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

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Contents + New South Wales Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities Cultural Funding by Government Cultural Participation + Employment in Culture Cultural Employment Over Time - 2006 and 2011 Cultural Occupations by Sex and Age Cultural Occupations by Other Demographic Characteristics Cultural Industries by Sex and Age Cultural Industries by Other Demographic Characteristics + Victoria + Queensland + South Australia + Western Australia + Tasmania + Northern Territory + Australian Capital Territory History of Changes	CULTURAL EMPLOYMENT OVER TIME - 2006 AND 2011 CULTURAL EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION In the 2011 Census there were 109,851 persons employed in a cultural occupation in New South Wales, an increase of 9% from the 101,036 persons reported in the 2006 Census. Whilst increases were recorded across all three broad occupation groups (i.e. heritage occupations, arts occupations and other cultural occupations), growth in employment within the arts occupations was the main driver. Encompassing occupations such as graphic designers, web developers, advertising specialists and web designers, the number of persons employed collectively as design workers increased by 4,714 (22%) between 2006 and 2011. Similarly, the number of persons employed as performing arts support workers and architects and urban planners grew strongly with increases of 1,947 persons (28%) and 1,231 persons (12%) respectively. Occupations that fall within the performing arts support workers group include (but are not limited to) film and video editors, video and media producers and make-up artists. Smaller increases occurred across most of the remaining arts occupation groups. Offsetting the growth was a fall in the number of persons employed as printing workers. Incorporating occupations such as printing machinists, graphic pre-press trade workers and printers’ assistants, there were 2,374 fewer persons employed in 2011, down 22%. CULTURAL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY In the 2011 Census there were 136,081 persons employed in a cultural industry in New South Wales, an increase of 5% from the 129,134 persons reported in the 2006 Census. As was the case for occupations, this increase was driven by growth of employment within the arts group. The industry with the largest increase between the 2006 and 2011 Census’ was creative artists, musicians, writers and performers with 3,153 (59%) more persons employed. Reflecting movements in the occupations highlighted previously, the other specialised design services and advertising services industries also experienced strong growth with increases of 2,364 persons (36%) and 2,316 persons (20%) respectively. The printing industry experienced the largest decline between the two Census periods with 2,740 fewer persons employed in 2011, a fall of 21%. Significant decreases were also recorded in newspaper and book retailing, and video and other electronic media rental with falls of 1,384 (down 14%) persons and 1,267 (down 36%) persons respectively. These data show that most persons who commenced working in a cultural occupation between 2006 and 2011 were employed within a cultural industry. More Information about the changes for all cultural occupations and industries can be found in Tables 1 and 2 of the data cube for New South Wales attached to Employment in Culture, Australia, 2011 (cat. no. 6273.0) on the ABS website. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.