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CULTURAL INDUSTRIES BY OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

EMPLOYMENT BY BIRTHPLACE

Of the 95,551 persons employed in cultural industries in Victoria, 23,553 (25%) were born overseas. More than half of these were from a non-main English speaking country (13,611).

The cultural industries with the highest number of employed persons born overseas were printing (3,301), architectural services (3,237), advertising services (2,220), religious services (2,186) and other specialised design services (1,547).

PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a)(b), By birthplace, Vic., 2011

The cultural industry with the largest proportion of persons in Victoria that were born overseas was reproduction of recorded media (43%). Motion picture exhibition had the lowest proportion of persons born overseas (14%).

EMPLOYMENT BY ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES STATUS

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples made up 0.4% (338) of all persons employed in cultural industries in Victoria. The cultural industries employing the highest number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were nature reserves and conservation parks operation (59), printing (29), creative artists, musicians, writers and performers (28), museum operation (26) and religious services (21).

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a)(b), Vic., 2011

The cultural industry employing the highest proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was nature reserves and conservation parks operation (3%).

EMPLOYMENT BY GROSS WEEKLY INCOME

Gross weekly income refers to the total of all wages/salaries, government benefits, pensions, allowances and other income the person usually receives.

Of all persons employed in cultural industries as their main job in Victoria, 40% received a gross weekly income of $1,000 or more per week. In comparison, 39% of all persons employed in cultural industries in Australia received a gross weekly income of $1,000 or more per week.

Some 14% of those employed in cultural industries received a gross weekly income in the $600 to $799 range, 13% received between $800 and $999, and 12% received between $400 and $599.

Interestingly, more persons received a gross weekly income of less than $200 per week (7%), than received between $200 and $299 (5%), and between $300 and $399 (6%).

EMPLOYMENT IN CULTURAL INDUSTRIES BY GROSS WEEKLY INCOME(a)(b), Vic., 2011

Some 38% of persons employed in video and other electronic media rental received an income of less than $200 per week. In contrast, 68% of persons employed in free-to-air television broadcasting and 65% employed in internet publishing and broadcasting industries received an income of $1,000 or more per week.

The cultural industry with the largest number of persons receiving a gross weekly income of $1,000 or more per week was architectural services (6,067). The motion picture exhibition industry had the largest number of workers receiving an income of less than $200 per week (1,059).

EMPLOYMENT BY HOURS WORKED

Hours worked refers to the number of hours worked in all jobs held during the week before Census night.

Approximately 61% (58,123) of those employed in cultural industries as their main job in Victoria reported that they worked at least 35 hours per week, 15% (14,328) worked 1 to 15 hours per week and 10% each worked between 16 and 24 hours (9,436), and 25 and 34 hours (9,517).

EMPLOYMENT IN CULTURAL INDUSTRIES BY HOURS WORKED(a)(b), Vic., 2011

Approximately 83% of those employed in the reproduction of recorded media industry in Victoria worked 35 hours or more in the week prior to the 2011 Census. In comparison, almost half (49%) of persons employed in the video and other electronic media rental industry worked between 1 and 15 hours.

In the week prior to the 2011 Census, 35% of those employed in cultural industries worked part-time (between 1 and 34 hours per week).

EMPLOYMENT BY PLACE OF USUAL RESIDENCE

The majority of persons employed within cultural industries lived in Greater Melbourne (79,885) compared with 15,554 persons living in the rest of Victoria.

The largest proportion of persons residing in Greater Melbourne were employed in the cultural industries of reproduction of recorded media (97%), music publishing (96%) and book and magazine wholesaling (95%), compared with persons living in the rest of Victoria.

The cultural industry with the greatest proportion of persons living outside Greater Melbourne was nature reserves and conservation parks operation (48%).

PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a)(b)(c), By usual place of residence, Vic., 2011