ATTENDANCE
The 2005-06 Survey of Attendance at Selected Cultural Venues and Events showed that 10.4 million people (65% of the population aged 15 years and over) attended cinemas in the 12 months before interview in 2006. The attendance rate decreased successively with age from 93% for 15-17 year olds to 27% for people aged 75 years and over.
16.1 Attendance at cinemas - 2005-06
![Graph: Attendance at cinemas—2005–06](/AUSSTATS/ABS@.NSF/a9ca4374ed453c6bca2570dd007ce0a4/51a89862fb81dfcaca2572fa00218e7e/Body/0.304!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif)
The frequency of attendance was also greater for people aged 15-17 years than for other age groups. Approximately 69% of 15-17 year olds visited a cinema more than 5 times in the 12-month period compared with about 40% for most other age groups.
16.2 Persons attending cinemas, By age and frequency of attendance(a) - 2005-06 |
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | AGE GROUP (YEARS) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 15-17 | 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75 and over | Total | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
NUMBER ('000) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
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1-5 times | 239.9 | 630.1 | 1 123.2 | 1 292.4 | 1 038.4 | 723.8 | 408.1 | 201.2 | 5 657.1 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
6-10 times | 223.8 | 398.2 | 519.4 | 450.5 | 420.4 | 260.0 | 97.2 | 49.8 | 2 419.1 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
11-20 times | 196.8 | 401.5 | 306.0 | 224.8 | 225.7 | 177.0 | 72.9 | 31.8 | 1 636.6 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
21 times or more | 101.3 | 207.8 | 154.1 | 62.6 | 59.2 | 72.5 | 42.5 | 18.6 | 718.6 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
Total | 761.7 | 1 637.6 | 2 102.7 | 2 030.3 | 1 743.8 | 1 233.2 | 620.7 | 301.4 | 10 431.4 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
PER CENT (%) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
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1-5 times | 31.5 | 38.5 | 53.4 | 63.7 | 59.5 | 58.7 | 65.7 | 66.8 | 54.2 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
6-10 times | 29.4 | 24.3 | 24.7 | 22.2 | 24.1 | 21.1 | 15.7 | 16.5 | 23.2 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
11-20 times | 25.8 | 24.5 | 14.6 | 11.1 | 12.9 | 14.4 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 15.7 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
21 times or more | 13.3 | 12.7 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 6.9 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
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(a) In the 12 months before the interview. |
ABS, Survey of Attendance at Selected Cultural Venues and Events, 2005-06, data available on request. |