The bar chart compares people in various age brackets in terms of their participation in three genres of music – classical, opera, and popular – festivals in Australia in 2006. Overall, popular music attracted the highest proportion of attendees in almost all age groups, while classical music attracted the lowest figures across all age groups. Notably, people aged 45 and over were less likely to attend any music festivals, but they had a higher participation level in opera.
As for popular music events, they recorded by far the highest attendance, with 15-24-year-olds topping the chart at about 37%. This was followed by 35-44- and 25-34-year-olds, who showed 33% and 27% participation levels, respectively. Those aged 45-54 and over 55 closed the chart with 13% and a negligible 5% of attendance, respectively.
Opera, on the other hand, was most popular among those aged 35-44, accounting for 25%. The two eldest age categories had similar attendance levels at 15%, whereas 25-34- and 15-24-year-olds had comparable figures of 14% and 12%.
When it comes to classical music events, they were less popular than the other festivals. Approximately 10% of those aged 15-24, 35-44, and 45-54 attended, while the corresponding figure for 25-34- and over-55-year-olds was only approximately 8%.