1362.6 - Regional Statistics, Tasmania, 2005  
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During the 12 months before interview in 2002, about 84% of Tasmanians aged 18 years and over (290,800 people) attended at least one of the cultural venues or events included in an ABS survey. The rate of people attending at least one venue or event varied little between the three Tasmanian Regions. The highest attendance rates in all three Regions were for people attending cinemas.

Attendance rates for Tasmanians living in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region were the highest of the three Regions for all venues and events included in the survey, apart from dance performances and musicals and operas.

For the Mersey-Lyell Region, although the rate of people attending at least one of the cultural venues or events surveyed was similar to the Tasmanian average (83.2% compared to 84.3% for Tasmania), in 9 of the 12 categories surveyed the attendance rate was the lowest of the three Tasmanian Regions.

ATTENDANCE AT CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, Tasmanian regions - 2002(a)(b)
Venue/activity
Greater Hobart-Southern
Northern
Mersey-Lyell
Tasmania
NUMBER ('000)
Cinemas
104.2
56.2
45.5
205.9
Libraries
77.4
37.8
32.2
147.4
Botanic gardens
81.9
21.4
17.1
120.4
Museums
60.0
34.9
16.1
111.0
Zoological parks and aquariums
52.3
29.2
20.6
102.2
Art galleries
50.8
27.5
15.9
94.1
Popular music concerts
44.2
25.3
17.5
87.1
Other performing arts
34.0
19.1
10.0
63.1
Theatre performances
36.0
16.5
7.5
60.1
Musicals and operas
25.9
17.2
11.0
54.1
Dance performances
16.8
12.3
4.8
33.9
Classical music concerts
21.0
6.5
3.8
31.2
At least one venue or event
143.0
82.5
65.3
290.8
Total persons aged 18 years and over
166.6
99.9
78.5
344.9
ATTENDANCE RATE (%)
Cinemas
62.6
56.3
58.0
59.7
Libraries
46.4
37.9
41.0
42.7
Botanic gardens
49.2
21.4
21.9
34.9
Museums
36.0
34.9
20.5
32.2
Zoological parks and aquariums
31.4
29.2
26.3
29.6
Art galleries
30.5
27.5
20.2
27.3
Popular music concerts
26.6
25.4
22.3
25.2
Other performing arts
20.4
19.1
12.7
18.3
Theatre performances
21.6
16.6
9.6
17.4
Musicals and operas
15.6
17.2
14.1
15.7
Dance performances
10.1
12.3
6.1
9.8
Classical music concerts
12.6
6.5
4.8
9.0
At least one venue or event
85.8
82.6
83.2
84.3
(a) People aged 18 years and over who attended selected cultural venues and events at least once during the 12 months before interview in 2002.
(b) Map of the Tasmanian Regions specified.

Source: ABS data available on request, General Social Survey.


These statistics relate to a Tasmania Together benchmark.



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