The chart presents data on Australian cinema attendance figures by age in the time period of 1990 to 2010. Overall, we can observe that across the 20 year span, the age group of 14-24 year olds is consistently the most active cinema-goers of all age groups while 50-and-up seniors make up the lowest percentage. 35-49 year olds see a stable rise in viewership while 25-34 year olds slowly regress in numbers.
14-24 year olds take up the highest viewing figures in Australian cinemas, with the peak being around 98% of the age group having gone to the cinemas at least once in 2010. The lowest percentage occurred in 1992, decreasing from 90% to approximately 87%. Although the number is slowly climbing through the years, elders – more precisely 50+ year olds – is the age group which is the least active, with the figure being at its lowest in 1990 at 40% but has risen to about 60% 20 years later.
One of the age groups that is seeing a rise in cinema-going is that of the 35-49 year olds. After experiencing some twists and turns, attendance levels are at their highest at around 85%. Finally, even though figures went up as high as 80% in the late 90’s to early 2000’s, the percentage of 25-34 year olds who have gone to the movies once in 2010 now resides firmly at around 72%, an approximate 12% increase from 1990’s number of 60%.