Volunteers
About 207,200 volunteers for arts and heritage organisations provided over 30.6 million hours of work in the 12 months before interview, according to the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics General Social Survey.
The survey defined these volunteers as people aged 18 years and over who willingly gave unpaid help, in the form of time, service or skills, to an organisation or group.
Women make up 63 per cent of the volunteers in arts and heritage organisations.
About 5.2 million Australians aged 18 years and over undertake voluntary work across all industries and areas. This is about 34 per cent of the population.
The median age of volunteers for arts and heritage organisations is 49 years, compared to the national average age of volunteers of 44 years.
Source
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Voluntary Work, 2006 (cat. no. 4441.0).
Links
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Arts and Culture in Australia: A Statistical Overview, 2009, Employment and Voluntary Work (cat. no. 4172.0).
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Employment in Culture, 2006 (cat. no. 6273.0).
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Arts and Culture in Australia: A Statistical Overview, 2009, Participation and Attendance (cat. no. 4172.0).
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Work in Selected Culture and Leisure Activities, April 2007 (cat. no. 6281.0).
| Author | Australia Council for the Arts |
|---|---|
| Year | 2008 |
| ISBN/ISSN | N/A |
| Hard copy available? | No |
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