Community football and netball was shelved until at least May 31 in March as a precaution in the fight against coronavirus.

AFL Western District's COVID-19 Season Postponement Survey - which quizzed south-west clubs on topics such as season start dates, financial impacts and playing without crowds - had a 67 per cent completion rate.

Clubs identified filming costs, administration fees, the printed record, umpiring fees, insurance and affiliation, club fines, marketing fees and a reduction of themed rounds as potential areas of saving.

AFL Western District commercial and operations manager Matt Ross said the answers provided valuable information.

Ross said the body would discuss options with clubs after Victoria's state of emergency finished on May 11.

"The intent of the survey was to capture the feeling among clubs. We're waiting for the state of emergency to end so it can feed into discussions and more consultations (about resuming)," he said.

"We're just waiting for announcements to come out (from government) and then there will be a period of consultation with all stakeholders (before moving forward)."

A lack of support for playing without crowds was among the most resounding verdicts to arise from the survey.

Sixty-six per cent of clubs said matches were not viable to run without crowds, with just 12 per cent suggesting they should proceed with no spectators.

More than 20 per cent ticked other, raising points that no crowds would financially and socially hit clubs.

Ross said the survey also granted insight into when clubs were most comfortable starting competition.

June, with 49 per cent, was the most favoured start time while July was second with 32 per cent of the vote.

September and October were the least favoured, clocking just two per cent. September and October were also the equally preferred time to wrap up football and netball action.

Ross told The Standard clubs were realistic in assessing avenues for cost cutting.

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"Hopefully we can alleviate some of the real pain points for clubs," he said.

The survey found most clubs (66 per cent) wanted to return to action in 2020, while just two per cent felt they couldn't return to action even if leagues were able to slash costs.

The majority (55 per cent) supported cutting salary cap limits for 2020, with 29 per cent selecting maybe and another 16 per cent rejecting the idea.

Sixty-six per cent said they supporting shifting to an online record for 2020 while 15 per cent were against the move.

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