PAC Australia Benchmarking
Since 2003, PAC Australia has coordinated a national benchmarking exercise every two years to collect vital data on services, activities, and employment conditions in performing arts centres across Australia. The data collected has become an important and powerful tool for planning, resourcing, and demonstrating the value of presenting organisations.
The most recent Benchmarking Survey was undertaken at the end of 2021. The data gathered through this exercise is now available through both an interactive online dashboard, and two written reports.
INTERACTIVE DASHBOARDS
PAC Australia is able to present the reports in an online, searchable format. This means that you can now compare standards such as staffing levels, salaries, turnover, attendance, levels of entrepreneurial activity etc with venues of similar attributes.
Accessing the reports and dashboards free of charge is one of the many benefits of PAC Australia Membership.
Non-PAC Australia members and the wider industry are able to download the 2021 Economic Activity Report for free. The Venue Charges and Salaries Reports and access to the online Benchmarking Dashboards are only available for purchase.
Please be in touch if you’re interested in purchasing the Venue Charges and Salaries report or dashboard access.
Member Access to Dashboards
2021 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND VENUE CHARGES & SALARIES REPORTS
Our two key industry reports are now available to help drive your business development and broader sector development. The 2021 survey respondents represented a wide range of performing arts centres, demonstrating the breadth of PAC Australia membership. With more content this year, the reports provide even more valuable information, particularly around attendances, programming, and policies.
Our Economic Activity Report measures the scale of operations and economic activity of performing arts centres nationally. The data assists in the management of arts centres and supports planning for new performance spaces and programs.
Our Venue Charges and Salary Report provides comprehensive industry information as a tool for performing arts centres to review the salaries and charges associated with arts centre operation and to benchmark against others nationally.
While the 2021 Reports are being finalised, the 2019 versions are now freely available to PAC Australia members and other organisations below.
REPORTS
The 2021 Economic Activity as well as the 2019 and 2017 Economic Activity and Venue Charges and Salaries reports are currently available for download.
2021 Economic Activity Report
2019 Economic Activity Report
2019 Venue Charges and Salaries Report
2017 Economic Activity Report
2017 Venue Charges & Salaries Report
BENCHMARKING PARTICIPATION – HOW DOES YOUR VENUE DATA MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
It has never been more important to have an accurate picture of the activity and operations of performing arts centres. In recent years there have been profound and lasting impacts on the way presenters, producers, and audiences operate so the benchmarking survey captures the depth and breadth of these impacts and sets a baseline for industry response and recovery over the next decade.
No matter the level of activity in your centre, reporting your venue information and activity details is still critical.
This survey collects vital data on services, activities, and employment conditions in performing arts centres across Australia and is an important and powerful tool for planning, resourcing, and demonstrating the value of presenting organisations.
Data collected is also be shared with our state-based counterparts (VAPAC, Stage Queensland, NAPACA, SAPA and CircuitWest), so your participation is rewarded with well-informed advocacy on both state and federal levels.
The 2021 survey is now CLOSED but the template can still be accessed below as a guide for venues wanting to embedded this data collection into their daily/monthly operations.