❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks data on cultural employment and volunteer work in the arts sector, with the Minister providing some data and referencing ABS reports for other information.
AnsweredQoN 329Legislative Assembly
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I refer to employment and work in the Department of Culture and the Arts, and ask: (a) how many people are/were employed under the category of cultural employment, this being their main occupation for the periods: (i) 2011-2012; and (ii) 2012 to date; (b) how many people undertook volunteer work in arts organisations in: (i) 2011-2012; and (ii) 2012 to date; and (c) of the people employed in the cultural industry, can the Minister table a breakdown of how many are employed by: (i) state government; (ii) local government; (iii) the private sector; and (iv) state subsidised arts companies or grantees?
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Answered
6 August 2013
Responded by
Minister for Culture and the Arts
Response time
56 days
(a) (i - ii) Cultural employment figures for Western Australia in the week prior to the 2011 Census are available in the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report
Employment in Culture, Australia, 2011
available from
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/6273.0
.
(b) (i - ii) This information is collected via the ABS Voluntary Work Survey. The most recent available data is from the survey conducted in 2010. The report
Voluntary Work, Australia, 2010
is available from
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/DetailsPage/4441.02010?OpenDocument
.
(c) (i) The Department of Culture and the Arts and its Portfolio agencies employed 713 people (602.31 full time equivalent staff) as at 28 March 2013.
(ii - iv) This information is not available. Employment in the cultural industry is not identified in three tiers of government for state, local and private sector. The ABS
Employment in Culture, Australia, 2011
report only identifies state totals.
Employment in Culture, Australia, 2011
available from
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/6273.0
.
(b) (i - ii) This information is collected via the ABS Voluntary Work Survey. The most recent available data is from the survey conducted in 2010. The report
Voluntary Work, Australia, 2010
is available from
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/DetailsPage/4441.02010?OpenDocument
.
(c) (i) The Department of Culture and the Arts and its Portfolio agencies employed 713 people (602.31 full time equivalent staff) as at 28 March 2013.
(ii - iv) This information is not available. Employment in the cultural industry is not identified in three tiers of government for state, local and private sector. The ABS
Employment in Culture, Australia, 2011
report only identifies state totals.
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