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

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Contents + New South Wales + Victoria + Queensland + South Australia 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 + Western Australia + Tasmania + Northern Territory + Australian Capital Territory History of Changes	CULTURAL INDUSTRIES BY SEX AND AGE OVERVIEW Of those employed in South Australia in the week prior to the 2011 Census, 21,147 (3%) persons reported their main occupation in a cultural industry. Of those employed in a cultural industry, 10,745 (51%) were employed in a non-cultural occupation. The cultural industries that employed the most persons were religious services (2,067), printing (2,017), architectural services (1,918), newspaper publishing (1,702), and newspaper and book retailing (1,642). Of all persons employed in cultural industries in Australia, 6% resided in South Australia, whilst only 1% of persons employed in motion picture and video distribution and reproduction of recorded media lived in South Australia. EMPLOYMENT BY SEX More males (10,817) than females (10,330) were employed in cultural industries in South Australia. There were also more males than females employed in cultural industries nationally. Cultural industries employing high proportions of males were cable and other subscription broadcasting (83%), and postproduction services and other motion picture and video activities (80%). Cultural industries employing the largest proportions of females were libraries and archives (77%) and arts education (70%). PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a)(b), By sex, SA, 2011 EMPLOYMENT BY AGE Persons aged 15 to 24 years made up 15% of all persons employed in cultural industries in South Australia. Cultural industries with the largest number of persons aged 15 to 24 years were newspaper and book retailing (422), motion picture exhibition (351), video and other electronic media rental (317), newspaper publishing (276) and arts education (244). PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a), By age, SA, 2011 The cultural industry with the largest proportion of persons aged 15 to 24 years in South Australia was video and other electronic media rental (59%). Only 5% of workers in religious services were aged 15 to 24 years. Persons aged 55 years and over made up 22% of all persons employed in cultural industries in South Australia. The cultural industries with the most persons aged 55 years and over were religious services (795), printing (464), architectural services (443), newspaper and book retailing (402) and newspaper publishing (364). PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a), By age, SA, 2011 The cultural industry with the largest proportion of persons aged 55 years and over in South Australia, was book and magazine wholesaling (42%). In comparison, only 3% of persons employed in postproduction services and other motion picture and video were aged 55 years and over. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.