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Patterns by industry: Industries by state

Numbers employed in each audiovisual industry by state

All audiovisual industries, 1996 and 2001
Film and video production¹, 1971–2001
Film and video distribution¹, 1971–2001
Motion picture exhibition¹, 1971–2001
Television services¹, 1971–2001
Video hire outlets, 1996 and 2001

Next update late 2008

Based on Census data, employment grew between 1996 and 2001 for residents of all states except South Australia and the Northern Territory, with the highest growth rates in the ACT (32 per cent), Western Australia (24 per cent) and NSW (23 per cent).

The ACT and WA saw particular growth in the production, exhibition and video hire industries, while exhibition and television were the main components of increased employment for NSW and Victorian residents. However, Victoria saw a drop in employment in the production industry as well as accounting for most of the fall in the distribution industry.

For Queenslanders there were higher levels of employment in the exhibition industry, but lower levels in production and distribution. Tasmanians on the other hand saw a significant increase in production industry employment as well as exhibition. but a slight fall in television.

South Australians saw a fall in production industry and television industry employment, with increases in exhibition and video hire not enough to create an overall increase for the state.

Likewise for the Northern Territory, increases in exhibition and production did not make up for lower employment levels in television, video hire and distribution.

All audiovisual industries, 1996 and 2001: including video hire outlets and ‘audiovisual undefined’

	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT
Numbers
1996	16,860	9,587	6,633	2,766	3,003	726	442	698
2001	20,782	11,511	7,436	2,690	3,725	809	421	923
Change 96 to 01	+23%	+20%	+12%	-3%	+24%	+11%	-5%	+32%
Proportions
1996	41%	24%	16%	7%	7%	2%	1%	2%
2001	43%	24%	15%	6%	8%	2%	1%	2%
Contribution to overall growth	52%	25%	11%	-1%	9%	1%	0%	3%

Source: Compiled by the Australian Film Commission using unpublished data from the Census of Population and Housing 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1996, 2001.

Notes:
1996 was the first year that video hire outlets were included in the analysis.
'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.

Film and video production¹, 1971–2001

This data is from the 2001 Census. For information on state distribution of employment from the Australian Bureau of Statistics's 1999/00 Service Industries Surveys, see Production industry: Film and video production businesses: By state.

	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT
Numbers
1971	941	406	42	40	39	33	4	5
1976	1,022	503	43	104	35	53	0	0
1981	1,811	784	185	126	77	102	3	9
1986	2,941	1,039	274	232	178	57	19	18
1991	3,022	1,529	605	220	233	59	39	33
1996	3,637	2,112	1,021	542	319	35	40	54
2001	3,863	1,942	957	358	396	66	44	76
Change 96 to 01	+6%	-8%	-6%	-34%	+24%	+89%	+10%	+41%
Proportions
1971	62%	27%	3%	3%	3%	2%	<0%	<0%
1976	58%	29%	2%	6%	2%	3%	0%	0%
1981	59%	25%	6%	4%	3%	3%	<0%	<0%
1986	62%	22%	6%	5%	4%	1%	<1%	<1%
1991	53%	27%	11%	4%	4%	1%	1%	1%
1996	47%	27%	13%	7%	4%	<1%	1%	1%
2001	50%	25%	12%	5%	5%	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.

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.
1. 1971–1991 Censuses used previous ASIC classification system, see Industry definitions.

Film and video distribution¹, 1971–2001

	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT
Numbers
1971	421	151	121	40	70	3	3	0
1976	498	163	84	73	93	0	0	0
1981	443	163	62	36	32	0	6	3
1986	416	148	62	41	22	0	4	10
1991	301	139	81	15	12	3	0	12
1996	594	746	166	66	97	15	6	19
2001	546	282	96	48	65	14	0	3
Change 96 to 01	-8%	-62%	-42%	-27%	-33%	-7%	-100%	-84%
Proportions
1971	52%	19%	15%	5%	9%	<0%	<0%	0%
1976	55%	18%	9%	8%	10%	0%	0%	0%
1981	60%	22%	8%	5%	4%	0%	1%	0%
1986	59%	21%	9%	6%	3%	0%	1%	1%
1991	53%	25%	14%	3%	2%	1%	0%	2%
1996	35%	44%	10%	4%	6%	1%	0%	1%
2001	52%	27%	9%	5%	6%	1%	0%	0%
Contribution to overall decrease	7%	71%	11%	3%	5%	<1%	1%	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.

