“Quicklook” Assessment of Greater Adelaide's Assets & Challenges ...

The following comparison table was prepared by Mr Bert Stock, statistician in the SA
Government Information Economy Policy Office (IEPO).
Australia, States & Territories - Whole Areas
Australia NSW Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania Northern Territory ACT
4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆
Have a home Personal Computer 55.4 59.5 4.1 54.7 58.3 3.6 58.8 62.6 3.8 51.7 56.2 4.6 53.5 59.3 5.7 56.7 60.8 4.1 48.3 51.8 3.5 55.9 58.3 2.3 73.4 77.9 4.6
Total ever accessed the Internet 47.8 57.3 9.5 45.9 56.7 10.9 51.0 58.0 7.0 44.4 55.2 10.8 47.9 57.1 9.1 48.4 58.1 9.8 46.0 56.7 10.7 56.6 65.9 9.4 71.6 77.8 6.1
Have a home Internet Connection 29.2 40.3 11.2 29.2 41.0 11.8 30.8 40.6 9.8 25.7 37.5 11.8 28.1 41.5 13.4 30.3 40.4 10.1 25.3 35.0 9.7 30.8 39.7 8.9 46.5 57.2 10.6
Access the Internet from Home 23.1 31.9 8.7 23.4 32.4 9.0 24.1 31.9 7.8 20.6 29.6 9.0 22.2 33.2 11.1 24.2 32.9 8.7 19.4 27.4 8.1 26.4 31.0 4.7 35.2 39.8 4.7
Frequent User (at least weekly) 30.8 39.3 8.5 30.1 38.7 8.6 33.8 40.8 7.1 26.8 36.0 9.1 28.4 38.5 10.1 30.6 40.8 10.2 29.4 35.8 6.4 38.6 43.7 5.2 58.0 65.1 7.1
Use the Internet for e-mail (of main uses) 26.1 43.4 17.3 26.1 42.4 16.2 27.9 44.5 16.6 22.3 41.0 18.7 24.7 43.7 19.0 26.5 44.6 18.1 25.7 42.4 16.6 37.1 49.8 12.7 42.0 65.7 23.7
Shop/bank on Internet (of main uses) 2.7 14.1 11.4 3.1 14.7 11.6 2.7 14.3 11.6 1.6 11.8 10.3 2.7 12.8 10.1 3.2 16.4 13.2 1.7 10.4 8.6 1.7 17.3 15.6 8.1 23.7 15.6
Unlikely to access Internet (next 6 months) 51.1 40.7 -10.4 52.0 40.9 -11.1 47.5 39.4 -8.1 54.5 43.7 -10.8 54.5 41.8 -12.8 53.1 40.0 -13.1 50.6 43.3 -7.3 45.8 33.9 -11.8 25.7 22.5 -3.2
Australia, States & Territories - Metropolitan Areas
Australia NSW Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania Northern Territory ACT
4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆
Have a home Personal Computer 59.5 63.0 3.5 58.5 62.7 4.2 62.4 64.4 2.0 56.5 58.4 1.8 57.7 62.2 4.5 60.2 66.0 5.8 54.5 60.6 6.2 54.1 57.1 3.0 73.4 77.9 4.6
Total ever accessed the Internet 53.2 62.2 9.1 50.7 62.9 12.2 57.0 62.3 5.4 49.5 58.1 8.6 52.8 59.9 7.1 54.1 63.4 9.3 53.0 64.9 11.8 56.8 67.8 11.1 71.6 77.8 6.1
Have a home Internet Connection 33.5 45.1 11.6 33.8 47.1 13.3 35.1 43.7 8.6 29.1 40.4 11.3 32.4 44.7 12.3 33.8 45.9 12.2 31.6 43.8 12.2 29.8 39.1 9.4 46.5 57.2 10.6
Access the Internet from Home 26.3 35.3 9.0 26.5 37.7 11.2 26.7 33.8 7.2 23.9 31.1 7.2 26.2 34.9 8.7 27.0 36.6 9.6 24.0 34.0 10.0 25.9 30.7 4.8 35.2 39.8 4.7
Frequent User (at least weekly) 36.0 44.6 8.5 34.9 45.4 10.5 39.5 44.8 5.2 31.4 39.7 8.3 33.1 42.1 8.9 35.7 45.2 9.5 35.8 46.2 10.4 39.4 45.2 5.8 58.0 65.1 7.1
Use the Internet for e-mail (of main uses) 30.9 48.9 18.0 30.8 49.3 18.5 33.3 49.5 16.2 25.5 43.8 18.3 28.7 47.1 18.5 33.8 50.8 17.0 31.2 51.3 20.0 36.9 51.0 14.1 42.0 65.7 23.7
