% of current AFL players from each state

[littleduck]

Anybody know?

 

[feher]

Do you mean club by club, or as a whole?

Pretty safe to say as whole:

1: vic
2: rest

I personally don't feel like doing this task, perhaps if people did their own club and listed the numbers each have*, it would make things easier.


*Set a condition, e.g. which state they rep. or where they were born.

 

[Portia]

I did this measure some years ago, but its probably changed.

Vic worked out to about 50%
SA to about 20%
WA to about 20%
Others to 10%

I think that WA has shrunk and `others' have increased since then though.

 

[ImperialPurple]

*Set a condition, e.g. which state they rep. or where they were born.

I did it as which state they were playing in when drafted.

Fremantle


Including rookies:

WA: 28/44 = 63.7%

Vic: 10/44 = 22.7%

SA: 6/44: 13.6%


Excluding rookies:

WA: 26/39 = 66.7%

Vic: 9/39 = 23.1%

SA: 4/39 = 10.2%


And people say Fremantle don't support WA talent.

 

[purplesoul]

And people say Fremantle don't support WA talent.

Yak doesn't qualify as a person.

I am surprised by Porthos' figures, I would have thought SA would have had significant more representation than WA.

 

[littleduck]

Do you mean club by club, or as a whole?

Overall, not club by club.

Pretty safe to say as whole:

1: vic
2: rest

Yeah, but somebody might have a % figure.

This topic came to me when I read last week that 44% of NRL players come from Queensland.

I personally don't feel like doing this task, perhaps if people did their own club and listed the numbers each have*, it would make things easier.

*Set a condition, e.g. which state they rep. or where they were born.

Don't do a club by club, but you could be right about what criteria to use to determine where a player comes from. Is it where they were born? Is it where they played their first senior football as in RL? Was there a 2nd shooter?

 

[littleduck]

I did this measure some years ago, but its probably changed.

Vic worked out to about 50%
SA to about 20%
WA to about 20%
Others to 10%

I think that WA has shrunk and `others' have increased since then though.

I suspect you're probably spot on there.

 

[feher]

Don't do a club by club, but you could be right about what criteria to use to determine where a player comes from. Is it where they were born? Is it where they played their first senior football as in RL? Was there a 2nd shooter?

What I was getting at, is if we get 16 people to do it, it kills 2 birds one stone if required later, and makes it easier as not one person is burden with doing it all. After everyone has done their bit, add the totals together.

 

[PAfolwr]

To make it interesting, it should be No of players from State divided by population.

 

[littleduck]

What I was getting at, is if we get 16 people to do it, it kills 2 birds one stone if required later, and makes it easier as not one person is burden with doing it all. After everyone has done their bit, add the totals together.

Good thinkin.

 

[littleduck]

To make it interesting, it should be No of players from State divided by population.

Yeah, but that can come later. Gotta get some basic facts established first.

 

[CharlieG]

To make it interesting, it should be No of players from State divided by population.

Didn't you mean "To put SA ahead of Victoria, it should be..."

 

[Portia]

OK, I just spent too much time working this out.

Vic.......51.4%...(321/625)...8.2 squads
SA........18.4%...(115/625)...3 squads
WA........16.2%...(101/625)...2.6 squads
NSW/ACT...4.5%....(28/625)....0.8 squads
QLD.......3.5%....(22/625)....0.6 squads
TAS.......3.2%....(20/625)....0.5 squads
NT........2.8%....(17/625)....0.4 squads
Ireland...0.2%....(1/625).....0.0 squads

 

[purplesoul]

OK, I just spent too much time working this out.

Vic.......51.4%...(321/625)...8.2 squads
SA........18.4%...(115/625)...3 squads
WA........16.2%...(101/625)...2.6 squads
NSW/ACT...4.5%....(28/625)....0.8 squads
QLD.......3.5%....(22/625)....0.6 squads
TAS.......3.2%....(20/625)....0.5 squads
NT........2.8%....(17/625)....0.4 squads
Ireland...0.2%....(1/625).....0.0 squads

Nice work Porthos.

So WA and SA supply more than shar of quota to other states!

Maybe regional zoning with conscessions to Brisbane and Sydney would work.

 

[beaver's army]

is that wothout rookies????????

 

[Altum Volantes]

And people say Fremantle don't support WA talent.

Well you don't need to draft them if your poaching them from other clubs every season..

 

[Portia]

Yeah, thats without rookies.

 

[Portia]

This is your percentage chance of being able to play AFL football in your home state, derived from where players currently are.

Victorians - 78.2%
Western Australians - 50.5%
South Australians - 41.7%
Queenslanders - 40.9%
NSW/ACT - 35.7%
Others - 0.00%

 

[PAfolwr]

OK, I just spent too much time working this out.

Vic.......51.4%...(321/625)...8.2 squads
SA........18.4%...(115/625)...3 squads
WA........16.2%...(101/625)...2.6 squads
NSW/ACT...4.5%....(28/625)....0.8 squads
QLD.......3.5%....(22/625)....0.6 squads
TAS.......3.2%....(20/625)....0.5 squads
NT........2.8%....(17/625)....0.4 squads
Ireland...0.2%....(1/625).....0.0 squads

Using 2003-2004 figures from the ABS

Vic.......51.4%...(321/625)...8.2 squads 4,962,040
SA........18.4%...(115/625)...3 squads 1,533,181
WA........16.2%...(101/625)...2.6 squads 1,975,784
NSW/ACT...4.5%....(28/625)....0.8 squads 6,719,810 + 323,886
QLD.......3.5%....(22/625)....0.6 squads 3,863,554
TAS.......3.2%....(20/625)....0.5 squads 481,658
NT........2.8%....(17/625)....0.4 squads 199,200
Ireland...0.2%....(1/625).....0.0 squads

We thus have
NT 1 player every 11,717 people
SA 1 player every 13,332 people
Vic 1 player every 15,458 people
WA 1 player every 19,562 people
Tas 1 player every 24,082 people
Qld 1 player every 175,616 people
NSW+ACT 1 player every 251,560 people

 

[PAfolwr]

Didn't you mean "To put SA ahead of Victoria, it should be..."

Nah.
NT

 

[Benevolent Ert]

Shouldn't Ireland be 3/625?

Kennelly and the O'hAilpin brothers?

 

[Portia]

Shouldn't Ireland be 3/625?

Kennelly and the O'hAilpin brothers?

I didn't include rookies in this assessment.

 

[Homer Jnr]

The Melbourne lot got rid of our zone concessions, what the heck were they afraid of.No one plays AFL in QLD.

 

[littleduck]

This is your percentage chance of being able to play AFL football in your home state, derived from where players currently are.

Victorians - 78.2%
Western Australians - 50.5%
South Australians - 41.7%
Queenslanders - 40.9%
NSW/ACT - 35.7%
Others - 0.00%

Good work there, but not necessarily because the dreaded draft largely shunts players all over the shop. In other words, the real chance of staying in your home state is far less than those figures.

 

[littleduck]

QLD.......3.5%....(22/625)....0.6 squads

cf RL:
QLD.......44%.....(165/375)

Further proof perhaps that RL remains the undisputed dominant football code and game of choice in Qld?