | 13.0 | ||
| Undergraduate | 59.9 | 59.4 | 58.1 | 59.0 | 61.3 | 62.8 | ||
| Year 11–13 | 15.4 | 18.1 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 13.8 | 15.1 | ||
| ≤Year 10 | 7.8 | 10.1 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 9.1 | ||
| Other | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 200.649 | <0.001 |
| Economic status | (Column percentages) | |||||||
| Employed | 74.1 | 75.0 | 74.5 | 72.6 | 74.1 | 75.8 | ||
| Economically inactive | 23.7 | 22.6 | 23.5 | 25.4 | 23.8 | 21.8 | ||
| Unemployed | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| Not stated | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 20.036 | 0.066 |
| New birth | (Column percentages) | |||||||
| No | 93.3 | 92.7 | 93.3 | 92.8 | 94.0 | 94.1 | ||
| Yes | 6.7 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 10.527 | 0.032 |
| Sibling(s) present | (Column percentages) | |||||||
| No | 10.1 | 9.6 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 11.0 | ||
| Yes | 89.9 | 90.4 | 89.2 | 89.6 | 90.6 | 89.0 | 7.346 | 0.119 |
| Area disadvantage | (Column percentages) | |||||||
| Affluent | 34.2 | 12.4 | 42.6 | 41.4 | 40.7 | 29.7 | ||
| Average | 33.8 | 33.1 | 32.2 | 31.0 | 39.5 | 32.1 | ||
| Disadvantaged | 32.0 | 54.5 | 25.3 | 27.6 | 19.9 | 38.1 | 1800.000 | <0.001 |
| Remoteness | (Column percentages) | |||||||
| Major cities | 65.0 | 37.3 | 78.9 | 71.6 | 74.9 | 56.9 | ||
| Inner regional | 21.0 | 36.7 | 13.2 | 12.7 | 18.9 | 29.2 | ||
| Outer regional or remote | 14.0 | 26.1 | 7.9 | 15.7 | 6.2 | 14.0 | 2200.000 | <0.001 |