Indigenous attendance at cultural venues

In non-remote areas, 45 per cent of Indigenous people aged 15 years or over attended a movie, theatre, or concert, and 32 per cent visited a library, museum or art gallery in the three months before interview.

This information was collected as part of the 2002 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey for Indigenous people living in non-remote areas only.

As with the non-Indigenous population, women visited libraries, museums and art galleries more often that men, with 38 per cent of women attending at least one of these compared with 25 per cent of men.

Indigenous women also went to movies, theatres and concerts more often than men—48 per cent compared to 41 per cent.

In non-remote areas, non-Indigenous Australians were more likely than Indigenous Australians to go to the movies, theatre and concerts, or visit a library, museum or art gallery.

Source

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: Involvement in Arts and Culture, 2001 and 2002 (cat. no. 4721.0).

Links

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Attendance at Selected Cultural Venues and Events, Australia, 2005–06 (cat. no. 4114.0).

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Arts and Culture in Australia: A Statistical Overview, 2009, Participation and Attendance (cat. no. 4172.0).

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Arts and Culture in Australia: A Statistical Overview, 2009, Expenditure on Culture (cat. no. 4172.0).

Tourism Research Australia, Snapshot: Indigenous Tourism Visitors in Australia 2008

Tourism Research Australia, Sharing Culture: Indigenous Experiences and the International Visitor.

Australia Council, The Arts Economy 1968–1998: Three Decades of Growth in Australia (Guldberg 2000).