SUMMARY INDICATORS

Business Use of Information Technology selected indicators(a), 2006 - 07 and 2007 - 08
			2006-07	2007-08
Estimated number of businesses (b)		'000	708	711
Businesses with:
	Internet access	%	86.5	86.8
	web presence	%	33.9	36.3
Businesses with Internet access and broadband as main type of connection		%	90.5	93.5
Businesses which:
	placed orders via the Internet or web	%	39.8	42.7
	received orders via the Internet or web	%	23.3	23.7
Internet income(c)		$b	67.6	81.0
(a) Proportions are of all businesses in each output category.
(b) Business counts are provided for contextual information only, please refer to Explanatory Notes 18 and 19.
(c) Please refer to Explanatory Note 17.

The proportion of businesses with Internet access remained relatively constant between 2006-07 and 2007-08. However, an increase was observed in the proportion of businesses with Internet access and broadband as the main connection type, from 90% to 94%.

The proportion of businesses with a web presence increased slightly, from 34% in 2006-07 to 36% in 2007-08.

During the year ended 30 June 2008, 43% of Australian businesses reported placing orders via the Internet or web for goods or services, a 3 percentage point increase from 2006-07. While the proportion of businesses reporting receiving orders via the Internet or web remained relatively steady, the income resulting from orders received over the Internet or web increased approximately $13 billion, a 20% increase from 2006-07, to $81 billion.

Business Use of Information Technology, selected indicators, by employment size(a), 2007 - 08
			0-4 persons	5-19 persons	20-199 persons	200 or more persons	Total
Estimated number of businesses (b)		'000	451	197	60	3	711
Businesses with:
	Internet access	%	82.8	92.3	97.5	99.3	86.8
	web presence	%	26.8	48.3	65.4	95.8	36.3
Businesses with Internet access and broadband as main type of connection		%	92.2	95.4	95.9	99.6	93.5
Businesses which:
	placed orders via the Internet or web	%	36.9	50.5	59.3	70.7	42.7
	received orders via the Internet or web	%	20.5	28.6	31.6	28.6	23.7
Internet income (c)		$b	^9.2	^11.6	^19.1	41.1	81.0
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
(a) Proportions are of all businesses in each employment size category.
(b) Business counts are provided for contextual information only, please refer to Explanatory Notes 18 and 19.
(c) Please refer to Explanatory Note 17.

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