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

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Contents + New South Wales + Victoria + Queensland + South Australia + Western Australia Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities Cultural Funding by Government Cultural Participation + Employment in Culture Cultural Employment Over Time - 2006 and 2011 Cultural Occupations by Sex and Age Cultural Occupations by Other Demographic Characteristics Cultural Industries by Sex and Age Cultural Industries by Other Demographic Characteristics + Tasmania + Northern Territory + Australian Capital Territory History of Changes	CULTURAL INDUSTRIES BY OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS EMPLOYMENT BY BIRTHPLACE Of the 29,571 persons employed in cultural industries in Western Australia, 9,488 (32%) were born overseas. Nearly two thirds of these (61%) were from a main English speaking country (5,798). The cultural industries with the largest number of employed persons born overseas were architectural services (1,332), religious services (1,050), printing (956), newspaper publishing (849), and newspaper and book retailing (722). PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a)(b), By birthplace, WA, 2011 The cultural industries employing 50 persons or more, with the largest proportions of employed persons in Western Australia that were born overseas were printing (43%), book and magazine wholesaling (42%) and religious services (41%). In contrast, video and other electronic media rental 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 1% (338) of all persons employed in cultural industries in Western Australia. The cultural industries employing the most Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were creative artists, musicians, writers and performers (93), nature reserves and conservation parks operation (49), arts education (19), radio broadcasting (17) and religious services (16). ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a)(b), WA, 2011 The cultural industry employing the largest proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was nature reserves and conservation parks operation (9%). 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 Western Australia, 37% (10,794) received a gross weekly income of $1,000 or more per week. In comparison, 39% of all persons employed in cultural industries nationally received a gross weekly income of $1,000 or more per week. Of those employed in cultural industries, 10% received a gross weekly income of less than $200 per week, 7% received between $300 and $399 and 6% received between $200 and $299. EMPLOYMENT IN CULTURAL INDUSTRIES BY GROSS WEEKLY INCOME(a)(b), WA, 2011 More than one third (38%), of persons employed in the motion picture exhibition industry in Western Australia received a gross weekly income of less than $200 per week. In contrast, more than two thirds (71%) of persons employed in the free-to-air television broadcasting industry received a gross weekly income of $1,000 or more per week. The cultural industry with the largest number of persons receiving a gross income of $1,000 or more per week in Western Australia was architectural services (2,513). By comparison, the newspaper and book retailing industry had the largest number of persons receiving a gross weekly income of less than $200 per week (487). EMPLOYMENT BY HOURS WORKED Hours worked refers to the number of hours worked in all jobs held during the week before Census night. More than half (55%) of those employed in cultural industries as their main job in Western Australia reported that they worked at least 35 hours per week, 11% worked 16 to 24 hours, a further 11% worked 25 to 34 hours, and 19% worked between 1 and 15 hours. EMPLOYMENT IN CULTURAL INDUSTRIES BY HOURS WORKED(a)(b), WA, 2011 More than three quarters (76%) of those employed in the free-to-air television broadcasting industry in Western Australia worked 35 hours or more in the week prior to the 2011 Census. Almost half of persons employed in the arts education (49%) and motion picture exhibition (47%) industries worked between 1 and 15 hours in the week before the Census. In the week prior to the 2011 Census, 41% 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 in cultural industries lived in Greater Perth (25,348) compared with 4,161 persons living in the rest of Western Australia. The cultural industry employing the highest proportions of persons living outside Greater Perth was nature reserves and conservation parks operation (38%). The cultural industries employing 50 persons or more with the highest proportion of persons living in Greater Perth were zoological and botanic gardens operation (97%), and music and other sound recording activities (96%). PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a)(b)(c), By usual place of residence, WA, 2011 Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.