The chart below shows attendance by age group at three types of music events in Australia in 2006.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart illustrates the proportion of Australians in different age brackets who attended three categories of music events, namely classical concerts, opera and pop music events, in 2006.
Overall, pop music events were most popular among younger Australian age groups, while opera drew the largest share of attendees from middle-aged people. Classical concerts had consistently low attendance rates across all age groups.
To be specific, pop music saw the highest attendance among 15-24 year-olds, at 38%, followed by 33% of 35-44 year-olds. In contrast, the attendance rate for pop events dropped significantly with age, with only 5% of people aged 55 and over participating.
For opera, the 35-44 age group had the highest participation rate at 25%, which was nearly double the rates of other age groups (ranging from 13% to 15%). As for classical music events, attendance stayed relatively stable between 8% and 11% across all age groups, making it the least favoured among the three event types for most age brackets.