The given table depicts the proportion of Australian filmgoers and their frequency between 1996 and 2000, while the line chart portrays the average cinema visits, categorized by four different age brackets.
Overall, it is apparent that the percentage of cinema attendants witnessed a significant increase in the initial phase before remaining relatively stable around a certain level, whereas the reverse was true for the frequency. Additionally, despite consistently recording oscillation in the figures for age groups, whilst the 14-24 age category maintained its leading position, the over-50 age cohort reported the lowest figure throughout the surveyed timeframe.
In terms of attendance, the proportion of people going to cinemas in 1996 accounted for 62% of the total population, after which it climbed considerably to 72% in 1997 before witnessing a brief plateau at this level until 1998. Subsequently, this share decreased marginally to 70% in 1999, followed by a negligible recovery to 72% in 2000.
Regarding frequency, the data started at 10.3 visits per person, following which a moderate growth was recorded, reaching a peak at 11.1 visits per capita. Subsequently, this number faced a substantial fall towards the end of the period, dramatically declining to 8.3 visits per individual in 2000.
Concerning cinema visits, the number of people aged 14 to 24 emerged as the most frequent cinema visitors in 1996 with 15 visits, before a slight growth was observed, modestly increasing to approximately 22 visits in 1997 before dipping to its bottom out at slightly over 15 visits in 1998. This figure bounced back sharply to reach its highest point at roughly 24 visits in 1999 but later fell again to about 18 visits. The 25-35, 35-49 and over-50 age categories respectively mirrored this fluctuating tendency over the given period, at the bottom of the list came the above-50 age cohort with cinema visits ranging from 10 to around 13 visits.