4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 1995
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 20/06/1995
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Special Feature: Music and performing arts
Patrons In 1990-91, more people attended popular music concerts than any other type of performance. 29% of people aged 18 and over (3.5 million) attended a popular music concert at least once in the year. One-fifth of these attended five or more concerts in the year. In addition, 20% went to musical theatre performances, 18% went to theatre performances, 11% went to dance performances, and 8% went to classical music concerts. People were most likely to attend these types of performances only once or twice a year. People living in capital cities were more likely than those living in rural areas to attend more than one performance. Popular music concerts attracted the youngest audiences. Over half of all people aged 18-24 attended a popular music concert in 1990-91. No data are available on attendance by those aged under 18 but they would probably make up a large part of some popular music concert audiences. People aged 65 and over were the least likely to attend all types of performances except classical music concerts which they attended in larger proportions than people under 35. A greater proportion of women than men attended all types of performances. Attendance at performances of music and performing arts varied between the states, although in all states and territories a larger proportion of people attended popular music concerts than any other types of performances. The Australian Capital Territory had the highest proportion of people attending all types of performances except musical theatre. Almost twice the proportion of people in the Australian Capital Territory attended classical music concerts than in other states. The Northern Territory had the second highest proportions of people who attended popular music concerts, dance performances, and theatre performances, and the lowest proportion who attended musical theatre performances. These rates may be related to variables such as the availability and accessibility of performances and the low population base. PROPORTION OF PEOPLE(a) ATTENDING SELECTED TYPES OF PERFORMANCES, 1990-91 (a) Aged 18 and over Source: Survey of Attendance at Selected Cultural Venues PROPORTION OF PEOPLE(a) ATTENDING SELECTED TYPES OF PERFORMANCES, 1990-91
Source: Survey of Attendance at Selected Cultural Venues PROPORTION OF PEOPLE(a) ATTENDING SELECTED TYPES OF PERFORMANCES, 1990-91
Source: Survey of Attendance at Selected Cultural Venues Organisations In 1991, there were 459 music and performing arts organisations in Australia. 197 of these were predominantly theatre organisations, 172 were symphony orchestras, chamber and choral groups, 49 were dance organisations and 41 were opera and musical theatre organisations. Together these music and performing arts organisations gave over 32,000 performances which attracted 6.4 million patrons. In addition, there were 430 performances staged overseas by Australian-based organisations. These performances attracted 321,000 patrons. In 1991, music and performing arts organisations received $81.4 million in subsidies from all levels of government and the Australia Council for the Arts. This accounted for 40% of their annual revenue. The most heavily subsidised organisations were symphony orchestras, chamber and choral groups. 61% of the annual revenue of these organisations came from government subsidies. In 1991, music and performing arts organisations employed 15,998 people; 13,607 casual employees, 1,957 permanent full-time employees and 434 permanent part-time employees. Most employees of music and performing arts organisations were performing artists. Music and performing arts organisations also have a large voluntary workforce. In 1993, the majority of all people working in these organisations were not paid for their involvement (see Culture-leisure workers). MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS ORGANISATIONS(a), 1991
(b) Proportion of annual revenue. (c) Excludes performances of/attendances at major musicals. Source: Survey of Music and Performing Arts Organisations Performances at major venues In 1992, almost 22,000 music and performing arts performances were held in major venues in capital cities. 12.0 million patrons attended these performances. Sydney hosted the largest number of performances in major venues and Darwin held the least. However, Melbourne had the largest number of attendances. This is probably because major venues in Melbourne have a larger total seating capacity than major venues in Sydney. Over half (58%) of all performances at major venues were theatre performances. However, popular music concerts had the highest number of attendances of any type of performance. PERFORMANCES HELD IN MAJOR VENUES(a), 1992
Source: Survey of Major Venues Staging Music and Performing Arts Events in Capital Cities Major musicals Major musical theatre productions are musicals staged in a major venue in a capital city which have a run of at least two weeks. Some major musical theatre productions are staged by music and performing arts organisations while others are mounted by theatrical entrepreneurs and promoters. In 1991, 13 major musical productions were surveyed. These productions had 2,100 performances. 2.1 million people attended these performances. In 1991, these major musical productions employed 1,305 people. These people were employed in various ways such as on weekly contracts for the whole or part of the year, on hourly contracts, or paid to perform a specific task regardless of the time involved. Most employees of major musical productions were performing artists. PEOPLE EMPLOYED(a) IN MAJOR MUSICALS, 1991
Source: Survey of Major Musical Theatre Productions
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