The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has already published the following statistics relating to the Arts Industry and associated occupations following Census 2016. These tables use NACE (Nomenclature of Economic Activities), the European statistical classification of economic activities and Standard Occupation Coding 2010.
Table 1 - Population Aged 15 Years and Over at Work, Detailed Industrial Group, 2016
State
|
2016
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Creative, arts and entertainment activities
|
7,698
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Table 2 - Population Aged 15 Years and Over at Work, Detailed Occupational Group, 2016
State
|
2016
|
Artists
|
2,814
|
Authors, writers and translators
|
2,808
|
Actors, entertainers and presenters
|
5,239
|
Arts officers, producers and directors
|
3,128
|
Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
|
3,843
|
CSO will produce similarly detailed statistics on employment within the creative, arts and entertainment activities sector and employment in the listed arts-related occupations arising from Census 2022.