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CULTURAL INDUSTRIES BY OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

EMPLOYMENT BY BIRTHPLACE

Of the 136,081 persons employed in cultural industries in New South Wales, 40,666 (30%) were born overseas. More than half of these were from a non-main English speaking country (23,117).

The cultural industries with the most employed persons born overseas were advertising services (5,138), printing (4,208), architectural services (3,580), religious services (3,078) and other specialised design services (2,709).

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

The cultural industry with the largest proportion of persons born overseas was reproduction of recorded media (55%). Video and other electronic media rental had the smallest proportion of persons born overseas (12%).

The advertising services industry employed 13% of all migrants in New South Wales employed in cultural industries, compared with 10% of all persons employed in cultural industries.

EMPLOYMENT BY ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES STATUS

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples made up 1% (1,111) of all persons employed in cultural industries in New South Wales. The cultural industries employing the most Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were nature reserves and conservation parks operation (165), creative artists, musicians, writers and performers (96), religious services (85), printing (81) and newspaper and book retailing (75).

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

The cultural industry employing the largest proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was nature reserves and conservation parks operation (8%).

Of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples employed in a cultural industry, 15% were employed in nature reserves and conservation parks operation compared with 2% of total persons in New South Wales. In contrast, 5% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples employed in a cultural industry were employed in advertising services and 2% in architectural services compared with 10% and 8% of total persons respectively.

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 New South Wales, 44% 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 13% of those employed in cultural industries received a gross weekly income between $600 and $799, 12% received between $800 and $999 and 11% 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 INCOME(a)(b), NSW, 2011

Some 41% of persons employed in video and other electronic media rental received a gross weekly income of less than $200 per week. In contrast, a large proportion of internet publishing and broadcasting managers (75%) received a gross weekly income of $1,000 or more per week.

The cultural industries with the largest number of persons receiving a gross weekly income of $1,000 or more per week were advertising services (8,763), followed by architectural services (6,228). The newspaper and book retailing industry had the largest number of persons receiving a gross weekly income of less than $200 per week (1,385).

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% (85,764) of those employed in cultural industries as their main job in New South Wales reported that they worked at least 35 hours per week, 14% (19,261) worked 1 to 15 hours per week and 10% (12,981) worked between 16 and 24 hours.

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

Approximately 84% of those employed in the internet publishing and broadcasting industry worked 35 hours or more in the week prior to the 2011 Census. In comparison, almost half (49%) of persons working in the video and other electronic media rental industry worked between 1 and 15 hours in the week before the Census.

In the week prior to the 2011 Census, 33% of those employed in cultural industries worked part-time (between 1 and 34 hours per week).

EMPLOYMENT BY USUAL PLACE OF RESIDENCE

The majority of persons working in cultural industries lived in Greater Sydney (108,076) compared with 27,817 persons living in the rest of New South Wales.

The majority of persons employed in the cultural industries of reproduction of recorded media (98%) and internet publishing and broadcasting (96%) resided in Greater Sydney. The cultural industries with the largest proportion of persons living outside Greater Sydney were nature reserves and conservation parks operation (54%).

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