Membership
Without a doubt, the future and the great strength of Softball Australia lies with our members – the 8 Member States, and the more than 105 Associations, 500 Clubs and 32,000 individuals that make up our sport. It is the passion and commitment of our members that underpins Softball Australia's achievements and will pave the way for future success.
Our individual members represent a range of demographic profiles. They have a diversity of interests, and work and live across Australia. They make valuable contributions to our sport in a wide range of areas, whether as players, coaches, administrators, umpires, scorers, volunteers or fans.
In the 2008-09 season Softball Australia had more than 32,000 playing and non-playing members comprising:
| Players | Females | Males | Total |
| ACT | 1,758 | 1,060 | 2,818 |
| NSW | 7,937 | 3,200 | 11,137 |
| Northern Territory | 336 | 91 | 427 |
| Queensland | 4,396 | 2,239 | 6,635 |
| South Australia | 2,118 | 458 | 2,576 |
| Tasmania | 436 | 79 | 515 |
| Victoria | 1,955 | 879 | 2,834 |
| Western Australia | 2,334 | 1,407 | 3,741 |
| Total | 21,270 | 9,413 | 30,683 |
| Players | Females | Males | Total |
| T-Ball (Under 10) | 3,013 | 2,034 | 5,047 |
| Junior (Under 17 fastpitch) | 4,989 | 2,283 | 7,272 |
| Senior fastpitch | 11,352 | 4,510 | 15,862 |
| Slowpitch/masters | 1,916 | 586 | 2,502 |
| Total | 21,270 | 9,413 | 30,683 |
| Non-playing | Females | Males | Total |
| ACT | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NSW | 514 | 455 | 959 |
| Northern Territory | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Queensland | 256 | 203 | 459 |
| South Australia | 203 | 124 | 327 |
| Tasmania | 33 | 18 | 51 |
| Victoria | 125 | 101 | 226 |
| Western Australia | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Total | 1,138 | 902 | 2,040 |
| Females | Males | Total | |
| Coaches | 350 | 539 | 889 |
| Umpires | 124 | 230 | 354 |
| Total | 474 | 769 | 1,243 |
