8146.0 - Household Use of Information Technology, Australia, 2006-07  
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PURCHASING OF GOODS AND SERVICES VIA THE INTERNET

In 2006-07, of the estimated 11.3 million people who accessed the Internet from any location, 61% used the Internet to purchase or order goods or services for private purposes. A higher proportion of people in Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory (68%, 66% and 73% respectively) used the Internet to purchase or order goods or services for private purposes. Four in five people belonging to equivalised annual household income of at least $80,000 and less than $120,000, and 71% of people aged between 25 and 34 years used the Internet to purchase or order goods or services for private purposes.

Figure 3.9: Use of the Internet to Purchase or Order Goods or Services, by State/Territory-2006-07
Graph: Main reason for not having Internet access, by selected reasons2002 and 2005-06



When use of Internet to purchase or order goods is compared between age groups within each State/Territory, it can be seen that, in 2006-07, the Northern Territory had the greatest proportion of persons aged between 35 and 54 years accessing the Internet to purchase or order goods or services over the Internet (49%), Tasmania and the ACT had the greatest proportion of persons aged 55 years or over accessing the Internet to purchase or order goods or services over the Internet (19% and 18% respectively).

figure 3.10: Persons who used the Internet to Purchase or Order Goods or Services, by broad age group, 2006-07
Graph: figure 3.10: Persons who used the Internet to Purchase or Order Goods or Services, by broad age group, 2006–07



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