The latest edition of the Department for Media Culture and Sport (DCMS) Statistical Handbook has been released, which includes data on heritage participation and culture.
Some of the headline statistics relating to heritage include:
- 73% of adults had visited a heritage site.
- 28% visited a heritage website
- 95% of all adults agree it is important to them that heritage buildings and places are well looked after
- Engagement among those from lower socioeconomic groups (61.0%) is lower than among those from higher-socio-economic groups (81.5%).
- 14% of all adults donated money to the heritage sector in 2015/16.
- 26.4% of adults engaged both physically and digitally
