A feasibility study prepared for the Black Box TrustNovember 2011Table 3.2: Mosaic NI Groups attending the Black Box, Aug 2008-Oct 2011Number ofMosaic NI GroupHouseholdbookers sinceAugust 2008% of householdbookers sinceAugust 2008Overall NIHouseholdsNI HouseholdPenetrationA Wealth <strong>and</strong> Wisdom 918 22.7% 50,222 1.8%B Better Off Families 499 12.3% 64,586 0.8%C Ageing Suburbanites 745 18.4% 120,127 0.6%D Younger Nestmakers 256 6.3% 67,847 0.4%E Small Town Renters 202 5.0% 79,421 0.3%F Students <strong>and</strong> Singles 688 17.0% 42,453 1.6%G Poor Seniors <strong>and</strong> Solos 230 5.7% 68,186 0.3%H Housing Exec Tenants 252 6.2% 111,215 0.2%I Farming Communities 259 6.4% 108,715 0.2%Total 4,049 100% 712,772 0.6%Source: Audiences NI„Wealth <strong>and</strong> Wisdom‟ groups generally live desirable locations around Belfast such as NorthDown, East Antrim <strong>and</strong> South <strong>and</strong> East Belfast, which experience little deprivation. Typicallythey are married couples, aged 46 years <strong>and</strong> above, with older or grown up children. They aregenerally educated to a degree level with strong professional <strong>and</strong> technical skills <strong>and</strong> earn highincomes. Most of their homes are semi-detached or detached <strong>and</strong> owned outright. Generallythey are interested in antiques/fine art, golf, wine <strong>and</strong> listening to classical music.„Better Off Families‟ are predominantly aged between 45 <strong>and</strong> 64 years with children. They arehighly focussed on home <strong>and</strong> family <strong>and</strong> tend to live modern housing they own with a mortgage,in areas around Lisburn such as Strangford <strong>and</strong> Lagan Valley. Stereotypically, the breadwinnerof the family is a high grade professional working in the service sector, earning an annual salaryof £50,000 upwards. Their general interests consist of bird-watching, golf <strong>and</strong> country pursuits.Groups of „Ageing Suburbanites‟ tend to live in semi-detached housing in locationssurrounding Bangor. Typically they are aged between 45 <strong>and</strong> 64 years, working in intermediateroles within the public sector <strong>and</strong> earning an annual salary between £25,000 <strong>and</strong> £49,999. Mostare married couples with children who either no longer live at home or are still living at home,contributing to the household income. Their leisure activities generally include cycling <strong>and</strong>eating out.„Students <strong>and</strong> Singles‟ are generally undergraduates or graduates who are well educated buthave low incomes, earning on average £7.500 to £13,499. They are usually aged between 18<strong>and</strong> 24 years, are single or co-habiting in a variety of house types in <strong>and</strong> around the mainarteries leading to Belfast. Stereotypically, the group are socially <strong>and</strong> politically aware but20
A feasibility study prepared for the Black Box TrustNovember 2011financially carefree, with above average levels of unemployment. They tend to frequent cafes<strong>and</strong> bars <strong>and</strong> enjoy cinema/films <strong>and</strong> rock music.Over the last three years, the Black Box has attracted an above average level of „Wealth <strong>and</strong>Wisdom‟ <strong>and</strong> „Students <strong>and</strong> Singles‟ groups compared to other Belfast arts venues, bringing23 percent of household bookers compared to 14 percent, <strong>and</strong> 17 percent compared to 7percent respectively. This Comparison is based on an analysis of twelve Belfast based artsorganisations connected to Audiences NI‟s Vital Statistics data analysis software across a threeyear period.3.4.2 Audience „Typology‟Whilst the Mosaic NI Groups provide a more general top level view of audience characteristics,looking more closely at the Mosaic NI Types provides a clearer indication of specific audiencetraits. Figure 3.3 below details the different „type‟ of audiences who have visited the Black Box.Each of the thirty-six types are alphabetically <strong>and</strong> colour coded according to the nine „parentgroups‟, previously illustrated in table 3.2.Figure 3.3: Mosaic NI Type of audience attending the Black Box, Aug 2008-Oct 2011Source: Audiences NI21