Australia Yearbook - 2001

842 Year Book Australia 2001
May
1998
24.12 HOUSEHOLD COMPUTER AND INTERNET
ACCESS—May 1998 to May 2000 and Projected to May 2001
May
1999
May
2000
%ofallhouseholds
70
Computer access
Internet access
May
2001
60
50
40
30
20
10
Source: Use of the Internet by Householders, Australia, May 2000 (8147.0).
Regional differences
Table 24.13 shows the distribution by
State/Territory for 1999. These statistics are an
average of the results from the four surveys
conducted during 1999. The ACT had by far the
highest penetration rate for both computers and
the Internet (68% and 35% respectively).
Tasmania had the lowest for both (41% and 18%
respectively).
At May 2000, slightly more households in capital
cities had a computer (56%) than households in
other areas of Australia (51%) (table 24.14). The
proportion of households with Internet access is
increasing rapidly in both the capital cities and in
other areas of Australia. By May 2000, 37% of
households in capital cities had home Internet
access, an increase of 12 percentage points over
May 1999. Of households in other areas of
Australia, 26% had access to the Internet at home
by May 2000, an increase of 9 percentage points
over May 1999.
Characteristics of households with home
Internet access
Households with children and those on higher
incomes ($50,000 or more) were more likely to
have access to computers and the Internet at
home (table 24.15).
24.13 HOUSEHOLD COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS(a), By State/Territory(b)—1999
NSW Vic. Qld SA WA Tas. NT
% % % % % % % %
Households with a home computer 47 51 45 46 51 41 54 68
Households with Internet access 22 23 21 20 23 18 29 35
(a) Proportions are of all households. (b) State/Territory data are not available on a quarterly basis. These estimates average the
results from quarterly household surveys undertaken during 1999.
Source: Household Use of Information Technology, Australia, 1999 (8146.0).
ACT
24.14 HOUSEHOLD COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS(a), By Capital City/Rest of Australia
May 1998
May 1999
Computer access
May 2000
May 1998
May 1999
Internet access
May 2000
%
%
%
%
%
%
Capital cities 45 52 56 18 25 37
Rest of Australia 37 39 51 8 17 26
Australia 42 47 54 14 22 33
(a) Proportions are of all households in each region.
Source: Use of the Internet by Householders, Australia, May 2000 (8147.0).