WORK IN CULTURE AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES SURVEY
Due to the large number of people involved in the cultural sector through second jobs and unpaid work, the Census was unable to fully represent employment within this sector. To account for this, the ABS conducted a survey to collect more information on all the ways in which people could be involved in the sector.
In 2007, the survey of Work in Selected Culture and Leisure Activities found that there were about 3.5 million people (22% of the population aged 15 years and over) in Australia who had worked in a culture or leisure activity in the 12-months before interview. Of these, some 701,800 stated that their involvement was part of their main job.
It should be noted that this involvement could have been a relatively minor part of the job the person held (e.g. taking photographs for inclusion in their organisation's newsletter). Involvement was defined to exclude those activities undertaken only for the person's own, family's or friends' use - these were classed as hobbies.
5.4 Involvement by payment status and state or territory(a), By sex - 12 months ending April 2007 |
|
 | | | Some paid
involvement(b) | Unpaid
involvement
only | Total
persons
involved(c) | Persons
with no
involvement | Total
persons | Participation
rate |
| | | '000 | '000 | '000 | '000 | '000 | % |
|
|
| MALES | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | New South Wales | 166.4 | 325.7 | 497.9 | 2 181.7 | 2 679.7 | 18.6 |
| | Victoria | 134.1 | 242.5 | 382.4 | 1 630.7 | 2 013.1 | 19.0 |
| | Queensland | 102.3 | 188.8 | 296.1 | 1 276.7 | 1 572.8 | 18.8 |
| | South Australia | 36.3 | 88.1 | 127.1 | 483.8 | 610.9 | 20.8 |
| | Western Australia | 51.6 | 95.3 | 150.3 | 644.6 | 794.9 | 18.9 |
| | Tasmania | 9.4 | 32.8 | 42.6 | 146.4 | 189.0 | 22.5 |
| | Northern Territory | *6.3 | 8.0 | 14.3 | 44.2 | 58.5 | 24.4 |
| | Australian Capital Territory | 12.9 | 19.2 | 32.5 | 92.9 | 125.4 | 25.9 |
| | Australia | 519.3 | 1 000.4 | 1 543.1 | 6 501.1 | 8 044.2 | 19.2 |
| FEMALES | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | New South Wales | 177.1 | 442.6 | 624.3 | 2 129.3 | 2 753.6 | 22.7 |
| | Victoria | 144.7 | 344.5 | 494.9 | 1 593.6 | 2 088.5 | 23.7 |
| | Queensland | 103.0 | 277.5 | 383.9 | 1 210.0 | 1 594.0 | 24.1 |
| | South Australia | 38.9 | 126.3 | 167.3 | 462.4 | 629.7 | 26.6 |
| | Western Australia | 48.5 | 154.3 | 203.6 | 600.9 | 804.6 | 25.3 |
| | Tasmania | 10.7 | 41.4 | 52.3 | 144.4 | 196.7 | 26.6 |
| | Northern Territory | 6.6 | 10.9 | 17.5 | 38.0 | 55.5 | 31.5 |
| | Australian Capital Territory | 13.3 | 30.6 | 44.0 | 87.6 | 131.6 | 33.5 |
| | Australia | 542.8 | 1 428.2 | 1 987.9 | 6 266.4 | 8 254.3 | 24.1 |
| PERSONS | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | New South Wales | 343.5 | 768.3 | 1 122.2 | 4 311.1 | 5 433.3 | 20.7 |
| | Victoria | 278.8 | 587.1 | 877.3 | 3 224.3 | 4 101.6 | 21.4 |
| | Queensland | 205.3 | 466.4 | 680.1 | 2 486.7 | 3 166.8 | 21.5 |
| | South Australia | 75.3 | 214.4 | 294.3 | 946.2 | 1 240.5 | 23.7 |
| | Western Australia | 100.0 | 249.6 | 353.9 | 1 245.5 | 1 599.4 | 22.1 |
| | Tasmania | 20.1 | 74.2 | 94.9 | 290.8 | 385.7 | 24.6 |
| | Northern Territory | 12.9 | 18.9 | 31.8 | 82.2 | 114.0 | 27.9 |
| | Australian Capital Territory | 26.2 | 49.8 | 76.5 | 180.5 | 257.0 | 29.8 |
| | Australia | 1 062.1 | 2 428.6 | 3 531.0 | 12 767.4 | 16 298.5 | 21.7 |
|
| * estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution |
| (a) Involvement is for 12 months prior to interview. |
| (b) Includes persons who only received goods or services as payment. |
| (c) Includes persons who did not state whether involvement was paid. |
| Source: Work in Selected Culture and Leisure Activities, April 2007 (cat. no. 6281.0). |
There were 360,300 people who had some paid involvement in culture and leisure activities in the 12-months before interview who stated that the activity was not related to their main job held in the last week. For example, many people worked as live performers (65,700) writers (56,400) or designers (49,100), in addition to their primary job.
