Victorian Racing Industry
SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE Victorian Racing Industry Prepared by IER / 2013 01 01 SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE VICTORIAN RACING INDUSTRY IER PTY.LTD. 02 Key Impacts THE JOBS & PARTICIPANTS Thoroughbred Harness Greyhound Non-code specific 2013 Total 2006 Total Participants in racing Racing club volunteers 1,600 200 200 2,000 6,200 Owners 50,000 7,800 14,000 71,800 37,700 Breeders 1,800 3,000 700 5,500 4,900 Trainers 1,000 2,100 2,600 5,700 5,700 Total participants in racing 54,400 13,100 17,500 85,000 54,500 Employed directly in racing Employed by racing clubs/industry 10,700 1,400 1,300 3,500 16,900 12,600 Employed by participants 6,900 4,100 1,200 12,200 13,900 Total employed directly in racing (1) 17,600 5,500 2,500 3,500 29,100 26,500 Total jobs & participants directly 72,000 18,600 20,000 3,500 114,100 81,000 involved in racing Employed in support industries (2) 18,600 6,500 3,600 28,700 25,900 Total jobs & participants 90,600 25,100 23,600 3,500 142,800 106,900 Total employed directly and 36,200 12,000 6,100 3,500 57,800 52,400 in support industries (1) & (2) MORE THAN 114,100 PEOPLE ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE RACING INDUSTRY AS AN EMPLOYEE, VOLUNTEER OR PARTICIPANT – 60.9% RESIDE IN REGIONAL VICTORIA 02 SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE VICTORIAN RACING INDUSTRY IER PTY.LTD. 03 RACE MEETINGS IN VICTORIA ATTRACT ATTENDANCES OF MORE THAN 1.8 MILLION THE VRI CONTRIBUTES MORE THAN $2.8 BILLION IN REAL GROSS VALUE ADDED TO THE INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND & INTRODUCTION VICTORIAN ECONOMY THE ECONOMIC IMPACT 2013 2006 Economic value of racing $2.8 bil $2.1 bil
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