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Cinema industry trends

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Number of businesses, total income, employment and wages and salary expenses in the film exhibition industry by state, 1993/94, 1996/97, 1999/00

No. businesses | Income | Employment | Wages and salaries

No. businesses

Between 1996/97 and 1999/00, the largest decline in the number of businesses was in Victoria (by 9), followed by South Australia (by 8). The number of businesses also fell in Queensland (by 4), Western Australia (by 3) and Tasmania (by 1). Over the same period the number of businesses in NSW rose by 6 to 67.

  No. businesses1
NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia
1993/94 71 64 46 25 30 3 4 5 224
1996/97 61 44 39 30 25 3 3 4 188
1999/00 67 35 35 22 22 2 5 4 173
% change 10% -20% -10% -27% -12% -33% 67% 0% -8%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Motion Picture Exhibition Australia 1999–2000 (cat. no. 8654.0).

Notes:
1. As at June each year. Multi-state organisations are counted in each state in which they operate. Hence the counts of businesses for state and territories do not sum to the total for Australia.

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Income

  Total income ($m)
NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia
1993/94 221.8 148.9 129.5 36.8 66.1 n.p. n.p. 14.4 635.3
1996/97 343.1 180.1 136.8 51.4 85.1 n.p. n.p. 18.3 832.2
1999/00 374.3 301.8 167.2 60.0 101.3 n.p. n.p. 20.1 1,046.1
  Share of income (%)
NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia
1993/94 35% 23% 20% 6% 10% n.p. n.p. 2% 100%
1996/97 41% 22% 16% 6% 10% n.p. n.p. 2% 100%
1999/00 36% 29% 16% 6% 10% n.p. n.p. 3% 100%

Source: Unpublished data from Australian Bureau of Statistics, Motion Picture Exhibition Australia 1999–2000 (cat. no. 8654.0).

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Employment

Employment rose in all states between June 1997 and June 2000, as it did between June 1994 and June 1997. The largest increase in the number of people employed was in NSW (an increase of 623) followed by Victoria (an increase of 547) and Queensland (an increase of 203).

  Employment (no. people)
NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia
1993/94 1,953 1,493 958 455 561 n.p. n.p. 134 5,729
1996/97 2,549 2,069 1,272 670 837 n.p. n.p. 167 7,739
1999/00 3,172 2,616 1,475 691 876 n.p. n.p. 212 9,282
  Share of employment (%)
NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia
1993/94 34.1 26.1 16.7 8.0 9.8 n.p. n.p. 2.3 100
1996/97 32.9 26.7 16.4 8.7 10.8 n.p. n.p. 2.2 100
1999/00 34.2 28.2 15.9 7.4 9.4 n.p. n.p. 2.3 100

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Motion Picture Exhibition Australia 1999–2000 (cat. no. 8654.0).

Notes:
n.p. Not available for separate publication, but included in totals where applicable.

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Wages and salaries

Wages and salary expenses rose in most states between 1996/97 and 1999/00, with the exception of Western Australia and the ACT. The largest increase was in Victoria where costs rose $11.2 million. Whilst NSW had the largest increase in the number of people employed (76 more than Victoria), its wages and salary expenses rose only slightly (increase of $2.7 million).

  Wages and salaries ($m)
NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia
1993/94 33.3 20.0 16.8 7.6 10.1 n.p. n.p. 1.90 92.10
1996/97 42.4 25.9 18.5 9.5 13.1 n.p. n.p. 2.30 114.10
1999/00 45.1 37.1 20.2 10.1 12.8 n.p. n.p. 2.20 129.00
  Share of wages and salaries (%)
NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia
1993/94 36% 22% 18% 8% 11% n.p. n.p. 2% 100%
1996/97 37% 23% 16% 8% 12% n.p. n.p. 2% 100%
1999/00 35% 29% 16% 8% 10% n.p. n.p. 2% 100%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Motion Picture Exhibition Australia 1999–2000 (cat. no. 8654.0).

Notes:
n.p. Not available for separate publication, but included in totals where applicable.

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