❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the state of cultural industries in Western Australia, including income, participation, and employment, with a focus on Indigenous involvement. The answer provides data from various ABS surveys, highlighting the economic and social impact of the arts.
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(1) Can the Minister advise how many businesses are actively trading in a cultural industry within Western Australia and what is the genre of those businesses (for example architecture)? (2) What income has been generated by Western Australian performing arts venue businesses and how much of that income is attributed to wages and salaries? (3) What income has been derived from Western Australian performing arts operations in: (a) 2011-2012; and (b) 2012 to date? (4) What income has been derived from Western Australian performing arts festivals in: (a) 2011-2012; and (b) 2012 to date? (5) What income has been generated from Western Australian Museums (breakdown for each venue) in: (a) 2011-2012; and (b) 2012 to date? (6) What income has been generated from Western Australian Art Galleries (breakdown for each venue) in: (a) 2011-2012; and (b) 2012 to date? (7) How many people in Western Australia participated in cultural activities as a hobby (for example, arts and craft, writing, music) in: (a) 2011-2012; and (b) 2012 to date? (8) How many Indigenous Western Australians have participated in Indigenous creative arts activities in: (a) 2011-2012; and (b) 2012 to date? (9) How many Indigenous Western Australians are employed in cultural occupations as their main job: (a) 2011-2012; and (b) 2012 to date? (10) How many Western Australian Children have attended museums or performing arts events outside of school hours (attributed to ticket sales) in the last twelve months?
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Answered
6 August 2013
Responded by
Minister for Culture and the Arts
Response time
56 days
The following information is drawn from the most recent and relevant ABS data survey available and each source is referenced at the end of the response.
The Department of Culture and the Arts defines cultural industries on its website as:
"those areas of practice that turn original creative content into commercial outcomes. They draw on the unique creative skills and distinctive natural materials of our state to create new creative content to local, national and international markets"
(1) For the financial year of 2010-2011, the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 1682 businesses in Architectural Services, 795 businesses in Advertising Services, and 1185 businesses in other Specialised Design Services within Western Australia. Please note that this is the latest survey providing a state and industry breakdown.
(Source: ABS, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2007 to June 2011).
(2) According to ABS statistics 2006-2007 there were 16 performing arts venue businesses/organisation operators in Western Australia.
· The total income for the performing arts venue businesses/organisations was $30.7million.
· $10.8million was attributed for wages and salaries.
Note: Performing arts venues businesses/organisations definition: Australian businesses/organisations primarily engaged in operating venues for the presentation and rehearsal of performing arts (this includes local government authorities).
(Source: ABS, 8697.0 - Performing Arts, Australia, 2006-07 (cat. no. 8697.0))
(3)(a) $16.0 million
(b) $12.2 million
(4) According to the Ticket Attendance and Revenue Survey 2011 undertaken by Live Performance Australia, Multi Category Festivals produced Revenue of $548,003 in Western Australia in 2011. This survey was released in August 2012. The next publication (Ticket Attendance and Revenue Survey 2012) hence is expected to be released mid this year.
(Source: http://www.liveperformance.com.au/site/_content/document/00000248-source.pdf)
(5)(a)
Western Australian Museum:
Fremantle - $1,444,668
Perth - $1,037,008
Geraldton - $272,203
Albany - $116,543
Kalgoorlie - $318,512
Corporate - $ 441,679
(5)(b)
Western Australian Museum:
Fremantle - $1,455,321
Perth - $1,934,749
Geraldton - $246,611
Albany - $122,053
Kalgoorlie - $322,030
Corporate - $633,267
(6)(a) $5,953,000 (Art Gallery of Western Australia - all income to 30 June 2012)
$24,903 (Geraldton Regional Art Gallery - est. income to City
(6)(b) $8,329,000 (Art Gallery of Western Australia - all income to 30 June 2013)
$14,792 (Geraldton Regional Art Gallery - est. income to City
(7) (a) Data for the number of people in Western Australia participating in cultural activities as a hobby is not available for 2011-2012. However, data is available from the ABS 2007 Survey of Work in Selected Culture and Leisure Activities, which is the most recent publication for this area. It states that in Western Australia 270,300 people participated in cultural activities as a hobby. Among this number 214,100 were involved in Art and craft activity, 28,900 in writing and 27,300 in music. (According to the ABS, the 2007 survey as referenced above is the most recent publication of this specific addition to the labour force survey.)
2010-11 data is available for selected cultural activities. In the ABS release of the Participation in Selected Cultural Activities Survey 2010-11, a cultural activity had been defined as a selected creative activity in which a person has participated, which has not been done for secondary or tertiary studies. This survey measured what people do creatively themselves, rather than attendance at creative events. Arts and cultural activities include performing arts, singing or playing a musical instrument, dancing, writing, visual art activities and craft activities. Western Australia's participation rate in cultural activities was 26% of people aged 15 years and over in the 12 months before the interview.
Source:
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/4921.0
(7)(b) Nil. Data for this time period is not available, as noted above in (7) (a).
(8)(a) Data for 2011-2012 is not available, however according to the 2008 ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 12,900 Indigenous Western Australians participated in at least one Indigenous creative arts activity (arts and crafts; music, dance or theatre; writing or telling stories). Among those, 6,200 were living in remote areas and 6,700 in non-remote areas.
(
According to the ABS, the 2008 survey as referenced above is the latest publication)|
(8)(b) Data for this time period is not available, as noted above in (8)(a).
