SPORTS INDUSTRIES EARN OVER $8 BILLION IN 2000-01
At the end of June 2001 there were 7,147 employing organisations involved in the provision of sport and physical recreation activities. This comprised: 1,034 horse and dog racing organisations; 667 health and fitness centres; 864 other sports and physical recreation venues; 756 sports and physical recreation administrative organisations; 1,937 sports and physical recreation clubs, teams and sports professionals; 1,259 other sports services; and 630 government organisations.
Of the non-government organisations, 3,668 were in the 'for profit' sector, and 2,849 were in the 'not for profit' sector, including all of the sport and recreation administrative organisations and 81% of the sports and physical recreation clubs, teams and sports professionals.
During 2000-01, the income of all organisations involved in the provision of sport and physical recreation activities totalled $8,466 million. This income included that generated by organisations involved in the 2000 Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Games. Major income items included income from television and broadcasting rights ($1,349 million), income from admissions ($1,142 million), membership fees ($647 million), funding from government ($731 million) and net TAB distributions ($555 million).
Total expenses of the sport and recreation organisations were $8,608 million. Labour costs of $2,148 million accounted for 25% of total expenses.
At the end of June 2001, there were 98,267 persons employed in sport and physical recreation industries. Of these persons, 30,631 (31.2%) were employed as professional sportspersons, sports coaches, trainers or development officers. An additional 178,837 persons provided volunteer services for these organisations during June 2001.
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