4172.0 - Arts and Culture in Australia: A Statistical Overview, 2008 (First Edition)  
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FINANCIAL DATA

Public libraries are particularly reliant on government funding for their operation, with 93% of their total income of $839m in 2003-04 coming from this source. The total expenses of public libraries in 2003-04 were $852.8m, of which $447.7m (53%) were labour costs. Other major expenses were purchases of library materials, and repairs and maintenance. The eight national and state archives were also highly dependent on government funding with $97.9m of their total $109.1m coming from this source.

10.8 INCOME AND EXPENSES OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES - 2003-04

Local libraries
National and state libraries
All public libraries
$m
$m
$m

Income
Government funding
Australia and state/territory
106.6
259.4
366.0
Local
415.2
-
415.2
Total
521.9
259.4
781.2
Income from services to clients
18.3
12.0
30.3
Total income(a)
545.2
293.7
839.0
Expenses
Labour costs
340.8
106.9
447.7
Telecommunication services
10.9
4.0
15.0
Repair and maintenance
20.6
9.5
30.1
Purchases of library materials
47.8
8.2
56.0
Total expenses(b)
545.2
307.6
852.8

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Total includes other income such as fundraising, sales of goods etc.
(b) Total includes other expenses such as subscription payments, freight, etc.
Source: ABS, Public Libraries, Australia, 2003-04 (cat. no. 8561.0).


According to Cultural Funding by Government, 2005-06 (cat. no. 4183.0), the Australian Government increased funding for public libraries from $54.9m in 2004-05 to $66.7m in 2005-06, an increase of 21.5%. State and territory government funding of libraries increased by 16.9% over the same period, from $337.1m to $394.0m.

Australian Government funding for archives also increased, from $65.2m in 2004-05 to $67.4m in 2005-06. By comparison, state and territory government funding for archives fell by 22.3% over the same period, from $61.4m to $47.7m.

Substantial funding of libraries and archives also occurs at the local government level, but these data were not available for 2005-06.







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