Older women have more sex

An Australian study shows middle-aged women are having more sex than younger ones.

The finding came from a survey of 659 women by independent researcher MarketTools.

It says Australian women between the age of 25 and 44 have less sex than those in their late 40s and early 50s.

And around one in three of the under-44s say they have no sex at all.

In contrast 73 per cent of women aged 45 to 54 say they have sex at least twice a week.

The survey found West Australians appear to be the most sexually active Australians, with 61 per cent of the state's women having sex twice or more a week.

Queenslanders and Victorians were the second most active, with 54 per cent saying they get at it more than two times a week.

They were followed by women from South Australia and New South Wales.

It's now clear what the situation is in Tasmania or the Territories as no figures were compiled for these areas.