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Entertainment spending: All households

Total annual expenditure on the arts, entertainment and other related items, all Australian households, 1988/89, 1993/94, 1998/99 and 2003/04

Next update 2010

Rank			Item	Total annual expenditure ($m)				% change
2003/04	1998/99	1993/94²		1988/89	1993/94	1998/99	2003/04	1998/99 to 2003/04³
1	1	1	Home computer equipment, software and TV games, total¹	535	1,359	1,874	2,940	57%
			Home computer equipment (including pre-packaged software)	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	2,400
			TV games and computer software	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	540
2	2	3	Television (equipment, hire, etc), total⁴	645	1,008	1,259	1,960	55%
			Television (equipment hire etc) excluding home entertainment systems	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	1,424
			Home entertainment systems	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	536
3	3	2	Books	705	1,063	1,152	1,589	38%
4	7	10	Video cassette recorders, etc, total	544	458	737	1,234	67%
			Video cassette recorders	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	145
			Video cameras	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	371
			Set-top boxes	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	77
			Digital video disc/laser disc players and video equipment	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	641
5	6	8	Photographic materials, etc, total	465	626	741	1,105	49%
			Photographic equipment (excluding film and chemicals)	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	472
			Photographic film and chemicals (including developer)	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	432
			Studio and other professional photography	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	202
6	16	n.a.	Subscription TV fees⁵	n.a.	n.a.	267	1,085	306%
7	4	5	Newspapers	578	881	941	1,033	10%
8	15	14	Video cassettes and video discs (blank and pre-recorded), total	107	248	267	924	246%
			Blank video cassetttes and video discs	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	85
			Pre-recorded video cassettes and video discs	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	839
9	8	7	Magazines and other printed material, total	358	650	707	783	11%
			Magazines and comics	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	726
			Other printed material	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	57
10	9	12	Cinema fees and charges	200	409	622	779	25%
11	5	6	CDs, records and tapes	341	661	767	666	-13%
			Pre-recorded compact discs and records (audio)	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	645
			Audio cassettes and tapes	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	20
12=	10	11	Live theatre admissions	259	444	548	641	17%
12=	11	13	Cultural and other non-sporting lessons, total	206	327	545	641	17%
			Culture course	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	460
			Recreational and other non-sporting lessons	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	182
14	13	4	Radio and stereo equipment	471	895	404	508	25%
15	12	9	Hire of video cassette tapes and TV/computer games	327	492	452	472	4%
16	17	15	Repairs to audiovisual equipment and personal computers	132	172	145	403	178%
17	18	n.a.	Online charges⁶	n.a.	n.a.	104	379	264%
18	14	17	Paintings, carvings and sculptures	62	134	274	282	3%
19	19	16	Musical instruments and accessories	138	158	93	270	190%
20	20	19	National park and zoo admissions	23	45	37	97	134%
21	21	20	Art gallery and museum fees and charges	14	41	26	61	134%
22	22	21	Audiovisual equipment and personal computer repairs insurance	17	14	11	36	227%
Total spending				6,127	10,085	11,971	17,888	49%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Household Expenditure Survey, 1988/89, 1993/94, 1998/99 and 2003/04 (unpublished data).

Notes:
n.a. data not available
1. Due to classification changes the TV games category has been combined with home computer equipment and software from 1998/99.
2. There were 21 categories in 1993/94, including TV games as a separate category (it ranked 18th).
3. Expenditure by all households increases with growth in the number of households; the number of households grew by 22 per cent between 1988/89 and 1993/94, by 8 per cent between 1993/94 and 1998/99 and by 9 per cent between 1998/99 and 2003/04. The CPI also rose by 18 per cent between 1998/99 and 2003/04.
4. Includes TV aerials.
5. Included as a separate category for the first time in 1998/99.
6. Included as a separate category for the first time in 1998/99; includes Internet service provider charges.