Gender data and insights

Gender Matters KPI data 2024/25

SCREEN AUSTRALIA APPROVED APPLICATIONS (DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION) – WOMEN, NON-BINARY AND GENDER DIVERSE KEY CREATIVEs

Notes on Method:

• Screen Australia's Gender Matters KPI data is based on information in Screen Australia funding applications. Applicants nominate the gender of writer, producer, director and other roles. 

• Only writer, producer and director roles are counted. Credits such as ‘creative producer’ are evaluated.

• Individuals that serve in multiple roles are counted for each role: e.g. a writer/director would be counted once as a writer and once as a director.

• Screen Australia publishes ‘finer cuts’ of the data by splitting the overall KPI result into eight funding categories:

• Documentary development
• Documentary production
• Feature drama development
• Feature drama production
• Online drama development
• Online drama production 
• TV/VOD drama development
• TV/VOD drama production.

• The number of approved titles in a funding category varies. One or two funding decisions can significantly impact smaller categories.

• First Nations titles are included across all eight funding categories.

• All factual projects are categorised as ‘Documentary’. 

• Decisions to approve or decline funding are counted. Note, some titles have multiple funding decisions in a single year. Variations to funding for the same activity are not counted.

• Data includes Screen Australia initiatives administered by third parties, where data is available.

• From 2023/24, Screen Australia updated the gender options in applications to align with the most recent guidance from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

• The application dataset is more expansive than the 2015 report Gender Matters: Women in the Australian Screen Industry, and is not directly comparable.

Industry-wide Gender data

WOMEN WORKING IN KEY CREATIVE ROLES

Notes on Method:

• Industry-wide data is not included in the Gender Matters KPI.
• Data includes titles entering production in Australia in a financial year.
• Data is based on information provided to Screen Australia by agencies, broadcasters and producers, and some publicly-sourced information. There is a one-year lag for industry-wide data (compared to Screen Australia application data).  The most recent data is for 2023/24.
• Data is based on titles analysed by Screen Australia for drama and documentary production statistics.
• Screen Australia tracks drama titles (feature, series, serials, mini-series, single-episodes and telemovies) with total durations over 30 minutes.
• Documentary titles tracked include single or series titles over 15 minutes in duration. The roles of writer, director and producer are not always available or applicable, particularly for externally sourced documentary titles.
• Industry-wide data is indicative only, as some titles do not provide or publish credits/information. Data is subject to revision.

Games Gender data

SCREEN AUSTRALIA APPROVED APPLICATIONS (GAMES) – WOMEN, NON-BINARY AND GENDER DIVERSE KEY ROLES

Notes on Method:

• Games development data is not included in the current Gender Matters KPI.
• Games data is based on information in Screen Australia's application database. Key roles are designated by applicants.
• Due to the large variety of roles in games development, Screen Australia evaluates key roles and categorises them as: ‘Creative' and/or 'Business' and/or ‘Technical’.
• Games roles may fall under two or three of the categories. In these instances, the individual is counted under each relevant category.