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

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Contents + New South Wales + Victoria 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 + Queensland + South Australia + Western Australia + Tasmania + Northern Territory + Australian Capital Territory History of Changes	CULTURAL EMPLOYMENT OVER TIME - 2006 AND 2011 CULTURAL EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION In the 2011 Census there were 85,815 persons employed in a cultural occupation in their main job in Victoria, an increase of 11% from the 77,190 persons reported in the 2006 Census. Whilst increases were recorded across all three broad occupation groups (i.e. heritage occupations, arts occupations and other cultural occupations), growth in employment within the arts occupations was the main driver. Encompassing occupations such as graphic designers, web developers, interior designers and web designers, the number of persons employed collectively as design workers increased by 4,088 persons (23%) between 2006 and 2011. Proportionally, the largest growth (31%) was in the number of persons employed as architects and urban planners (2,654 persons). Smaller increases occurred across most of the remaining arts occupations. Offsetting the growth was a fall in the number of persons employed as printing workers. Incorporating occupations such as printers (nfd), graphic pre-press trade workers and printers' assistants, there were 2,087 (down 21%) fewer persons employed in 2011. CULTURAL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY In the 2011 Census there were 95,553 persons employed in a cultural industry in their main job in Victoria, an increase of 3% from the 92,932 persons reported in 2006. As was the case for occupations, this increase was driven by growth of employment within the arts group. The industry with the largest increase between 2006 and 2011 was architectural services with 1,762 (21%) more persons employed in this industry. The creative artists, musicians, writers and performers industry also experienced strong growth with an increase of 1,248 persons (32%). The printing industry experienced the largest decline between the two Census periods with 1,744 fewer persons employed in 2011, a fall of 16%. A significant decrease was also recorded in newspaper and book retailing with 1,060 (down 17%) fewer persons employed. These data show that most persons who commenced working in a cultural occupation between 2006 and 2011 were employed within a non-cultural industry. More information about the changes for all cultural occupations and industries can be found in Tables 1 and 2 of the data cube for Victoria attached to Employment in Culture, Australia, 2011 (cat. no. 6273.0) on the ABS website. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.