4920.0 - Arts and Culture: State and Territory Profiles, 2012

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/11/2013 Final

Page tools: Print Page Print All
Contents + New South Wales + Victoria Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities Cultural Funding by Government Cultural Participation + Employment in Culture + Queensland + South Australia + Western Australia + Tasmania + Northern Territory + Australian Capital Territory History of Changes	CULTURAL FUNDING BY GOVERNMENT This report presents an overview of expenditure on cultural activities funded by the Victorian Government. The data used in this report are available in the data cube for Victoria attached to Cultural Funding by Government, Australia, 2011-12 (cat. no. 4183.0) on the ABS website. The estimate of cultural expenditure funded by the Victorian Government was $639.8m in 2011-12 which represented 19% of the total cultural expenditure funded by state and territory governments. Recurrent expenses accounted for 74% of Victorian Government cultural expenditure. The estimate of per person expenditure by the Victorian Government was $114.70. Total cultural expenditure funded by the Victorian Government has fluctuated over the last five years. The level of expenditure was similar in 2007-08 and 2008-09 but fell 11% to $537.6m in 2009-10, the lowest level of expenditure over the five years. The 2011-12 estimate of expenditure was $639.8m a rise of 19% from 2009-10. GOVERNMENT CULTURAL EXPENDITURE, Vic. The estimate of expenditure of Victorian Government funds on Heritage activities increased from $370.3m in 2010-11 to $405.1m in 2011-12, an increase of 9%. The main category responsible for this movement was Environmental heritage with a rise of 23% ($32.9m) of which $31.2m was an increase in capital expenditure. By comparison, expenditure in all other Heritage categories remained relatively stable. GOVERNMENT HERITAGE EXPENDITURE, Vic. In 2011-12 the estimate of expenditure of Victorian Government funds for Arts activities increased by 12% to $234.7m. The main drivers of this increase were the categories of Performing arts venues and Other performing arts, with increases of 26% ($21.1m) and 51% ($5.9m) respectively. Together these two categories account for 51% of expenditure on Arts funded by the Victorian Government. GOVERNMENT ARTS EXPENDITURE, By selected categories, Vic. Back to top Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.