Internet use 96.1%
% of population· 2024
Published observation
Over time Full published history Australia 2024 · 96.1%
0 24.24 48.49 72.73 96.97 1960 1993 2025 1990: 0.6% — Source: ITU estimate. 1991: 1.1% — Source: ITU estimate. 1992: 1.8% — Source: ITU estimate. 1993: 2% — Source: ITU estimate. 1994: 2.2% — Source: ITU estimate. 1995: 2.8% — Source: ITU estimate. 1996: 3.3% — Source: ITU estimate. 1997: 16.4% — Source: ITU estimate. 1998: 30.8% — Source: ABS Household Use of Information Technology Survey. 1999: 40.8% — Source: ABS Household Use of Information Technology Survey. 2000: 46.8% — Source and notes: ABS Household Use of Information Technology Survey., 2001: 52.7% — Source and notes: ITU estimate., 2005: 63% — Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics., 2006: 66% — Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics., 2007: 69.5% — Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics., 2008: 71.7% — Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics., 2009: 74.3% — Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics., 2010: 76% — Source and notes: ITU estimate., 2011: 79.5% — Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2012: 79% — Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013: 83.5% — Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2014: 84% — Source and notes: ITU estimate., 2015: 84.6% — Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Accessed the internet for personal use in a typical week. 2016: 86.5% — Source and notes: ITU estimate., 2017: 86.5% — Source and notes: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Internet users are persons aged 15 years and over who accessed the internet for personal use in a typical week. 2018: 90% — Source and notes: ITU estimate., 2019: 93.6% — Source and notes: ITU estimate., 2020: 94.7% — Source and notes: ITU estimate., 2021: 97% — Source and notes: ITU estimate., 2022: 96.1% — Source and notes: ITU estimate., 2023: 96.1% — Source and notes: ITU estimate., 2024: 96.1% Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months. The Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc.
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