The table illustrates the proportion of people working at the cinema and the frequency of cinema visits in Australia between 1996 and 2000, while the graph shows the average number of people going to the cinema based on different ages.
Overall, the number of attendees experienced an upward trend, while the frequency of visits decreased during the period. It can also be seen that the figure for teenagers aged 14 to 24 who enjoyed the big screen was higher than that for others, whereas the elderly tended not to love watching films at the cinema as much as other groups.
According to the table, in 1996, there were 62% of the population working as staff. After rising to 72%, this proportion dropped slightly to 70% in 1999 and then reached 72% in 2000, showing the popularity of this job at that time. Meanwhile, the frequency of visits accounted for 10.3 in the beginning. Not until 1998 did this figure go down to 8.3, and then it remained unchanged at the end.
The graph below demonstrates that all age groups had undergone fluctuating progress over the duration. Tangibly, children and teenagers were the group who went to the cinema most regularly, followed by 25-to-35-year-olds and middle-aged individuals. The oldest generation showed the least interest in this activity in all years.