Financial Data
Public Libraries Survey
Public libraries are particularly reliant on government funding for their operation, with 93% of their total income of $839.0m 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.
10.9 Income and Expenses of Public Libraries - 2003-04 |
|
 | | | Local libraries | National and state libraries | All public libraries |
| | | $m | $m | $m |
|
| Income | | | |
| Government funding | | | |
| | Federal 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 |
| Other income(a) | 5.0 | 18.0 | 23.0 |
| Total income(b) | 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 expenses | 20.6 | 9.5 | 30.1 |
| Purchases of library materials | 47.8 | 8.2 | 56.0 |
| Other expenses(c) | 125.1 | 129.3 | 254.4 |
| Total expenses(b) | 545.2 | 307.6 | 852.8 |
|
| - nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
| (a) Includes other income such as fundraising, sales of goods, etc. |
| (b) Components may not add to totals as some components include data which is not available for publication but has been included in totals unless otherwise indicated. |
| (c) Includes other expenses such as subscription payments, freight, etc. |
| Source: Public Libraries, Australia, 2003-04 (cat. no. 8561.0). |
The eight national and state archives were also highly dependent on government funding with $97.9m of their total $109.1m income coming from this source in 2003-04. An additional $10.4m came from services to clients. The total expenses of these archives was $107.0m with the greatest expense item being labour costs ($46.3m).
Cultural Funding Survey
According to (ABS, 2011d)
Cultural Funding by Government, Australia, 2009-10 (cat. no. 4183.0), the Australian Government provided $66.6m towards funding for public libraries in 2009-10, while state and territory government contributed $347.6m. Archives received $89.6m from the Australian Government in 2009-10, and a further $62.2m from state and territory government.
The majority of funding for libraries, however, is from local government, with libraries receiving $759.3m in 2009-10, a 4% increase from 2008-09 ($730.3m).
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