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CULTURAL INDUSTRIES BY OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

EMPLOYMENT BY BIRTHPLACE

Of the 2,765 persons employed in cultural industries in the Northern Territory, 526 (19%) were born overseas. More than half of these (52%) were from a main English speaking country which was higher than the national average of 49%.

The cultural industries with the most employed persons born overseas were religious services (64), architectural services and newspaper publishing (both 57 persons).

The cultural industry employing 50 persons or more with the largest proportion of persons born overseas was newspaper publishing (33%). Nature reserves and conservation parks operation had the smallest proportion of employed persons born overseas (8%).

EMPLOYMENT BY ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES STATUS

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples made up 19% (524) of all persons employed in cultural industries in the Northern Territory.

There were 294 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples employed in arts industries, 220 in heritage industries and 10 in other culture industries.

The cultural industries employing the most Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were creative artists, musicians, writers and performers (211), and nature reserves and conservation parks operation (208).

The cultural industries employing the largest proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were creative artists, musicians, writers and performers (57%). Nature reserves and conservation parks operation also had a high proportion (47%).

A higher proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (34%) were employed in heritage industries, compared with 23% of total persons in the Northern Territory.

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 the Northern Territory, 36% (989) 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.

Some 15% of those employed in cultural industries received a gross weekly income between $600 and $799 per week, and 13% each received between $400 and $599 or $800 and $999.

Interestingly, more persons received a gross weekly income of less than $200 per week (8%), than received between $200 and $299 (7%) and between $300 and $399 (6%).

Almost two thirds of persons employed in the free-to-air television broadcasting industry (64%) and architectural services industry (63%) received a gross weekly income of $1,000 or more per week. More than one third (39%) of persons employed in the motion picture exhibition industry received a gross weekly income of less than $200 per week.

The cultural industries with the most persons receiving a gross weekly income of $1,000 or more per week were nature reserves and conservation parks operation (162), free-to-air television broadcasting (134) and architectural services (120). The creative artists, musicians, writers and performers industry had the largest number of employed persons receiving a gross weekly income of less than $200 per week (52).

EMPLOYMENT BY HOURS WORKED

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

Approximately 63% (1,740) of those employed in cultural industries as their main job in the Northern Territory reported that they worked at least 35 hours per week, 13% (372) worked between 1 and 15 hours, and 9% each worked between 16 and 24 hours (258), or between 25 and 34 hours (250).

The majority of persons employed in the printing industry (85%) in the Northern Territory worked 35 hours or more in the week prior to the 2011 Census. Half of persons employed in the video and other electronic media rental (50%) industry worked between 1 and 15 hours, in the week before the Census.

In the week prior to the 2011 Census, 32% of those employed in cultural industries worked part-time (between 1 and 34 hours per week).