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.
¹ 1971–1991 Censuses used previous ASIC classification system, see Industry definitions.

Motion picture exhibition¹, 1971–2001

This data is from the 2001 Census. For information on state distribution of employment from the Australian Bureau of Statistics's 1999/00 Service Industries Survey, see Cinema: Overview: Employment by state.

	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT
Numbers
1971	1,592	1,021	887	550	520	102	31	48
1976	1,437	1,106	841	580	483	89	27	95
1981	1,371	1,146	744	513	540	117	25	64
1986	1,058	839	592	286	283	51	11	69
1991	1,160	893	626	231	306	57	30	64
1996	1,697	1,468	872	311	441	94	31	134
2001	3,476	2,888	1,672	646	929	171	77	220
Change 96 to 01	+105%	+97%	+92%	+108%	+111%	+82%	+148%	+64%
Proportions
1971	33%	21%	19%	12%	11%	2%	1%	1%
1976	31%	24%	18%	12%	10%	2%	1%	2%
1981	30%	25%	16%	11%	12%	3%	1%	2%
1986	33%	26%	19%	9%	9%	2%	0%	2%
1991	34%	27%	19%	7%	9%	2%	1%	2%
1996	34%	29%	17%	6%	9%	2%	1%	3%
2001	34%	29%	17%	6%	9%	2%	1%	2%
Contribution to overall growth	35%	28%	16%	7%	10%	2%	1%	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.

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.
1. 1971–1991 Censuses used previous ASIC classification system, see Industry definitions.

Television services¹, 1971–2001

	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT
Numbers
1971	2,202	1,260	507	511	354	392	6	63
1976	3,501	2,041	984	895	678	420	33	184
1981	4,209	2,647	1,077	1,058	971	435	54	251
1986	4,751	2,572	1,408	1,204	1,171	481	113	244
1991	3,737	2,092	1,192	709	737	354	135	314
1996	6,728	2,758	2,245	1,056	862	376	232	295
2001	8,499	3,876	2,441	814	892	344	185	337
Change 96 to 01	+26%	+41%	+9%	-23%	+3%	-9%	-20%	+14%
Proportions
1971	41%	24%	10%	10%	7%	7%	0%	1%
1976	40%	23%	11%	10%	8%	5%	1%	2%
1981	39%	25%	10%	10%	9%	4%	1%	2%
1986	40%	22%	12%	10%	10%	4%	1%	2%
1991	40%	23%	13%	8%	8%	4%	1%	3%
1996	46%	19%	15%	7%	6%	3%	2%	2%
2001	49%	22%	14%	5%	5%	2%	1%	2%
Contribution to overall growth	62%	39%	7%	-9%	1%	-1%	-2%	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.

Video hire outlets, 1996 and 2001

This data is from the 2001 Census. For information on state distribution of employment from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’s 1999/00 Service Industries Survey, see Video: Video hire outlets (historical data): By state.

	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	WA	Tas	NT	ACT
Numbers
1996	3,413	2,100	2,037	648	1,090	184	112	161
2001	3,742	2,326	2,118	760	1,362	183	93	228
Change 96 to 01	+10%	+11%	+4%	+17%	+25%	-1%	-17%	+42%
Proportions
1996	35%	22%	21%	7%	11%	2%	1%	2%
2001	35%	22%	20%	7%	13%	2%	1%	2%
Contribution to overall growth	31%	21%	8%	10%	25%	0%	-2%	6%

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

Employment patterns by industry: States by industry

Numbers employed in each audiovisual industry by state

All audiovisual industries, 1996 and 2001: including video hire outlets and ‘audiovisual undefined’

Film and video production1, 1971–2001

Film and video distribution1, 1971–2001

Motion picture exhibition1, 1971–2001

Television services1, 1971–2001

Video hire outlets, 1996 and 2001

Film and video production¹, 1971–2001

Film and video distribution¹, 1971–2001

Motion picture exhibition¹, 1971–2001

Television services¹, 1971–2001