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Public Library usage in the UK

58 % of the population are library members LISU
40 % of population are active library users DCMS
48 % library users visit at least once a month DCMS
4,125 permanent public library sites TRA A further 573 mobile libraries take books out to communities including 111,000 housebound readers TRA There were 321,546,000 visits to public libraries in 2009-2010 TRA
People visiting their library the last year 09/10
	Young Library Users DCMS 77.9 % of children aged 5 to 10 71.6 % of children aged 11 to 15 36.2 % of young people aged 16-24
	Adult Library Users DCMS 1 in 3 adults aged 16-74 1 in 3 (34.4%) of those aged 75+ women (42%) men (35.5%)
	Older people DCMS 43 % of adults aged 65-74 (39% in ‘09/10) 34 % of people aged 75+ (33% in ‘09/10)
Libraries and reading TRA Libraries are the UK's most significant providers of the reading experience
Public libraries lent 309.3 million books in 2009/2010 - that's 5 books per person
96.6 million children's books, 142.7 million adult fiction, 69.9 million adult non-fiction
The UK's busiest library is Norfolk and Norwich Millennium, which lent 1.1 million items in 2009/2010
Five libraries had more than one million visitors in 2010: Norfolk and Norwich, Birmingham Central, Croydon Central, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Manchester Central
Reading habits TRA 60 % of adults in most age groups read fiction 70 % of children aged six to 14 read fiction 60 % of those aged nine to 16 and 35 to 64 read non-fiction 40 % of all groups aged 6+ read non-fiction
The value of reading TRA Book reading is a special activity and is perceived as quality time 52 % of adults read books to relax or relieve stress 27 % as a form of escapism 24 % as a chance to use the imagination

Word puzzle response: 58% of responses from Library Bookmark Promotion. 22% of responses from Magazine / Leaflet Promotions.
Well over half of all the correct returns received were from the Library Bookmark promotion. .

over 35 million
library members

321 Million visits

Statistics & Information

Public Library usage in the UK
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TRA
The Reading Agency and CIPFA Public Library User Survey, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy,

DCMS
Taking Part 2009/2010:
The National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport.

LISU
LAMPOST Libraries, Archives, Museums and Publishing Online Statistics Tables.

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