Arts and culture
Arts and culture can connect people with ideas, emotions and stories.
Arts and culture impact on wellbeing
This measure reflects the percentage of people who have attended either free or paid in-person live events or festivals within the past 12 months. This is important as attendance at even one arts event a year can improve wellbeing by:
- creating an environment that projects public support for arts
- facilitating positive interactions with friends, family and the wider community
- being a form of stress-relief and escapism
- contributing to social cohesion.
In 2022, 76.8% of Canberrans attended an in-person arts event. People less likely to attend were those:
- living with a disability
- households earning under $40,000
- aged 55 years and over.
This is a new measure on the dashboard, previously identified as being under development. The National Arts Participation Survey is conducted approximately every 3 years.
Data source
Chart description
Bar chart of attendance at live events by category. In 2022, 76.8% of Canberrans had attended live events, compared to 68.3% nationally.
Technical notes
This measure reflects the percentage of people who have attended either free or paid in-person live events or festivals within the past 12 months.
The 2022 National Arts Participation Survey asks key questions of Australians regarding their engagement with arts and creativity in daily life. The 2022 Survey was conducted in September-October 2022, and the results are based on a nationally representative sample of 9,396 people aged 15 and over. This includes completion of the main survey and state, and territory boosts of 500 responses each for ACT, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The survey is conducted approximately every three years.
Satisfaction with the level of attendance at live arts events
This measure shows the percentage of people who are satisfied with the frequency with which they attend in-person arts events and festivals.
In 2022, 34.0% of Canberrans were happy with their level of attendance, 54.0% would ideally like to attend more events, and 12.0% reported not being interested in attending events.
Households earning under $40,000 and women were the Canberrans who would like to attend more events than they were able to in 2022.
This is a new measure on the dashboard, previously identified as being under development. The National Arts Participation Survey is conducted approximately every 3 years.
Data source
Chart description
Clustered bar chart displaying people’s satisfaction with their level of attendance at art events. In 2022, 34.0% of Canberrans were happy with their level of attendance, 54.0% would ideally like to attend more events, and 12.0% reported not being interested in attending events.
Technical notes
The 2022 National Arts Participation Survey asks key questions of Australians regarding their engagement with arts and creativity in daily life. The 2022 Survey was conducted in September-October 2022, and the results are based on a nationally representative sample of 9,396 people aged 15 and over. This includes completion of the main survey and state, and territory boosts of 500 responses each for ACT, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The survey is conducted approximately every three years.
