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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) INDICATORS

A summary of the Information and Communications Technology indicators is presented below.

A more detailed view of each indicator (including more detailed data, definitions etc.) can be found by clicking on the indicator description shown below. Please note that the description of many of the indicators in this view has been shortened to fit. In such cases, the more detailed view for those indicators contains their full description.

Abbreviations used on this page may be found in the Framework release, see Abbreviations (cat. no. 1375.0). They are also explained in the detailed view of each indicator.

CHARACTERISTIC: ICT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS
					no.	period	no.	period
Internet services: number of Internet service providers (ISPs), and access lines
		ISPs			667	Sep 2003	694	March 2004
		Access lines			1,307,487	Sep 2003	1,474,345	March 2004
Internet workstations available in public libraries					827	1997	3,005	2000
CHARACTERISTIC: HOUSEHOLD AND INDIVIDUAL USE OF ICT
					%	period	%	period
Proportion of households with access to a computer					61	2002	66	2003
Proportion of households with access to a mobile phone					r44	1998	72	2002
Proportion of households with access to the Internet					46	2002	53	2003
Proportion of individuals (adults) accessing the Internet					41	1999	58	2002
Proportion of individuals (adults) using the Internet for particular activities
	Work or business related purposes				36	2001	41	2002
	Educational or study purposes				32	2001	36	2002
	Accessing government services (from any location)				16	2001	21	2002
	Purchasing or ordering goods or services (from any location)				5	1999	15	2002
Proportion of individuals (aged 15 years or over) with a disability, using the Internet for particular activities and purposes, including accessing government services
	Personal or private purposes						94	2003
	Work or business related purposes						37	2003
	Education or study purposes						37	2003
	Volunteer or community purposes						11	2003
					'000	period	'000	period
Number of household ISP subscribers					4,516	Sep 2003	4,480	March 2004
					'000 GB	period	'000 GB	period
Volume of data downloaded by household ISP subscribers					3,317	Sep 2003	4,978	March 2004
CHARACTERISTIC: BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT USE OF ICT
					%	period	%	period
Proportion of businesses with computers, web sites and Internet access
		Computers			84	Jun 2002	83	Jun 2003
		Internet access			72	Jun 2002	71	Jun 2003
		Web sites			24	Jun 2002	23	Jun 2003
Proportion of farms using computers and the Internet for business purposes
		Computer use			53	Jun 2002	54	Jun 2003
		Internet use			43	Jun 2002	46	Jun 2003
Proportion of businesses with Internet access, by broad industry group (highest and lowest)
	Property and business services				87	Jun 2002	89	Jun 2003
	Personal and other services				53	Jun 2002	58	Jun 2003
					no.	period	no.	period
Number of non-household ISP subscribers					696,000	Sep 2003	740,000	March 2004
					'000 GB	period	'000 GB	period
Volume of data downloaded by non-household subscribers					1,347	Sep 2003	1,431	March 2004
CHARACTERISTIC: PREVALENCE OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
					%	period	%	period
Proportion of businesses placing or receiving orders via the Internet or web
		Purchasing			25	2001-02	28	2002-03
		Selling			6	2001-02	13	2002-03
Proportion of business income attributable to receiving orders via the Internet or web
	Earn less than 1% of income via Internet				33	2001-02	33	2002-03
	Earn 1%-5% of income via Internet				31	2001-02	24	2002-03
	Earn 5% or more of income via Internet				37	2001-02	42	2002-03
Business perceptions of the benefits for the business of receiving orders via the Internet or web
	Increased number of customers						28	Jun 2003
	Faster business processes						53	Jun 2003
Business perceptions of the benefits for the business of placing orders via the Internet or web
		Time saving			84	Jun 2002	86	Jun 2003
	Ability to track orders				19	Jun 2002	20	Jun 2003
CHARACTERISTIC: ICT SKILL BASE
							%	period
Lack of skills as a constraint to household use of the Internet
		Households			7	2000	10	2002
CHARACTERISTIC: STRENGTH OF THE ICT INDUSTRY
							$m	period
ICT industry total income
		total income					89,979.2	2002-03
Production of ICT goods and services income from domestic production							48,778.5	2002-03
							$m	period
Trade in ICT goods and services
			Imports				15,135.9	2002-03
			Exports				4,646.3	2002-03
					$m	period
Research and experimental development (R&D) performed by the ICT industry					1695	2001-02	1497	2002-03
							no.	period
ICT industry employment							264,423	Jun 2003