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CHILDREN'S PARTICIPATION IN CULTURAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES The data contained in this report, including additional demographic data pertaining to the children participating in the cultural sector, is available in the data cube for New South Wales attached to Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australia, Apr 2012 (cat. no. 4901.0) on the ABS website. PARTICIPATION IN ORGANISED CULTURAL ACTIVITIES In the 12 months to April 2012, 36% (318,400) of children aged 5-14 years in New South Wales participated in at least one of five organised cultural activities outside of school hours. Playing a musical instrument was the most popular organised activity with 20% of children in New South Wales involved. By comparison, 16% were involved in dancing, 6% in organised art and craft and 4% were involved in singing and drama. When compared with the national participation rates, children in New South Wales had slightly higher rates of participation for playing a musical instrument and dancing whilst singing was comparatively less popular. Participation rates for the remaining activities were similar. PARTICIPATION IN SELECTED CULTURAL ACTIVITIES(a)(b), NSW and Australia, 2012 Participation by age, sex and family type Almost half of all girls (47%) in New South Wales participated in at least one organised cultural activity compared with only a quarter of boys (24%). The most popular activities for girls were dancing and playing a musical instrument with 125,800 (29%) and 94,500 (22%) participants respectively. Almost all girls (95%) who participated in dancing took lessons in the 12 months prior to interview. The proportion of boys who participated in dancing and received formal dance instruction was slightly lower at 85%. For boys the most popular activity was playing a musical instrument attracting 81,000 (18%) participants with four out of every five (81%) receiving lessons. A similar proportion (78%) of girls who played a musical instrument received lessons. Children aged 9-11 years were more likely to play a musical instrument (24%) than children aged 5-8 years (16%). Conversely those aged 5-8 years had higher rates of participation in dancing (20%) and organised art and craft (8%) than children in the 12-14 years age group with participation rates of 11% and 4% respectively. PARTICIPATION IN SELECTED ORGANISED ACTIVITIES(a)(b), By age, NSW, 2012 Children from couple families (38%) were more likely to have participated in at least one of the organised cultural activities than those from single parent families (28%). Duration of participation In New South Wales, children who played a musical instrument and those involved in dancing spent, on average, four hours engaged in these pursuits in the last two weeks of school prior to interview. Most of the participants engaged in these activities reported durations of two hours or less although 11% of those playing musical instruments and 8% of those dancing did so for ten hours or more. Those involved in singing and organised art and craft spent between two and three hours, on average, undertaking these activities. Both estimates were below the national average. AVERAGE TIME SPENT ON SELECTED ORGANISED CULTURAL ACTIVITIES(a)(b), NSW and Australia, 2012 CHILDREN’S PARTICIPATION IN OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES In the 12 months to April 2012, 60% (538,900) of children aged 5-14 years in New South Wales had participated in at least one organised sport outside of school hours. More information about children's participation in organised sport is available in the data cube for New South Wales attached to Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australia, Apr 2012 (cat. no. 4901.0) on the ABS website. In addition to participation in organised activities, the 2012 ABS survey also collected data on a range of other activities to provide an overall picture of what children did outside of school hours. Whilst mainly leisure activities, the list did include homework or other study. The results showed that in the two school weeks immediately prior to interview 96% of children in New South Wales had watched TV, DVDs or videos outside of school hours; 87% had participated in other screen based activities; 82% had done homework or other study; 70% read for pleasure; 63% had ridden a bike; and 52% had been skateboarding, rollerblading or riding a scooter. Only 39% of children in New South Wales participated in recreational art and craft activities. The leisure activity with the greatest differences between age groups was recreational art and craft with participation by those aged 5-8 years (53%) more than twice that of those in the 12-14 year age group (24%). Rates of participation by 12-14 year olds were also significantly lower than those of the other age groups for the activities of bike riding and skateboarding, rollerblading or riding a scooter. Participation rates for reading for pleasure were highest in the 9-11 year age group. PARTICIPATION IN SELECTED LEISURE ACTIVITIES(a)(b), By age, NSW, 2012 Children’s attendance at selected cultural venues and events In the 12 months to April 2012, two thirds (66%) of all children in New South Wales aged 5-14 years attended at least one of the selected cultural venues or events outside school hours. Half of the children visited a public library, whilst over a third (37%) visited a museum or art gallery and one third (34%) attended a performing arts event. Children aged 5-8 years (52%) and 9-11 years (53%) had higher rates of attendance at public libraries than those aged 12-14 years (44%). Similarly, those age 9-11 years (40%) had a higher rate of attendance at a museum or gallery than the 12-14 year age group (32%) in the 12 months prior to interview. CHILDREN'S ATTENDANCE AT SELECTED CULTURAL VENUES AND EVENTS(a)(b)(c), By age, NSW, 2012 Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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4920.0 - Arts and Culture: State and Territory Profiles, 2012
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/11/2013 Final
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