4920.0 - Arts and Culture: State and Territory Profiles, 2012

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Contents + New South Wales + Victoria + Queensland + South Australia + Western Australia + Tasmania + Northern Territory + Australian Capital Territory Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities Cultural Funding by Government Cultural Participation + Employment in Culture History of Changes	CULTURAL FUNDING BY GOVERNMENT This report presents an overview of expenditure on cultural activities funded by the Australian Capital Territory Government. The data used in this report are available in the data cube for the Australian Capital Territory attached to Cultural Funding by Government, Australia, 2011-12 (cat. no. 4183.0) on the ABS website. In 2011-12, the estimate of cultural expenditure funded by the Australian Capital Territory Government increased 31% to $117.0m which was 4% of the total cultural expenditure funded by state and territory governments. Recurrent expenses accounted for 68% of the Australian Capital Territory Government cultural expenditure. The estimate of per person expenditure by the Australian Capital Territory Government was $315.40. Total cultural expenditure funded by the Australian Capital Territory Government has increased 60% from $73.2m in 2007-08 to $117.0m in 2011-12. GOVERNMENT CULTURAL EXPENDITURE, ACT In 2011-12, the estimate of expenditure of Australian Capital Territory Government funds on Heritage activities increased by 29% to $85.1m. Expenditure on Environmental heritage rose 93% in 2011-12 following a 27% fall in 2010-11 and accounted for 72% of the expenditure of Heritage funds. In 2011-12 reduced levels of expenditure were reported for Other museums and cultural heritage (down 42%), Libraries (down 28%) and Art museums (down 36%). GOVERNMENT HERITAGE EXPENDITURE, ACT In 2011-12, the estimate of expenditure of the Australian Capital Territory funds for Arts activities rose 36% to $31.9m. Performing arts venues accounted for 32% of all Arts expenditure in 2011-12. Expenditure on Visual arts and crafts and Other arts rose 33% and 58% respectively. GOVERNMENT ARTS EXPENDITURE, By selected categories, ACT Back to top Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.