Shop/bank on Internet (of main uses) 3.4 16.9 13.5 4.0 18.3 14.4 3.4 17.2 13.8 1.6 12.4 10.7 2.7 14.7 12.0 3.7 19.5 15.8 2.5 13.0 10.5 0.0 18.2 18.2 8.1 23.7 15.6
Unlikely to access Internet (next 6 months) 46.3 36.0 -10.3 48.0 35.2 -12.8 41.6 35.4 -6.2 50.4 40.8 -9.6 50.9 38.4 -12.5 45.9 34.4 -11.4 45.6 34.2 -11.4 45.0 31.7 -13.4 25.7 22.5 -3.2
Australia, States & Territories - Outer Metropolitan Areas
Australia NSW Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania Northern Territory ACT
4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆
Have a home Personal Computer 54.9 59.8 4.9 54.1 54.1 -0.0 58.5 65.7 7.2 46.3 54.6 8.3 48.1 58.2 10.1 59.8 62.8 3.0
Total ever accessed the Internet 44.8 54.5 9.7 40.4 48.5 8.1 49.6 58.0 8.3 40.7 51.4 10.7 28.1 50.3 22.2 49.8 61.2 11.5
Have a home Internet Connection 28.3 39.2 10.9 26.1 35.7 9.7 31.0 43.0 12.1 23.8 35.0 11.3 15.2 35.2 20.1 33.9 42.5 8.6
Access the Internet from Home 22.9 31.6 8.6 21.6 27.9 6.3 25.6 34.4 8.8 18.5 27.4 8.9 11.5 32.9 21.3 26.9 36.0 9.2
Frequent User (at least weekly) 28.5 37.6 9.1 25.6 32.3 6.7 32.0 42.2 10.2 24.3 31.2 6.9 15.4 29.7 14.3 33.0 45.1 12.2
Use the Internet for e-mail (of main uses) 23.3 40.5 17.2 22.0 34.3 12.3 26.2 44.6 18.4 19.7 35.6 15.9 14.3 37.3 23.0 25.4 48.3 22.9
Shop/bank on Internet (of main uses) 2.4 13.0 10.6 2.2 11.2 9.0 2.7 13.8 11.1 1.8 10.1 8.3 1.8 5.6 3.8 2.7 18.6 15.8
Unlikely to access Internet (next 6 months) 51.4 43.5 -7.9 52.6 47.9 -4.8 48.4 39.3 -9.1 52.9 47.1 -5.8 64.8 51.6 -13.2 51.8 39.7 -12.1
Australia, States & Territories - Country Areas
Australia NSW Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania Northern Territory ACT
4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆ 4Q99 4Q00 ∆
Have a home Personal Computer 47.7 52.1 4.4 46.7 50.6 3.9 51.5 55.3 3.7 48.2 54.2 6.0 39.2 48.0 8.8 47.1 49.7 2.7 43.9 45.5 1.6 62.6 63.3 0.7
Total ever accessed the Internet 39.1 49.3 10.2 38.2 47.3 9.1 40.4 49.0 8.6 39.8 53.5 13.6 36.2 48.5 12.2 37.2 45.6 8.4 41.0 50.9 9.9 56.0 58.2 2.2
Have a home Internet Connection 21.1 31.4 10.3 20.9 30.0 9.1 21.6 31.2 9.6 22.4 35.0 12.6 16.0 31.2 15.2 20.0 28.6 8.6 20.8 28.7 8.0 34.8 42.3 7.5
Access the Internet from Home 16.9 25.1 8.2 17.6 22.9 5.3 17.0 24.9 7.9 17.6 28.9 11.3 10.5 26.9 16.4 16.3 23.0 6.6 16.0 22.7 6.7 28.2 32.7 4.5
Frequent User (at least weekly) 22.1 29.8 7.7 22.2 27.3 5.1 23.8 30.9 7.1 22.3 33.7 11.4 15.3 28.0 12.7 19.2 28.1 8.9 24.8 28.4 3.6 35.3 37.5 2.2
Use the Internet for e-mail (of main uses) 18.4 34.3 15.9 18.2 31.2 13.0 18.7 34.0 15.3 19.4 40.3 20.9 13.3 32.8 19.5 15.6 29.6 14.0 21.8 36.0 14.2 37.8 44.8 7.0
Shop/bank on Internet (of main uses) 1.7 9.3 7.6 1.6 8.2 6.6 1.4 8.7 7.4 1.4 12.2 10.8 3.1 8.3 5.1 2.9 8.5 5.6 1.2 8.5 7.3 4.3 13.6 9.3
Unlikely to access Internet (next 6 months) 60.6 48.5 -12.1 60.3 49.7 -10.5 58.8 48.1 -10.7 60.8 45.7 -15.1 65.1 51.3 -13.8 66.7 49.5 -17.1 54.2 49.8 -4.4 48.5 43.4 -5.1
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