VIDEO HIRE OUTLETS
PURPOSE
To collect economic data about businesses mainly engaged in operating video hire outlets.
DESCRIPTION
The Video Hire Outlet collection was conducted by mail-out questionnaire as part of Service Industries Surveys in respect of the financial year 1999-2000. The collection was a survey and its sample of 580 employing businesses was selected from those listed on the ABS business register with ANZSIC Class 9511 Video hire outlets. This class consists of all businesses mainly engaged in hiring video tapes, DVDs and video games to the general public for personal use.
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
Australia
FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION
Irregular
DATA ITEMS
Number of businesses
The number of businesses mainly engaged in operating video hire outlets as at the end of the reference period.
Number of locations
The survey classifies the number of locations at which video hire outlets were being operated at the end of the reference period into two categories. The categories are:
Locations in capital cities and their suburbs
Locations in other areas
Employment category
The survey classifies employment into a number of categories. The categories are:
Working proprietors and partners
Full-time permanent employees
Part-time permanent employees
Casual employees
Other employment characteristics
Employment may also be categorised by:
Sex of employed persons
Whether store managers or other employees
Income
The items which make up the income of video hire outlets are:
Income from rental of video tapes and other video related goods
Other rent, leasing and hiring income
Income from the sale of ex-rental video tapes
Income from the sale of sell-through video tapes
Income from the sale of DVDs, video games and accessories
Income from the sale of food and beverages
Income from other sales of goods
Income from franchise fees
Other services income
Interest
Other income
Video tapes and other video related goods
The survey classifies video tapes and other video related goods into a number of categories. The categories are:
New-release video tapes
Other video tapes
DVDs
Video games
Expenses
The items which make up the expenses of video hire outlets include:
Wages and salaries
Employer contributions to superannuation funds
Workers' compensation costs
Fringe benefits tax
Payroll tax
Franchise/group fees
Rent, leasing and hiring expenses
Advertising, marketing and promotional expenses
Purchases
Depreciation and amortisation
Other expense items
Rent, leasing and hiring expenses
The items which make up the rent, leasing and hiring expenses of video hire outlets are:
Video tapes and DVDs
Premises
Other (including video games)
Purchases
The items which make up the purchases of video hire outlets are:
Ex-rental video tapes
Sell-through video tapes
DVDs, video games and accessories
Food and beverages
Other economic characteristics
Other economic characteristics for which information is available are:
Profit or loss
Value of inventories
Number of active members
The number of active members of video hire stores as at the end of the reference period.
Number of rental transactions
The number of rental transactions for video tapes and other video related goods during the reference period.
Business size
The size of the business in terms of its number of employees. This can be grouped into ranges such as:
0-4 employees
5-9
10-19
20-49
50 and more
Geographic area
Data are available for Australia, while some data are also available for States and Territories.
HISTORICAL DATA
The collection has only been conducted once.
DISSEMINATION
Publications
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001, Video Hire Industry, Australia, 1999-2000, Cat. no. 8562.0, ABS, Canberra. Price $18.00.
CONTACT
In the first instance, refer to To obtain data or further information in the Introduction to this directory.
Manager
Service Industries Surveys
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Locked Bag 10
BELCONNEN ACT 2616
Telephone: Canberra 02 6252 5633
Facsimile: Canberra 02 6252 7004
Email: client.services@abs.gov.au
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