SERVICE INDUSTRY SURVEYS

The Service Industry Surveys collect information from employers in selected cultural industries. Table 5.7 displays the number of employees in these industries. Care must be taken when interpreting these figures as different industries were surveyed in different years.

Of the selected cultural industries surveyed between 1999-2000 and 2006-07, Public libraries was the highest employing industry with 12,471 employees in 2003-04. Other cultural industries with large numbers of employees include the Video hire industry which employed 11,034 people in 1999-2000, the Film and video production industry (10,873 employees in 2006-07) and the Motion picture exhibition industry (9,282 employees in 1999-2000). These industries all have a large proportion of employees working on a part-time or casual basis.

5.7 PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES
			Full-time	Part-time and casual	Working proprietors and partners of unincorporated businesses	Salaried directors of incorporated businesses	Total
			no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
2006-07
	Performing arts operation		2 658	3 223	291	396	6 569
	Performing arts venue operation		1 472	4 367	na	38	5 876
	Film and video
		Production services	2 769	5 724	400	1 979	10 873
		Post production services	1 645	734	*155	437	2 971
	Television services(a)
		Commercial free-to-air	(b)5 086	1 894	na	na	6 980
		Pay television	na	na	na	na	3 052
2003-04
	Public libraries(a)		5 889	6 583	na	na	12 471
	Art and other museums		4 291	3 252	81	na	7 624
2002-03
	Performing arts festivals		345	927	na	na	1 272
1999-00
	Film and video distribution		1 059	366	na	na	1 426
	Motion picture exhibition		1 196	8 026	60	na	9 282
	Video hire		2 026	8 267	741	na	11 034
	Commercial art galleries		389	586	435	na	1 409
	Botanic gardens		971	279	na	na	1 250
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution
na not available
(a) Excludes public television broadcasters and community broadcasters.
(b) Includes salaried directors of incorporated businesses.
Source: ABS, Museums, Australia, 2003-04 (cat. no. 8560.0); ABS, Public Libraries, Australia, 2003-04 (cat. no. 8561.0); ABS, Video Hire Industry, Australia, 1999-2000 (cat. no. 8562.0); ABS, Botanic Gardens, Australia, 1999-2000 (cat. no. 8563.0); ABS, Commercial Art Galleries, Australia, 1999-2000 (cat. no. 8651.0); ABS, Motion Picture Exhibition, Australia, 1999-2000 (cat. no. 8654.0); ABS, Film and Video Production and Distribution, 1999-2000 (cat. no. 8679.0); ABS, Television, Film and Video Production and Post-Production Services, Australia, 2006-07 (cat. no. 8679.0); ABS, Performing Arts, Australia, 2002-03, 2006-07 (cat. no. 8697.0).

Many cultural industries are run as commercial operations and are exclusively staffed by paid employees. A few industries, however, rely heavily on the assistance of volunteers. The Service Industry Surveys found that 20,443 volunteers helped in the running of Art and other museums during June 2004, which was almost three times the number of people with paid employment in the industry at that time. Similarly, 6,853 people undertook voluntary work for Public libraries during June 2004. This is equivalent to one volunteer for every two paid employees.

Some 6,582 people worked as volunteers in Performing arts operation in June 2007, only slightly more than the number in paid employment (6,569). Performing arts venue operations employed 5,876 people in 2007, with an additional 1,935 people volunteering in this industry. The 1,272 paid staff working on 176 Performing arts festivals (of 2 days or more duration) during 2002-03 received assistance from 15,728 volunteers.

5.8 VOLUNTEERS IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES
		Volunteers
		no.
Performing arts operations
	2006-07	6 582
Performing arts venue operations
	2006-07	1 935
Festivals
	2002-03	15 728
Public libraries(a)
	2003-04	6 853
Art and other museums
	2003-04	20 443
(a) Excludes special libraries and libraries located in educational institutions.
Source: ABS, Performing Arts, Australia, 2002-03, 2006-07 (cat. no. 8697.0); ABS, Museums, Australia, 2003-04 (cat. no. 8560.0); ABS, Public Libraries, Australia, 2003-04 (cat. no. 8561.0).

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