The pie chart shows the age profile of members of a public library in Little Chalfont in 2016, the table breaks down loans by category in the same year, and the bar chart illustrates the total number of loans between 2007 and 2016.
Overall, adults aged 18 to 64 made up the largest share of members, and fiction, for both children and adults, accounted for the great majority of loans. The total number of loans rose over the decade, despite minor fluctuations.
Looking at the 2016 membership data, adults aged 18 to 64 accounted for just over half of all members (51%), more than double the proportion of children (22%). The two remaining groups, young adults aged 13 to 17 and people aged 65 and over, together made up the other 27%. Turning to loans, fiction dominated borrowing, with children’s fiction and adult fiction each representing 38% of the total. Adult non-fiction was a distant third at 13%, while children’s non-fiction accounted for only 6%. All the other categories were marginal: young adults’ books and adult audio books each made up just 2% of loans, and children’s DVDs a mere 1%.
As for the total number of loans, the figure started at approximately 16,000 in 2007 and climbed sharply to around 19,000 the following year, where it remained in 2009. It then rose to just over 20,500 in 2010 and peaked at about 21,000 in 2011. After a gradual decline to roughly 19,700 in 2013, the number recovered and reached its highest level of approximately 21,500 in 2016.