ATTENDANCE
The 2002 Survey of Attendance at Selected Cultural Venues and Events showed that 10.1 million people (70% of the population aged 18 years and over) attended cinemas in the 12 months before interview in 2002. The attendance rate decreased successively with age from 92% for 18-24 year olds to 39% for people aged 65 years and over.
16.1 ATTENDANCE AT CINEMAS - 2002
The frequency of attendance was also greater for people aged 18-24 years than for other age groups. Approximately 66% of 18-24 year olds visited a cinema more than 5 times in the 12-month period compared with about 40% for most other age groups.
16.2 PERSONS ATTENDING CINEMAS(a), By Age and Frequency of Attendance - 2002 |
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| Age group (years) | | |
| 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65 and over | Total | |
Number ('000) | |
| |
| 1-5 times | 600.0 | 1 272.9 | 1 382.3 | 1 070.8 | 586.7 | 523.3 | 5 436.0 | |
| 6-10 times | 470.0 | 509.9 | 504.3 | 449.1 | 248.2 | 175.5 | 2 357.1 | |
| 11-20 times | 375.9 | 381.4 | 276.2 | 210.8 | 152.7 | 96.1 | 1 493.1 | |
| 21 times or more | 308.6 | 191.6 | 86.5 | 118.7 | 80.1 | 66.0 | 851.5 | |
| Total | 1 754.5 | 2 355.8 | 2 249.3 | 1 849.4 | 1 067.8 | 861.0 | 10 137.7 | |
Proportion (%) | |
| |
| 1-5 times | 34.1 | 53.9 | 61.5 | 57.9 | 54.9 | 60.8 | 53.6 | |
| 6-10 times | 26.8 | 21.6 | 22.4 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 20.4 | 23.3 | |
| 11-20 times | 21.4 | 16.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 14.3 | 11.2 | 14.7 | |
| 21 times or more | 17.6 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.4 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
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| (a) In the 12 months before interview. |
| ABS, Survey of Attendance at Selected Cultural Venues and Events, 2002, data available on request. |
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