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  • Experience of culture, arts and heritage by adults in Northern Ireland 2024/25

    Topics:
    • Statistics and research, 
    • Culture, arts and heritage statistics, 
    • Sport statistics, 
    • PRONI statistics

    Date published: 18 November 2025

    Statistics on engagement in culture, arts and heritage: findings from the 2024/25 Continuous Household Survey.

    The bulletin contains headline statistics on the following topics:

    • participation in arts activities and attendance at arts events
    • use of the public library service
    • visited a museum or science centre
    • use of PRONI services
    • visited a place of historic interest

    Data collection for the 2024/25 CHS was carried out using a mix of telephone and face-to-face interviewing modes, a similar approach to that used in 2022/23 and 2023/24. For 2020/21 and 2021/22 data collection was by telephone interviewing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. There was also a reduction in the number of questions between 2020/21-2022/23. As a result, the figures from 2020/21 onwards are not directly comparable to previous years due to the significant changes to the survey in terms of methodology and content.

    This Experience of culture, arts and heritage by adults in Northern Ireland 2024/25 publication is available to view in html format.

    Documents

    • Experience of culture, arts and heritage by adults, 2024/25OpenDocument spreadsheet (16.76 KB)
    • Experience of culture and the arts by adults, 2024/25OpenDocument spreadsheet (16.37 KB)
    • Experience of the arts by adults, 2024/25OpenDocument spreadsheet (30.49 KB)
    • Experience of the public library service by adults, 2024/25OpenDocument spreadsheet (35.29 KB)
    • Experience of museums and science centres by adults, 2024/25OpenDocument spreadsheet (27.77 KB)
    • Experience of PRONI by adults, 2024/25OpenDocument spreadsheet (14.14 KB)
    • Experience of heritage by adults, 2024/25OpenDocument spreadsheet (15.82 KB)
    • Engagement in culture, arts, heritage and sport 2024/25OpenDocument spreadsheet (17.27 KB)
    • Experience of culture, arts and heritage by adults, 2024/25 Pre-Release Access ListAdobe PDF (103.71 KB)
    • Questionnaire: Culture, arts, heritage and sport modules on the Continuous Household Survey, 2024/25Adobe PDF (1.33 MB)
    • Engagement in culture, arts, heritage and sport by adults, 2024/25 Background Quality ReportAdobe PDF (149.46 KB)
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