(9) (a) The most recent data available is for 2011, at which time 432 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were employed in cultural occupations. 229 were employed in arts occupations; 131 in heritage occupations; and 72 in other cultural occupations.
Source: ABS 62730_2011 - Employment in Culture -Western Australia - 2011
(9)(b) Data for this time period is not available, as noted above in (9)(a).
(Please note that the figures include people who did not state their indigenous status)
(10) Comprehensive data for the last 12 months is not available, however according to the 2012 Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, 127,000 Western Australian Children have attended a museum or art gallery and 119,700 performing arts events outside of school hours, in the 12 months before the interview (April 2011 to April 2012). This data includes the major cultural institutions WA Museum and the Art Gallery of WA.
(Source: ABS 4901.0 - Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australia, April 2012, Table 6,
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/DetailsPage/4901.0Apr%202012?OpenDocument
)
The Department of Culture and the Arts defines cultural industries on its website as:
"those areas of practice that turn original creative content into commercial outcomes. They draw on the unique creative skills and distinctive natural materials of our state to create new creative content to local, national and international markets"
(1) For the financial year of 2010-2011, the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 1682 businesses in Architectural Services, 795 businesses in Advertising Services, and 1185 businesses in other Specialised Design Services within Western Australia. Please note that this is the latest survey providing a state and industry breakdown.
(Source: ABS, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2007 to June 2011).
(2) According to ABS statistics 2006-2007 there were 16 performing arts venue businesses/organisation operators in Western Australia.
· The total income for the performing arts venue businesses/organisations was $30.7million.
· $10.8million was attributed for wages and salaries.
Note: Performing arts venues businesses/organisations definition: Australian businesses/organisations primarily engaged in operating venues for the presentation and rehearsal of performing arts (this includes local government authorities).
(Source: ABS, 8697.0 - Performing Arts, Australia, 2006-07 (cat. no. 8697.0))
(3)(a) $16.0 million
(b) $12.2 million
(4) According to the Ticket Attendance and Revenue Survey 2011 undertaken by Live Performance Australia, Multi Category Festivals produced Revenue of $548,003 in Western Australia in 2011. This survey was released in August 2012. The next publication (Ticket Attendance and Revenue Survey 2012) hence is expected to be released mid this year.
(Source: http://www.liveperformance.com.au/site/_content/document/00000248-source.pdf)
(5)(a)
Western Australian Museum:
Fremantle - $1,444,668
Perth - $1,037,008
Geraldton - $272,203
Albany - $116,543
Kalgoorlie - $318,512
Corporate - $ 441,679
(5)(b)
Western Australian Museum:
Fremantle - $1,455,321
Perth - $1,934,749
Geraldton - $246,611
Albany - $122,053
Kalgoorlie - $322,030
Corporate - $633,267
(6)(a) $5,953,000 (Art Gallery of Western Australia - all income to 30 June 2012)
$24,903 (Geraldton Regional Art Gallery - est. income to City
(6)(b) $8,329,000 (Art Gallery of Western Australia - all income to 30 June 2013)
$14,792 (Geraldton Regional Art Gallery - est. income to City
(7) (a) Data for the number of people in Western Australia participating in cultural activities as a hobby is not available for 2011-2012. However, data is available from the ABS 2007 Survey of Work in Selected Culture and Leisure Activities, which is the most recent publication for this area. It states that in Western Australia 270,300 people participated in cultural activities as a hobby. Among this number 214,100 were involved in Art and craft activity, 28,900 in writing and 27,300 in music. (According to the ABS, the 2007 survey as referenced above is the most recent publication of this specific addition to the labour force survey.)
2010-11 data is available for selected cultural activities. In the ABS release of the Participation in Selected Cultural Activities Survey 2010-11, a cultural activity had been defined as a selected creative activity in which a person has participated, which has not been done for secondary or tertiary studies. This survey measured what people do creatively themselves, rather than attendance at creative events. Arts and cultural activities include performing arts, singing or playing a musical instrument, dancing, writing, visual art activities and craft activities. Western Australia's participation rate in cultural activities was 26% of people aged 15 years and over in the 12 months before the interview.
Source:
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/4921.0
(7)(b) Nil. Data for this time period is not available, as noted above in (7) (a).
(8)(a) Data for 2011-2012 is not available, however according to the 2008 ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 12,900 Indigenous Western Australians participated in at least one Indigenous creative arts activity (arts and crafts; music, dance or theatre; writing or telling stories). Among those, 6,200 were living in remote areas and 6,700 in non-remote areas.
(
According to the ABS, the 2008 survey as referenced above is the latest publication)|
(8)(b) Data for this time period is not available, as noted above in (8)(a).
(9) (a) The most recent data available is for 2011, at which time 432 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were employed in cultural occupations. 229 were employed in arts occupations; 131 in heritage occupations; and 72 in other cultural occupations.
Source: ABS 62730_2011 - Employment in Culture -Western Australia - 2011
(9)(b) Data for this time period is not available, as noted above in (9)(a).
(Please note that the figures include people who did not state their indigenous status)
(10) Comprehensive data for the last 12 months is not available, however according to the 2012 Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, 127,000 Western Australian Children have attended a museum or art gallery and 119,700 performing arts events outside of school hours, in the 12 months before the interview (April 2011 to April 2012). This data includes the major cultural institutions WA Museum and the Art Gallery of WA.
(Source: ABS 4901.0 - Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australia, April 2012, Table 6,
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/DetailsPage/4901.0Apr%202012?OpenDocument
)
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