The most common types of cultural activities which formed part of the person's main job were design (230,700 people), writing (184,300 people), creating artworks with a computer (98,400 people) and designing web sites (83,300 people).
5.5 Persons with paid involvement(a)(b), Type of activity by whether part of main job(c) - 12 months ending April 2007 |
|
| | | Activity part of
main job(c) | Activity not part
of main job(c) | Total persons with
some paid involvement |
|
| Heritage | | | |
| Museums | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| Public art galleries | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Libraries and archives | 29 | 7 | *36 |
| Heritage organisations | 4 | *6 | **10 |
| Botanic gardens | *7 | **3 | 9 |
| National parks and reserves | **8 | 5 | 13 |
| Zoos and aquaria | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Total heritage(d) | 60 | 23 | 84 |
| Arts | | | |
| Visual art activities | | | |
| | Drawing | 65 | 28 | 92 |
| | Painting | 28 | 30 | 58 |
| | Sculpture | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| | Photography | 53 | 34 | 87 |
| | Print-making | 22 | 4 | 26 |
| | Creating artworks with a computer | 98 | 39 | 137 |
| | Other visual art activities | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| | Total visual art activities(d) | 185 | 97 | 282 |
| Craft activities | | | |
| | Pottery and ceramics | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| | Textiles | 23 | 17 | 40 |
| | Jewellery making | 10 | 23 | 33 |
| | Furniture-making and wood crafts | 36 | 16 | 52 |
| | Glass crafts | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| | Other craft activities | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| | Total craft activities(d) | 74 | 65 | 139 |
| Writing | 184 | 56 | 241 |
| Publishing | 81 | 25 | 106 |
| Performing arts | | | |
| | Performer | 13 | 26 | 39 |
| | No involvement as performer | 23 | 15 | 38 |
| | Total performing arts(d) | 36 | 41 | 77 |
| Music | | | |
| | Live performer | 25 | 66 | 91 |
| | No involvement as live performer | 20 | 9 | 28 |
| | Total music(d) | 45 | 74 | 119 |
| Radio | 11 | 14 | 25 |
| Television | 20 | 24 | 43 |
| Film production | 16 | 19 | 35 |
| Cinema and video distribution | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| Designing websites | 83 | 29 | 112 |
| Designing computer games and other interactive software | 34 | 6 | 40 |
| Design | 231 | 49 | 280 |
| Teaching | 65 | 46 | 111 |
| Festival organising | 51 | 32 | 83 |
| Art or craft show organising | 23 | 13 | 36 |
| Government arts departments and agencies | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| Total arts(d) | 669 | 347 | 1 016 |
| Total(d) | 702 | 360 | 1 062 |
|
| * estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution |
| ** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use |
| (a) Involvement is for 12 months prior to interview. |
| (b) Includes persons who only received goods or services as payment. |
| (c) Main job held in the week prior to interview. If the person held multiple jobs during this week, it was the respondent's decision as to which was the main job. |
| (d) Components may not add to totals as some persons were involved in more than one activity. |
| Source: Work in Selected Culture and Leisure Activities, 2007 (cat. no. 6281.0). |
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