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

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Contents + New South Wales + Victoria + Queensland + South Australia + Western Australia + Tasmania + Northern Territory 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 + Australian Capital Territory History of Changes	CULTURAL INDUSTRIES BY SEX AND AGE OVERVIEW Of all persons employed in cultural industries in the week prior to the 2011 Census in Australia, 1% resided in the Northern Territory. Of those employed in the Northern Territory, 2,770 (3%) persons reported their main occupation in a cultural industry. Of those employed in a cultural industry, 1,240 (45%) were employed in a non-cultural occupation. The cultural industries that employed the most persons were nature reserves and conservation parks operation (437), creative artists, musicians, writers and performers (374) and free-to-air television broadcasting (210). EMPLOYMENT BY SEX More females (1,426) than males (1,343) were employed in cultural industries in the Northern Territory. Conversely, there were more males than females employed in cultural industries nationally. Cultural industries employing high proportions of males were nature reserves and conservation parks operation (63%), and architectural services (62%). Cultural industries employing high proportions of females were libraries and archives (83%), and newspaper and book retailing (78%). PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a)(b), NT, 2011 EMPLOYMENT BY AGE Persons aged 15 to 24 years made up 17% of all persons employed in cultural industries in the Northern Territory. The cultural industries with the largest number of persons aged 15 to 24 years were nature reserves and conservation parks operation (76), motion picture exhibition (46), and newspaper and book retailing (41). PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a), By age, NT, 2011 The cultural industry with the largest proportion of persons aged 15 to 24 years in the Northern Territory was motion picture exhibition (58%). Only 7% of employed persons in each of religious services, and creative artists, musicians, writers and performers were aged 15 to 24 years. The cultural industries with the most persons aged 55 years and over in the Northern Territory were creative artists, musicians, writers and performers (86) and religious services (71). PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a), By age, NT, 2011 The cultural industry employing 50 persons or more with the largest proportion of persons aged 55 years and over in the Northern Territory was religious services (34%). Nature reserves and conservation parks operation, and motion picture exhibition had the smallest proportion of persons aged 55 years and over (both 9%). Motion picture exhibition also had the smallest proportion of persons aged 55 years and over nationally. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.