SOUND RECORDING STUDIOS
PURPOSE
To collect economic data about the sound recording studios industry.
DESCRIPTION
The Sound Recording Studios collection was conducted by mail-out questionnaire as part of Service Industries Surveys in respect of the financial year 1996-97. The collection was a census of all employing businesses listed on the ABS business register with ANZSIC Class 9251 Sound recording studios. Class 9251 consists of all businesses mainly engaged in operating sound recording studios or in providing other sound recording services. The other services include those provided by freelance recording personnel, location sound recordists and operators of mobile studios. Excluded from Class 9251 are studios mainly engaged in recording radio programs, in the composing and subsequent recording of advertising material, and in operating audio or multimedia schools.
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
Australia
FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION
Irregular
DATA ITEMS
Number of organisations
The number of organisations mainly engaged in providing sound recording studio services as at the end of the reference period.
Number of persons employed
The number of employed persons working for the business at the end of the reference period.
Employment characteristics
Employment may be categorised by:
Sex of employed persons
Whether full-time or part-time
Whether working proprietor or employee
Income
The items which make up the income of sound recording studios are:
Hire of studio with recording personnel
Hire of studio only
Other sound recording services
Other rent, leasing and hiring income
Interest
Other income
Expenses
The items which make up the expenses of sound recording studios include:
Wages and salaries
Employer contributions to superannuation funds
Workers' compensation costs
Payments to freelance personnel for provision of sound recording services
Purchases of blank tapes
Repair and maintenance
Depreciation and amortisation
Rent, leasing and hiring expenses
Other expense items
Other economic characteristics
Other economic characteristics for which information is available are:
Profit or loss
Value of assets by sub-categories
Value of liabilities by sub-categories
Capital expenditure
Disposal of assets
Organisation size
The size of the organisation in terms of its level of income for the reference period. Income levels can be grouped into ranges such as:
$1-$49,999
$50,000-$99,999
$100,000-$199,999
$200,000-$499,999
$500,000 and more
Geographic area
Data are available for Australia and States and Territories.
HISTORICAL DATA
The collection has only been conducted once. Sound recording studios were included in the 1995-96 Music Survey but because of differences in the scope of the two surveys, the results are not directly comparable.
DISSEMINATION
Publications
Australian Bureau of Statistics 1998, Sound Recording Studios, Australia, 1996-97, Cat. no. 8555.0, ABS, Canberra. Price $17.50.
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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