Screen Australia 2014, Cinema Audience Patterns, Val Morgan & Co, viewed 4 May 2016, <https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fact-finders/cinema/audiences/attendance-patterns>
This web article basically only shows the percentage of Australians who have been to the cinema in the last 12 months and their frequency during that time from 1974 – 2014. The article also briefly explains the trends of the rise and fall of percentages during different periods such as a rise in 2004 and a fall in 1986.
The article says in fine print that this survey was taken over a three month period every year so there would be a sizeable sample to work with.
The article may be relevant in that we reference the rise of cinema goers along with the rise in age of cinema at around 1974, when films such as Star Wars came out.