The bar charts illustrate the proportions of music albums purchased by people in Britain across several genres, categorised by gender and five distinct age groups, ranging from 16 to over 45.
Overall, the most striking difference is visible in the classical music chart, where the oldest age group (45+) is the primary consumer.
To start with, compared with pop and rock music, classical music is significantly less popular among younger people, namely those aged 16 to 24. While approximately 1% of people in the same age group prefer the classical genre, those aged 25 to 34 show a much higher percentage of preference for classical music than people in their mid-thirties to mid-forties.
In terms of sexual division, the charts provide much less information on that, with male consumers being the primary ones in every graph. Additionally, whereas the average male rock and pop music purchasing percentage is around 26%, the same column for classical music peaks at just 9%.
