Cultural and creative activity is estimated to have contributed $86 billion (6.9%) to Australia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on a national accounts basis in 2008-09.
On a satellite accounts basis of cultural and creative activity contributed $86.9 million to GDP and Volunteer services to Arts and heritage organisations contributed $756 million to GDP.
An average of 972,200 people during that year were employed mainly in cultural or creative industries or occupations.
At the end of June 2009, 164,730 entities were trading as a business s or not-for-profit institution within the cultural and creative industries. Flying Arts CEO Steven Clark