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Employment patterns by industry: States by industry

Audiovisual employment in each state, by industry, 1971–2001

Next update December 2008

New South Wales

	Production¹	Distribution¹	Exhibition¹	Television¹	Video hire	All audiovisual industries
Numbers
1971	941	421	1,592	2,202	n.a	5,156²
1976	1,022	498	1,437	3,501	n.a.	6,458²
1981	1,811	443	1,371	4,209	n.a	7,834²
1986	2,941	416	1,058	4,751	n.a.	9,166²
1991	3,022	301	1,160	3,737	n.a.	8,220²
1996	3,637	594	1,697	6,728	3,413	16,860
2001	3,863	546	3,476	8,499	3,742	20,782
Change 96 to 01	+6%	-8%	+105%	+26%	+10%	+23%
National share
1971	62%	52%	34%	42%	n.a.	42%²
1976	58%	55%	31%	40%	n.a.	40%²
1981	58%	60%	30%	40%	n.a.	41%²
1986	62%	59%	33%	40%	n.a.	45%²
1991	53%	53%	34%	40%	n.a.	45%²
1996	47%	35%	34%	46%	35%	41%
2001	50%	52%	34%	49%	35%	43%

Source: Compiled by the Australian Film Commission using unpublished data from the Census of Population and Housing 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001.

Notes:
‘State’ is the person's usual residence, rather than where the person was on census night.
Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.
n.a. 1996 was the first year that video hire outlets were included in the analysis.
1. 1971–1991 Censuses used previous ASIC classification system, see Industry definitions.
2. Not including video hire outlets or ‘audiovisual industries undefined’ categories in 1971, 1975, 1981, 1986 and 1991.

Victoria

	Production¹	Distribution¹	Exhibition¹	Television¹	Video hire	All audiovisual industries
Numbers
1971	406	151	1,021	1,260	n.a.	2,838²
1976	503	163	1,106	2,041	n.a.	3,814²
1981	784	163	1,146	2,647	n.a.	4,740²
1986	1,039	148	839	2,572	n.a.	4,598²
1991	1,529	139	893	2,092	n.a.	4,653²
1996	2,112	746	1,468	2,758	2,100	9,587
2001	1,942	282	2,888	3,876	2,326	11,511
Change 96 to 01	-8%	-62%	+97%	+41%	+11%	+20%
National share
1971	27%	19%	22%	23%	n.a.	23%²
1976	29%	18%	24%	23%	n.a.	24%²
1981	25%	21%	25%	25%	n.a.	25%²
1986	22%	21%	26%	22%	n.a.	22%²
1991	27%	25%	27%	23%	n.a.	22%²
1996	27%	44%	29%	19%	22%	24%
2001	25%	27%	29%	22%	22%	24%

Source: Compiled by the Australian Film Commission using unpublished data from the Census of Population and Housing 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001.

Queensland

	Production¹	Distribution¹	Exhibition¹	Television¹	Video hire	All audiovisual industries
Numbers
1971	42	121	887	507	n.a.	1,557²
1976	43	84	841	984	n.a.	1,952²
1981	185	62	744	1,077	n.a.	2,068²
1986	274	62	592	1,408	n.a.	2,336²
1991	605	81	626	1,192	n.a.	2,504²
1996	1,021	166	872	2,245	2,037	6,633
2001	957	96	1,672	2,441	2,118	7,436
Change 96 to 01	-6%	-42%	+92%	+9%	+4%	+12%
National share
1971	3%	15%	19%	10%	n.a.	13%²
1976	2%	9%	18%	11%	n.a.	12%²
1981	6%	8%	16%	10%	n.a.	11%²
1986	6%	9%	19%	12%	n.a.	11%²
1991	11%	14%	19%	13%	n.a.	11%²
1996	13%	10%	17%	15%	21%	16%
2001	12%	9%	17%	14%	20%	15%

Source: Compiled by the Australian Film Commission using unpublished data from the Census of Population and Housing 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001.

South Australia

	Production¹	Distribution¹	Exhibition¹	Television¹	Video hire	All audiovisual industries
Numbers
1971	40	40	550	511	n.a.	1,141²
1976	104	73	580	895	n.a.	1,652²
1981	126	36	513	1,058	n.a.	1,733²
1986	232	41	286	1,204	n.a.	1,763²
1991	220	15	231	709	n.a.	1,175²
1996	542	66	311	1,056	648	2,766
2001	358	48	646	814	760	2,690
Change 96 to 01	-34%	-27%	+108%	-23%	+17%	-3%
National share
1971	3%	5%	12%	10%	n.a.	9%²
1976	6%	8%	12%	10%	n.a.	10%²
1981	4%	5%	11%	10%	n.a.	9%²
1986	5%	6%	9%	10%	n.a.	9%²
1991	4%	3%	7%	8%	n.a.	9%²
1996	7%	4%	6%	7%	7%	7%
2001	5%	5%	6%	5%	7%	6%

Source: Compiled by the Australian Film Commission using unpublished data from the Census of Population and Housing 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001.

