PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS

Demographics of adult public library visitors

	1999 (%)	2000 (%)
Male	40.4	40.2
Female	59.6	59.8
0-14*	1.7	1.2
15-19	5.2	3.9
20-24	5.1	4.2
25-34	13.0	11.3
35-44	18.4	17.6
45-54	15.7	16.2
55-64	14.8	16.0
65-74	17.0	19.4
75 and over	9.2	10.2

* Surveys of adult library users only

Lending 2000-01

Staff, opening etc.

	2000-01	1995-96
No. of authorities	208	167
Professional librarians per 10,000 population	1.09	1.17
Total staff per 10,000 population	4.48	4.60
Service points open for 45 hours or more	731	738
Service points open 30-44 hours	1,522	1,623
Service points open 10-29 hours	1,694	1,693
Service points open <10 hours	220	365
Mobile service points	656	694
Population per service point	12,962	11,485
Total service point hours per week	141,586	147,070

Public Library Support Services to Schools

	2000-01	1995-96
Professional librarians	302	418
Expenditure per pupil (£ sterling)	5.54	5.19
Bookstock per pupil	3.7	3.9

Public libraries also serve the housebound, prisons and hospitals.

Use 2000-01

Total population 59,753,500

Registered borrowers 34,657,030

	Totals (000s)	Per member	Per head of population
Bookstock	118,745	3.43	1.99
Books acquired	11,042	0.32	0.18
Annual book issues	405,612	11.70	6.79
Audio-visual acquired	1,384	0.04	0.02
Audio-visual issues p.a.	38,936	1.12	0.65
Total items on loan	26,851	0.77	0.45
Enquiries handled p.a.	58,236	1.68	0.97
Visits p.a.	323,932	9.35	5.42
Net revenue expenditure (£1000 sterling)	791,641	22.84	13.25
Materials bought (£1000 sterling)	106,532	3.07	1.78
		2000-01	1995-96
Average cost per book acquired (£ sterling)		8.22	9.38
Average books allowed out		11	9
Average permitted loan (weeks)		3.2	3.3
Average duration of loan (days)		22	22

Books borrowed 2000-01

Source: Registrar of Public Lending Right

Category analysis 2000-01

Over one million 2000-01