Australian households spend $4,500 a year on entertainment, with streaming and gaming taking biggest slice, report says

Australian households are spending $4,500 a year on internet access, subscription TV, gaming, social gaming, cinema, news media subscriptions and printed newspapers, podcasting, books, magazines, music and live events. Photograph: Nicholas.T Ansell/PA

Australians are spending more than ever on entertainment, internet access and media, with streaming services such as Netflix and gaming taking up the largest slice of the $45.6bn entertainment pie.

Perhaps due to lockdown habits, spending was up 6.23% in 2021 and by the end of the year the annual household spend will have increased by $510 per year since 2019, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Australian Entertainment and Media Outlook.