SERVICE INDUSTRY SURVEYS
The Service Industry Surveys collect information from employers in selected cultural industries. Table 5.7 displays the number of employees in these industries. Care must be taken when interpreting these figures as different industries were surveyed in different years.
Of the selected cultural industries surveyed between 2002-03 and 2007-08, public libraries was the highest employing industry with 12,471 employees in 2003-04. Other cultural industries with large numbers of employees were the film and video production industry (10,873 employees in 2006-07) and art and other museums (7,624 employees in 2003-04).
5.7 Persons employed in selected cultural industries, At end June - Various years |
|
 | | | Full-time | Part-time
and
casual | Working
proprietors and
partners of
unincorporated
businesses | Salaried
directors of
incorporated
businesses | Total |
| | | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. |
|
| June 2008 | | | | | |
| Museums and art galleries | 3 608 | 4 248 | na | na | 7 856 |
| June 2007 | | | | | |
| Performing arts operation | 2 658 | 3 223 | 291 | 396 | 6 569 |
| Performing arts venue operation | 1 472 | 4 367 | na | 38 | 5 876 |
| Film and video | | | | | |
| | Production services | 2 769 | 5 724 | 400 | 1 979 | 10 873 |
| | Post-production services | 1 645 | 734 | **155 | 437 | 2 971 |
| Television services(a) | | | | | |
| | Commercial television broadcasting | 5 086 | 1 894 | na | na | 6 980 |
| | Subscription television broadcasting | na | na | na | na | 3 052 |
| June 2004 | | | | | |
| Public libraries(b) | 5 889 | 6 583 | na | na | 12 471 |
| June 2003 | | | | | |
| Performing arts festivals | 345 | 927 | na | na | 1 272 |
|
| ** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use |
| na not available |
| (a) Excludes public television broadcasters and community broadcasters. |
| (b) Excludes national and state archives, special libraries and libraries located in educational institutions. |
| Source: Museums, Australia, 2007-08 (cat. no. 8560.0); Performing Arts, Australia, 2002-03, 2006-07 (cat. no. 8697.0); Television, Film and Video Production and Post-production Services, 2006-07 (cat. no. 8679.0); Public Libraries, Australia, 2003-04 (cat. no. 8561.0). |
Many cultural industries are run as commercial operations and are exclusively staffed by paid employees. A few industries, however, rely heavily on the assistance of volunteers. The Service Industry Surveys found that 23,426 volunteers helped in the running of museums during June 2008, which is more than three times the number of people with paid employment in the industry at that time. Similarly, 6,582 people undertook voluntary work for performing arts operations during June 2007. This was slightly more than the number of paid employees (6,569).
Some 6,853 people undertook voluntary work for public libraries during June 2004, which is approximately one volunteer for every two paid employees. Performing arts venue operations employed 5,876 people in 2007, with an additional 1,935 people volunteering in this industry.
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