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Introduction
By Hans Hoegh-Guldberg (Economic Strategies).
Last updated: 21 January 2008
A statistical database is being developed using twelve main music sector groups, with appropriate subgroups to navigate through the database. While official or other data are not often readily available, we hope with the help of others to be able eventually to provide at least some indicative data or estimates for all groups.
For each statistical page in the knowledge base there will be a link to an Adobe Reader file (pdf format). These links will be activated as each subgroup becomes populated. Links are also being developed to other relevant parts of the MCA knowledge base to assist navigation.
If you haven’t already done so, you will need to download the free Adobe Reader to read the statistics. It is also available through Google.
The organisation of the statistics is based on A Statistical Framework for the Music Sector (April 2005), by Hans Hoegh-Guldberg and Richard Letts. The initial response of the Cultural Ministers’ Council’s Statistics Working Group (SWG), who commissioned the report, was to ask the Australian Bureau of Statistics to compile Music in Australia: A Statistical Overview, which was published in February 2007.
The page named Quality of music statistics discusses the merits of SWG’s initiative and explores the gaps that remain before a comprehensive statistical picture of the Australian music sector can emerge. We consider the paper important and urge readers to read it.
Each paper is accessible from the right-hand side bar, from the contents page (click to ’statistics’ on that page), or from the list below. Each paper in the list has its own specific link to a portable document format (pdf) file of tables and graphs.
The statistics section is organised according to a master list of music sector activities. The list is subject to change to fit the data as they develop. Tables and charts are numbered by a four-digit decimal system indicating (1) section number in the master list, (2) topic number within the section, (3) the number of the paper within the topic, and (4) table or chart number. For example in Section 1 (General characteristics of the music sector), the second topic is Census counts. The first paper within the topic is called Musicians in the Census. The first table of that paper is numbered 1.2.1.1. Charts are numbered separately. Only the sections shown below are available as we write; more are in the pipeline.
Contents (Press ‘Go!’ for access!)
- 1.1.1 Value of music sector Go!
- 1.2.1 Musicians in the Census Go!
- 1.2.2 Census 2006 Go!
- 1.3.1 What do musicians do for a living? Go!
- 1.4.1 Involvement in music Go!
- 1.5.1 Indigenous artists Go!
- 2.2.1 Attendance at cultural performances Go!
- 2.2.2 International classical music audience attendance trends 1990-2005 Go!
- 4.2.1 The Different Beats survey Go!