Western Australia

	Production¹	Distribution¹	Exhibition¹	Television¹	Video hire	All audiovisual industries
Numbers
1971	39	70	520	354	n.a.	983²
1976	35	93	483	678	n.a.	1,289²
1981	77	32	540	971	n.a.	1,620²
1986	178	22	283	1,171	n.a.	1,654²
1991	233	12	306	737	n.a.	1,288²
1996	319	97	441	862	1,090	3,003
2001	396	65	929	892	1,362	3,725
Change 96 to 01	+24%	-33%	+111%	+3%	+25%	+24%
National share
1971	3%	9%	11%	7%	n.a	8%²
1976	2%	10%	10%	8%	n.a	8%²
1981	2%	4%	12%	9%	n.a	9%²
1986	4%	3%	9%	10%	n.a.	8%²
1991	4%	2%	9%	8%	n.a.	8%²
1996	4%	6%	9%	6%	11%	7%
2001	5%	6%	9%	5%	13%	8%

Source: Compiled by the Australian Film Commission using unpublished data from the Census of Population and Housing 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001.

Tasmania

	Production¹	Distribution¹	Exhibition¹	Television¹	Video hire	All audiovisual industries
Numbers
1971	33	3	102	392	n.a.	530²
1976	53	0	89	420	n.a.	562²
1981	102	0	117	435	n.a.	654²
1986	57	0	51	481	n.a.	589²
1991	59	3	57	354	n.a.	473²
1996	35	15	94	376	184	726
2001	66	14	171	344	183	809
Change 96 to 01	+89%	-7%	+82%	-9%	-1%	+11%
Proportions
1971	2%	0%	2%	7%	n.a.	4%²
1976	3%	0%	2%	5%	n.a.	4%²
1981	3%	0%	3%	4%	n.a.	3%²
1986	1%	0%	2%	4%	n.a.	3%²
1991	1%	1%	2%	4%	n.a.	3%²
1996	<1%	1%	2%	3%	2%	2%
2001	1%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Contribution to overall growth		<1%	2%	-1%	0%	1%

Source: Compiled by the Australian Film Commission using unpublished data from the Census of Population and Housing 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001.

Northern Territory

	Production¹	Distribution¹	Exhibition¹	Television¹	Video hire	All audiovisual industries
Numbers
1971	4	3	31	6	n.a.	44²
1976	0	0	27	33	n.a.	60²
1981	3	6	25	54	n.a.	88²
1986	19	4	11	113	n.a.	147²
1991	39	0	30	135	n.a.	204²
1996	40	6	31	232	112	442
2001	44	0	77	185	93	421
Change 96 to 01	+10%	-100%	+148%	-20%	-17%	-5%
National share
1971	<1%	<1%	1%	<1%	n.a.	<1%²
1976	0%	0%	1%	<1%	n.a.	<1%²
1981	<1%	1%	1%	1%	n.a.	<1%²
1986	<1%	1%	0%	1%	n.a.	1%²
1991	1%	0%	1%	1%	n.a.	1%²
1996	1%	0%	1%	2%	1%	1%
2001	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%

Source: Compiled by the Australian Film Commission using unpublished data from the Census of Population and Housing 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001.

Australian Capital Territory

	Production¹	Distribution¹	Exhibition¹	Television¹	Video hire	All audiovisual industries
Numbers
1971	5	0	48	63	n.a.	116²
1976	0	0	95	184	n.a.	279²
1981	9	3	64	251	n.a.	327²
1986	18	10	69	244	n.a.	341²
1991	33	12	64	314	n.a.	423²
1996	54	19	134	295	161	698
2001	76	3	220	337	228	923
Change 96 to 01	+41%	-84%	+64%	+14%	+42%	+32%
National share
1971	<1%	0%	1%	1%	n.a.	1%²
1976	0%	0%	2%	2%	n.a.	2%²
1981	<1%	<1%	1%	2%	n.a.	2%²
1986	<1%	1%	2%	2%	n.a.	2%²
1991	1%	2%	2%	3%	n.a.	2%²
1996	1%	1%	3%	2%	2%	2%
2001	1%	0%	2%	2%	2%	2%

Source: Compiled by the Australian Film Commission using unpublished data from the Census of Population and Housing 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001.

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