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CULTURAL INDUSTRIES BY OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

EMPLOYMENT BY BIRTHPLACE

Of the 7,125 persons employed in cultural industries in the Australian Capital Territory, 1,596 (22%) were born overseas. More than half (58%) of these were from a non-main English speaking country (927).

The cultural industries with the most number of employed persons born overseas were libraries and archives (250), museum operation (179), religious services (150) and architectural services (145).

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

Of those cultural industries with more than 50 workers, the cultural industry with the largest proportion of persons born overseas was printing (32%). In comparison, video and other electronic media rental had the smallest proportion of persons born overseas (7%).

The libraries and archives industry employed 16% of all persons born overseas employed in cultural industries, compared with 13% 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% (51) of all persons employed in cultural industries in the Australian Capital Territory. The cultural industry employing the largest number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was museum operation (21).

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 Australian Capital Territory, 46% 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 in the Australian Capital Territory received a gross weekly income in the $800 to $999 range, 12% received between $600 and $799 and 9% received between $400 and $599.

More persons received less than $200 per week (7%), than received between $200 and $299 (5%) and $300 and $399 (6%).

More than half (54%) of persons employed in video and other electronic media rental in the Australian Capital Territory received a gross weekly income of less than $200 per week. In contrast, more than two thirds (69%) of persons employed in the libraries and archives industry 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 libraries and archives (637), followed by museum operation (604). The newspaper and book retailing industry had the largest number of persons receiving a gross weekly income of less than $200 per week (106).

EMPLOYMENT BY HOURS WORKED

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

Approximately 59% (4,191) of those employed in cultural industries as their main job in the Australian Capital Territory reported that they worked at least 35 hours per week, 16% (1,145) worked 1 to 15 hours per week, 10% (712) between 25 and 34 hours and 9% (669) worked between 16 and 24 hours.

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

In the week prior to the 2011 Census, 35% of those employed in cultural industries worked part-time (between 1 and 34 hours per week).

Approximately 85% of those employed in the printing industry worked 35 hours or more in the week prior to the 2011 Census. In comparison, almost two thirds (63%) of persons working in the video and other electronic media rental and hiring industry worked between 1 and 15 hours in the week before the Census.