FREQUENCY OF ATTENDANCE
Some venues and events were more likely to attract repeat visitors than others. About two-thirds (66%) of library attendees reported visiting at least five times during the 12 month period before being interviewed. Similarly, Cinemas were popular with over half (56%) the patrons having attended at least five times in 12 months.
The venues or events where the majority of people attending had been only once in the 12 month period were Museums other than art museums, Musicals and operas, and Other performing arts.
1.5 FREQUENCY OF ATTENDANCE AT CULTURAL VENUES AND EVENTS - 2002 |
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| Frequency of attendance(a) | |
| Once only | 2-4 times | 5 times or more | Total | |
| % | % | % | % | '000 | |
| |
| Art museums and galleries | 39.8 | 43.5 | 16.7 | 100.0 | 3 606.6 | |
| Other museums | 52.6 | 37.2 | 10.2 | 100.0 | 3 623.2 | |
| Zoological parks and aquariums | 47.2 | 43.5 | 9.3 | 100.0 | 5 808.3 | |
| Botanic gardens | 37.0 | 44.8 | 18.1 | 100.0 | 6 034.2 | |
| Local, state and national libraries | 6.5 | 27.3 | 66.3 | 100.0 | 6 110.2 | |
| Popular music concerts | 36.1 | 43.3 | 20.6 | 100.0 | 3 833.6 | |
| Classical music concerts | 41.8 | 41.7 | 16.5 | 100.0 | 1 298.9 | |
| Theatre | 47.8 | 41.1 | 11.1 | 100.0 | 2 607.1 | |
| Dance performances | 49.4 | 36.3 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 1 581.0 | |
| Musicals and operas | 54.2 | 40.8 | 4.9 | 100.0 | 2 705.8 | |
| Other performing arts | 58.3 | 33.3 | 8.4 | 100.0 | 2 955.7 | |
| Cinema | 9.9 | 34.2 | 55.9 | 100.0 | 10 137.7 | |
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| (a) In the 12 months before interview. |
| ABS, Attendance at Selected Cultural Venues and Events, 2002 (cat. no. 4114.0). |
Table 1.6 shows attendance rates recorded in 2002, compared with attendance rates from previous ABS surveys conducted in 1991, 1995 and 1999. Generally, attendance rates in 2002 were slightly higher than in the earlier years. While it is important to note that some changes in survey collection methods have occurred across some of the years, these changes are likely to have had minimal impact on the results.
1.6 ATTENDANCE AT SELECTED CULTURAL VENUES AND EVENTS(a) - 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2002 |
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| 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2002 | |
ATTENDANCE RATE (%) | |
| |
| Art museums and galleries | 23.9 | 22.1 | 20.9 | 24.9 | |
| Other museums | 30.0 | 27.4 | 19.6 | 25.0 | |
| Zoological parks and aquariums | na | 35.0 | 33.8 | 40.0 | |
| Botanic gardens | na | 38.4 | 36.4 | 41.6 | |
| Local, state and national libraries | na | 37.4 | 36.8 | 42.1 | |
| Popular music concerts | 28.6 | 26.4 | 24.7 | 26.4 | |
| Classical music concerts | 8.2 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 9.0 | |
| Theatre | 17.8 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | |
| Dance performances | 11.2 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 10.9 | |
| Musicals and operas | 20.1 | 19.3 | 16.3 | 18.7 | |
| Other performing arts | na | 18.5 | 17.8 | 20.4 | |
| Cinema | na | 60.4 | 65.6 | 69.9 | |
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| na not available |
| (a) In the 12 months before interview. |
| ABS, Attendance at Selected Cultural Venues and Events, 2002 (cat. no. 4114.0). |
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