4172.0 - Arts and Culture in Australia: A Statistical Overview, 2008 (First Edition)  
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SERVICE INDUSTRIES SURVEYS

Australian National Accounts (ANA) data are useful for making broad comparisons across industries to enable a picture to be drawn of the economic importance of the cultural sector. However, the ANA does not have detailed information on the operations of each of the cultural industries. Such information is available from a series of Service Industries Surveys (SIS) run over various years (1999-2000, 2002-03 and 2003-04).

Most of these surveys included only employing businesses (unlike data for the ANA) and therefore do not reflect the activities of the whole industry. However, even though there are numerous businesses in Australia without employees, their overall contribution to economic activity is relatively small.

In 2002-03, businesses mainly engaged in Television services had an operating income of $5,158.8m. Other cultural industries included in the Service Industries Surveys where income exceeded $1,000m were Film and video production and Film and video distribution.

6.3 SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES(a), Income and value added

Operating income
Value added
$m
$m

2003-04
Libraries and archives
839.0
na
Museums
919.4
na
2002-03
Film and video production
1 596.6
668.2
Television services
5 158.8
1 460.2
Music and theatre productions
622.1
na
Performing arts festivals
88.5
na
1999-00
Film and video distribution
1 141.8
281.1
Motion picture exhibition(b)
678.9
347.7
Video hire industry
595.2
281.9
Botanic gardens
91.8
na
Performing arts venues
315.9
86.0
Commercial art galleries
131.8
na
Other services to the arts
709.8
50.5

na not available
(a) Excludes some parts of the cultural industries such as publishing and recorded media and the creative arts. Also excludes the income of non-employing businesses.
(b) Includes non-operating income.
Source: ABS, Service Industry Surveys, (various publications), Australia, 1999-2000, 2002-03, 2003-04, (cat. nos. 8559.0, 8560.0, 8562.0, 8651.0, 8654.0, 8679.0, 8697.0).


When making comparisons between the different sources of data it is important to take into consideration differences in the scope and methodology of the surveys. Each data source provides information on different aspects of cultural production and what information is required will determine what data source to use.

Data from the Australian National Accounts should be used if making broad comparisons across industries or when trying to value the cultural sector as a whole to the economy. On the other hand, SIS data are more appropriate for examining a particular industry in detail.

As the chapters in Part B of this report do not make comparisons across industries, SIS will be the primary data source.




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