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

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Contents + New South Wales + Victoria + Queensland 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 + South Australia + Western Australia + Tasmania + Northern Territory + Australian Capital Territory History of Changes	CULTURAL INDUSTRIES BY SEX AND AGE OVERVIEW Of those employed in Queensland in the week prior to the 2011 Census, 59,028 persons reported their main occupation in a cultural industry. Of those employed in a cultural industry, 30,879 (52%) were employed in a non-cultural occupation. The cultural industries that employed the greatest number of persons were architectural services (6,161), religious services (5,503), newspaper and book retailing (5,385), printing (4,367) and advertising services (4,320). Of all persons employed in cultural industries in Australia, 16% resided in Queensland. Queensland had the highest proportion of persons employed in video and other electronic media rental and hiring nationally, employing 26% of all persons in this industry. By comparison, only 4% of persons employed in reproduction of recorded media nationally resided in Queensland. EMPLOYMENT BY SEX Unlike most other states and territories in Australia, more females (30,711) than males (28,317) were employed in cultural industries in Queensland. Cultural industries employing high proportions of females were libraries and archives (79%), arts education (78%), and newspaper and book retailing (69%). Cultural industries employing high proportions of males were music and other sound recording activities (90%), nature reserves and conservation parks operation (70%) and post-production services and other motion picture and video activities (67%). PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a)(b), By sex, Qld, 2011 EMPLOYMENT BY AGE Of all persons employed in cultural industries in Queensland 18% were aged 15 to 24 years. Cultural industries with the highest number of persons aged 15 to 24 years were newspaper and book retailing (2,079), video and other electronic media rental (1,290), motion picture exhibition (1,010) and arts education (715). PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a), By age, Qld, 2011 The cultural industries with the largest proportion of persons aged 15 to 24 years in Queensland were video and other electronic media rental (66%) and motion picture exhibition (60%). Only 4% of persons employed in funeral, crematorium and cemetery services were aged 15 to 24 years. Nationally, funeral, crematorium and cemetery services also had the smallest proportion of cultural industry workers aged 15 to 24 years. Persons aged 55 years and over also comprised 18% of all persons employed in cultural industries in Queensland. The cultural industries with the most persons aged 55 years and over were religious services (1,844), newspaper and book retailing (1,111), architectural services (1,082), printing (873) and newspaper publishing (751). PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a), By age, Qld, 2011 The cultural industry with the largest proportion of persons aged 55 years and over in Queensland was funeral, crematorium and cemetery services (36%), which was also the same industry with the largest proportion of persons aged 55 years and over nationally. In contrast, video and other electronic media rental had the lowest proportion of persons aged 55 years and over (5%). Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.