The bar graph illustrates how the participation of individuals in five different age groups changed across three types of music events in Australia in 2006.
Overall, it is clear that the percentage of attendance in popular music was quite common in the young generation, while people who aged over 45 years old favored opera. In addition, the proportion of classical music had generally the lowest figures, except for the people aged over 55 years old.
In terms of young people aged 15-24 years old, popular music stood at approximately 35%, as opposed to around 13% for opera music and just under 10% for classical music. A similar pattern was also observed in the figure for the 25-34 age group, the percentage of participation in popular music was around 27%, which was two folds higher than that of opera music and nearly three times for classical music. Furthermore, popular music recorded about 33% in the 35-44 age group, followed by 25% for opera music and about 12% for classical music.
By contrast, in the age of 45-54, opera music is the most famous kind of music, at 15%, which was higher than that of popular and classical music which constituted about 13% and 10% respectively. Additionally, the proportion of opera music made up 15%, compared to about 8% for classical music and 5% for popular music.