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.
In 2003-04, Public libraries employed 12,471 people, while in 2002-03, 16,427 people were employed by the film and video production industry. Data from 1999-2000 show that the Video hire and Motion picture exhibition industries also employed large numbers of people, although they predominantly worked part-time or as casuals.
5.7PERSONS EMPLOYED IN SELECTED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES - 1999-2000 to 2003-04 |
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| | | Full-time | Part-time and casual | Total | |
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| 2003-04 | | | | |
| Public libraries(a) | 5 889 | 6 583 | 12 471 | |
| Art and other museums | 4 291 | 3 252 | (b)7 543 | |
| 2002-03 | | | | |
| Film and video production | 6 785 | 9 531 | (b)16 427 | |
| Television services(c) | | | | |
| | Commercial free-to-air | na | na | 6 577 | |
| | Pay Television | na | na | 2 517 | |
| Music and theatre productions | 3 101 | 4 460 | (b)7 842 | |
| Festivals | 345 | 927 | 1 272 | |
| 1999-00 | | | | |
| Film and video distribution | 1 059 | 366 | 1 426 | |
| Motion picture exhibition | 1 196 | 8 026 | (b)9 282 | |
| Video hire | 2 026 | 8 267 | (b)11 034 | |
| Performing arts venues | 1 451 | 3 698 | 5 149 | |
| Commercial art galleries | 389 | 586 | 1 409 | |
| Botanic gardens | 971 | 279 | 1 250 | |
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| na not available |
| (a) Excludes special libraries and libraries located in educational institutions. |
| (b) Includes working proprietors and partners. |
| (c) Excludes public television broadcasters and community broadcasters. |
| Source: ABS, Service Industries Surveys, various publications, 1999-2000, 2002-03, 2003-04 (cat. nos. 8559.0, 8560.0, 8561.0, 8562.0, 8563.0, 8651.0, 8654.0, 8679.0, 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 Industries Surveys found that 20,443 volunteers helped in the running of 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, or more than one volunteer for every two people employed.
Some 2,548 people worked as volunteers in Music and theatre productions in June 2003 which was around one-third of the number employed (7,842). 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.
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