Cultural Plan 2013-2016 final.pdf - Coffs Harbour City Council ...

As adopted by Council on 28 February 2013
In education and training the North Coast Institute of TAFE and Coffs Harbour Music
Conservatorium were the two largest training providers with a total of 46 tutors/teachers
registered. The remainder of the training was provided by dance studios, for example, which
employ part-time and casual staff; or other individual tutors/teachers.
Public venues were defined as being those owned by a government body, and the 8 venues
that registered belong to Council. All Council venues were available for private hire, 1 was
licensed and 2 indicated that Creative Industry activities were their secondary, rather than
their primary function. Private Venues were defined as those in private (non-government)
ownership. A total of 47 Private Venues registered and 30 identified Creative Industries
activities as their ‘primary’ function, while the remaining 17 nominated it as their secondary
function.
In February 2009, the NSW Government released the ‘NSW Creative Industries Economic
Fundamentals’ report. This report reveals that the Creative Industries is a significant growth
sector achieving more than 28% growth over the last ten years, compared to 13.5% for all
other industries. The Creative Industries currently represent 5% of the NSW economy. The
following chart summarises the levels of activity across the state, and the Mid North Coast
(MNC) ranks third with 3%, ahead of the Hunter (2.7%) and Sydney (2.5%). Furthermore on
the MNC it should be noted that in 2001 2.6-3.3% of people employed in Coffs Harbour
worked in the Creative Industries (Strom et al 2007).
(Source: NSW Creative Industries Economic Fundamentals, Department of State and
Regional Development 2009).
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