Over one fifth of the film production workforce is aged 50 or over and very few are under 24 years.  This industry is relatively mature compared with other audio visual industries.

Only 33% of the production workforce is female and 5% of the workforce are people from ethnic minority groups.  The representation of women and ethnic minorities varies greatly by occupation which is significant as the production industry is largely based in London where 38% of the people of working age are from an ethnic minority.

2% of the workforce are reported to have a disability.

One fifth of the film production workforce are aged 50 years or older compared to 3% aged under 25 years of age.  Men in the film production workforce are older than women.  Women are more likely to be between 25-34 years of age compared to men (41% women, 26% men).

Women in the film workforce have lower audio visual incomes than men: 35% of women earn less than £20,000 compared with 18% of men.

Source: Skillset 2005a and Skillset 2005c