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ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Australian Industry, 2008-09 (cat. no. 8155.0) has more detailed data on selected cultural industries, which is provided in table 6.3, at the sub-division level. Information about industry classifications (such as sub-divisions) can be found in Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 edition (cat. no. 1292.0).

Between 2007-08 and 2008-09, the number of people employed in motion picture, sound and recording activities increased by 13% (4,000 employees). Over the same period, printing (including the reproduction of recorded media) recorded an increase of 4% (2,000 people).

The largest percentage increase in total income between 2007-08 and 2008-09 was 20% ($65m) for library and other information services, followed by creative and performing arts activities (6% or $189m). The greatest dollar value increase was $252m (3%) for printing (including the reproduction of recorded material).

Motion picture and sound recording activities had the greatest increase of operating profits before tax in 2008-09, at 58% ($208m), followed by Internet publishing and broadcasting 39% ($84m) and library and information services at 7% ($2m).

Publishing (except Internet and music publishing) had the highest industry value added in 2008-09 at $7,494m, followed by printing (including the reproduction of recorded media) ($4,407m) and broadcasting (except Internet) ($4,010m). Printing (including the reproduction of recorded media) had the highest percentage of businesses making a profit at 75%, closely followed by publishing (except Internet and music publishing) at 73% and motion picture and sound recording activities at 69%.

6.3 Industry Performance, by selected ANZSIC subdivision - 2006-07 to 2008-09
ANZSIC subdivision			2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Printing (including the reproduction of recorded media)
	Employment at end of June(a)	'000	^50	48	50
	Sales and service income(b)	$m	9 361	9 429	9 876
	Total income	$m	9 466	9 666	9 918
	Total expenses	$m	8 724	8 827	9 169
	Industry value added(c)	$m	r3 979	r4 072	4 407
	Operating profit before tax(c)	$m	^752	*852	^821
	Industry value added per person employed(d)	$'000	r79	r84	89
	Percentage of businesses that made a profit	%	76	69	75
	Percentage of businesses that broke even	%	1	-	-
	Percentage of businesses that made a loss	%	23	30	25
Publishing (except Internet and music publishing)
	Employment at end of June(a)	'000	48	r49	48
	Sales and service income(b)	$m	12 665	r13 889	13 819
	Total income	$m	12 782	r14 138	9 579
	Total expenses	$m	9 943	r10 961	11 370
	Industry value added(c)	$m	r6 732	r7 687	7 494
	Operating profit before tax(c)	$m	2 839	3 169	-1 768
	Industry value added per person employed(d)	$'000	r141	r156	157
	Percentage of businesses that made a profit	%	72	80	73
	Percentage of businesses that broke even	%	-	-	3
	Percentage of businesses that made a loss	%	28	20	24
Motion picture and sound recording activities
	Employment at end of June(a)	'000	27	31	35
	Sales and service income(b)	$m	^5 024	r5 793	6 087
	Total income	$m	^5 222	r6 036	6 189
	Total expenses	$m	^4 469	r5 722	5 666
	Industry value added(c)	$m	r1 956	r2 045	^2 135
	Operating profit before tax(c)	$m	^761	**r357	**565
	Industry value added per person employed(d)	$'000	r71	66	61
	Percentage of businesses that made a profit	%	69	65	69
	Percentage of businesses that broke even	%	1	3	1
	Percentage of businesses that made a loss	%	30	32	31
Broadcasting (except Internet)
	Employment at end of June(a)	'000	19	18	18
	Sales and service income(b)	$m	8 616	r8 503	8 619
	Total income	$m	9 114	r9 017	8 969
	Total expenses	$m	7 821	r7 070	7 635
	Industry value added(c)	$m	r3 659	r3 968	4 010
	Operating profit before tax(c)	$m	^1 301	r1 982	1 375
	Industry value added per person employed(d)	$'000	r195	r216	229
	Percentage of businesses that made a profit	%	65	69	55
	Percentage of businesses that broke even	%	-	-	7
	Percentage of businesses that made a loss	%	35	31	39
Internet publishing and broadcasting
	Employment at end of June(a)	'000	3	3	^3
	Sales and service income(b)	$m	^717	^r770	^773
	Total income	$m	^758	^r787	^792
	Total expenses	$m	^537	572	492
	Industry value added(c)	$m	^r426	^r421	*442
	Operating profit before tax(c)	$m	*225	*r214	*298
	Industry value added per person employed(d)	$'000	r127	r122	148
	Percentage of businesses that made a profit	%	64	79	59
	Percentage of businesses that broke even	%	1	1	-
	Percentage of businesses that made a loss	%	36	20	41
Library and other information services
	Employment at end of June(a)	'000	2	2	^2
	Sales and service income(b)	$m	284	^295	^329
	Total income	$m	315	320	^385
	Total expenses	$m	274	291	354
	Industry value added(c)	$m	r121	^r132	180
	Operating profit before tax(c)	$m	*41	*29	*31
	Industry value added per person employed(d)	$'000	r74	r88	80
	Percentage of businesses that made a profit	%	69	64	68
	Percentage of businesses that broke even	%	2	1	-
	Percentage of businesses that made a loss	%	29	36	32
Heritage activities
	Employment at end of June(a)	'000	6	^7	7
	Sales and service income(b)	$m	466	499	513
	Total income	$m	655	722	663
	Total expenses	$m	538	581	597
	Industry value added(c)	$m	r292	r312	296
	Operating profit before tax(c)	$m	^120	^142	^64
	Industry value added per person employed(d)	$'000	r48	r47	44
	Percentage of businesses that made a profit	%	66	75	65
	Percentage of businesses that broke even	%	2	-	-
	Percentage of businesses that made a loss	%	31	25	35
Creative and performing arts activities
	Employment at end of June(a)	'000	35	35	36
	Sales and service income(b)	$m	2 928	2 608	2 600
	Total income	$m	3 381	3 003	3 192
	Total expenses	$m	2 708	2 419	2 619
	Industry value added(c)	$m	r1 448	^r1 415	1 437
	Operating profit before tax(c)	$m	^678	^587	^577
	Industry value added per person employed(d)	$'000	r42	r41	40
	Percentage of businesses that made a profit	%	71	72	67
	Percentage of businesses that broke even	%	2	3	4
	Percentage of businesses that made a loss	%	27	25	29
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution
** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
r revised
(a) Includes working proprietors.
(b) Includes rent, leasing and hiring income.
(c) The size of the RSE may be a misleading indicator of the reliability of some of the estimates for operating profit before tax and industry value added. It is possible for an estimate to legitimately include positive and negative values, reflecting the financial performance of individual businesses. In this case, the aggregated estimate can be small relative to the contribution of individual businesses, resulting in a standard error which is large relative to the estimate.
(d) Calculated using estimates of employment which include working proprietors and partners.
Source: Australian Industry, 2008-09 (cat. no. 8155.0).