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Households with children under 15 years of age and high incomes had the greatest access to technologies in 2002.

An estimated 62% of all Tasmanian households had access to a mobile phone. Access ranged from 38% of households with incomes of $0-$24,999 to 90% of households with incomes of $75,000-$99,999.

An estimated 29% of Tasmania households had a dedicated games machine, with 60% of households with children under 15 years of age having access. An estimated 32% of households had an answering machine. Access ranged from 19% of households with incomes of $0-$24,999 to 54% of households with incomes of $100,000 or over.

Use of technologies varied little between metropolitan Hobart and the rest of Tasmania. The largest difference was in access to an answering machine, which was 36% for metropolitan Hobart and 29% for the rest of Tasmania.

HOUSEHOLD TECHNOLOGIES, Tasmania - 2002(a)
		Mobile phone	Dedicated games machine	Pay TV	DVD player(b)	Answering machine	Fax machine
		%	%	%	%	%	%
Households
	Without children under 15	55	17	11	13	30	13
	With children under 15	79	60	15	20	38	16
Household income
	$0-$24,999	38	17	7	6	19	6
	$25,000-$49,999	68	37	13	15	34	12
	$50,000-$74,999	84	40	14	24	42	17
	$75,000-$99,999	90	35	17	34	49	24
	$100,000 or over	85	36	22	25	54	39
	Not stated or unknown	62	24	12	16	39	26
Region
	Metropolitan Hobart	62	28	11	16	36	13
	Rest of Tasmania	61	30	13	14	29	15
Total		62	29	12	15	32	14
(a) Proportions are of households in each category. (b) Excludes DVD drives in computers. Source: ABS data available on request, Household Use of Information Technology Survey.