2018-12-11 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 10 - Noosa Cultural Plan 2019-2023

Employment in Cultural Industries
Through the 2016 Census, 404 people or 2% of the Noosa working population identified as being
employed in the broad range of cultural industries. This is a very small proportion compared to sectors
such as tourism which employs 3,868 people or 19% of the working population and the health sector
which employs 3,766 people or 18% of the working population. The census data however relies on self-
reporting and records people’s primary employment industry so therefore may not take into account
the range of people who are employed in a creative industry but record their primary income from an
alternate industry. Local evidence suggests the number of people employed in creative industries to be
higher for example the 2017 Cultural Audit identified 189 people alone who considered themselves a
visual or performing artist, compared to the 98 who identified as such in the Census.



                                                                          Textile, Leather,
                                       Furniture                          Clothing and
                                       and Other                          Footwear
                                       Manufacturing                      Manufacturing

 Creative and                          47                                 47
 Performing Arts


 98
                                       Motion Picture
                                       and Sound
                                       Recording                      Heritage
                                                                      Activities
                                       39                                                    Printing
                                                                      31                     20
 Publishing                            Professional                   Library and
                                       Design Services                Information

 59
                                                                      Services               Other
                                       34                             16                     15

                                  This infograph outlines the number of people who identified as working
                                              in each sector of the creative industries in the 2016 Census.
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