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 OCCUPATIONS BY OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS EMPLOYMENT BY BIRTHPLACE Of the 109,851 persons employed in cultural occupations in New South Wales, 31% (33,614) were born overseas. Of these, 59% (19,743) originated from a non-main English speaking country, compared with 53% nationally. Of all migrants employed in cultural occupations, 27% were design workers. In comparison 24% of all persons employed in cultural occupations were design workers. The cultural occupations with the largest number of employed persons born overseas were graphic designer (3,155), architect (2,201), minister of religion (1,825), web developer (1,286) and media producer (excluding video) (1,163). PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL OCCUPATIONS(a)(b), By birthplace, NSW, 2011 The cultural occupations with the largest proportions of persons in New South Wales that were born overseas were translator (89%) and interpreter (82%). Only 8% of motion picture projectionists were born overseas. EMPLOYMENT BY ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES STATUS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples made up 1% (864) of all persons employed in cultural occupations for their main job in New South Wales. The cultural occupations employing the most Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were social professionals (nec) (74), park ranger (50), minister of religion (36), graphic designer (32), dance teacher and library assistant (both 25). ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL OCCUPATIONS(a)(b), NSW, 2011 The cultural occupations with the largest proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were park ranger (12%) and community arts worker (9%). Of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples employed in cultural occupations, 10% worked as built, collectable and environmental heritage workers compared with 3% of all persons in New South Wales. This category includes park rangers, zookeepers and gallery and museum workers and other occupations. By contrast, 13% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples worked as design workers compared with 24% of all persons in New South Wales. ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL OCCUPATIONS(a)(b)(c), NSW, 2011 EMPLOYMENT BY GROSS WEEKLY INCOME Gross weekly income refers to the total of all wages/salaries, government benefits, pensions, allowances and other income the person usually receives. Of all persons employed in cultural occupations as their main job in New South Wales, 46% received a gross weekly income of $1,000 or more per week. In comparison, 43% of all persons employed in cultural occupations nationally received a gross weekly income of $1,000 or more per week. Some 13% of those employed in cultural occupations in New South Wales received a gross weekly income between $600 and $799, another 13% received between $800 and $999, 11% received between $400 and $599, and 4% received between $200 and $299. EMPLOYMENT IN CULTURAL OCCUPATIONS BY GROSS WEEKLY INCOME(a)(b), NSW, 2011 Nearly a quarter (22%) of dance teachers (private tuition) received a gross weekly income of less than $200 per week. In contrast, a large proportion of environmental managers (91%) received a gross weekly income of $1,000 or more per week. The cultural occupations with the largest number of persons receiving a gross weekly income of $1,000 or more per week were graphic designer (4,313), followed by architect (3,709) and media producer (excluding video) (3,108). EMPLOYMENT BY HOURS WORKED Hours worked refers to the number of hours worked in all jobs held during the week before Census night. In 2011, 64% (70,066) of persons employed in cultural occupations as their main job in New South Wales were working at least 35 hours per week, while 12% (13,695) reported that they worked between 1 and 15 hours, and 10% (10,686) between 16 and 24 hours. EMPLOYMENT IN CULTURAL OCCUPATIONS BY HOURS WORKED(a)(b), NSW, 2011 Approximately 93% of art directors (film, television or stage) and technical directors (90%) worked for 35 hours or more per week in 2011. Over half of drama teachers (55%) and music teachers (private tuition) (52%) worked for between 1 and 15 hours. EMPLOYMENT BY USUAL PLACE OF RESIDENCE The majority of persons employed in cultural occupations lived in the Greater Sydney area (86,644), compared with 23,037 persons living in the rest of the state. Approximately 95% of persons employed in both production assistant (film, television, radio or stage) and advertising specialist cultural industries lived in Greater Sydney. However, a higher proportion of persons in the rest of New South Wales were employed in the cultural occupations of park ranger (70%), potter or ceramic artist (60%) and funeral workers (nec) (54%) than in Greater Sydney. PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL OCCUPATIONS(a)(b)(c), By usual place of residence, NSW, 2011 Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.