Arts and Recreation Services Workers in Focus

Arts and Recreation Services is a relatively small industry that employs workers in a range of activities including the operation of museums, casinos, parks and gardens, creative and performing arts, and professional and recreational sports.

There has been strong employment growth in this industry over the past five years, despite employment falling slightly over the past year.

This is a relatively young workforce (27% are aged 15 to 24 years) and nearly half are employed part-time. Workers in this industry are most commonly employed as Community and Personal Service Workers (30% of employment) or Professionals (23%).

This industry is projected to have relatively strong employment growth over the five years to May 2023 (up by 8.7%), mainly driven by growth in the Sports and Recreation Activities sector. Learn more here.

Arts and Recreation Services employs approximately 253,500 persons (ABS trend data), which accounts for 1.9 per cent of the total workforce. Over the past five years, employment in the industry has increased by 10.0 per cent. The median age for workers in this industry is 34 years and median weekly earnings are around $898 per week.

Sources: ABS, Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly, cat. no. 6291.0.55.003, trend. Average full time hours data is Department of Education, Skills and Employment trend; Earnings data are ABS, Characteristics of Employment Cat. No. 6333.0, August 2019; Department of Education, Skills and Employment, 2019 employment projections, five years to May 2024.

Source: Four quarter average and custom data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003.

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