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admin — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:14:48 +0000

Australia’s annual population growth rate slowed to 1.7% in the year ending June 2010, according to preliminary figures released recently by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This is down from its peak growth rate of 2.2% in the year ending June 2009 and is the lowest since the year ending March 2007.

Western Australia continued to record the fastest population growth rate at 2.2%, followed by Queensland (2.0%), Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory (both 1.8%), New South Wales and the Northern Territory (both 1.5%), South Australia (1.2%) and Tasmania (0.9%).

Australia’s population reached 22,342,000 by the end of June 2010, growing by 377,100 people over the year. Net overseas migration accounted for 57% of this growth, with the remaining 43% due to natural increase (births minus deaths).

Net overseas migration continued to decline to the end of June 2010. The preliminary net overseas migration estimate for the June quarter 2010 (32,300 people) was 44.3% lower than the June quarter 2009 (58,100 people).

Based on preliminary figures, there were 302,200 births registered in the year ending June 2010, 1.7% more than the previous year. The number of deaths registered over the same period was 140,600, 2.2% fewer than the previous year.

Australia’s median age (the age at which half the population is older and half is younger) increased by 4.8 years over the past 20 years, from 32.1 years at 30 June 1990 to 36.9 years in 2010. Of all the states and territories, Tasmania recorded the highest median age (39.9 years) and the Northern Territory the lowest (31.3 years) at 30 June 2010.

During the same period, the proportion of children aged 0-14 years decreased by 3.1 percentage points. The proportion of people aged 15-64 years increased by 0.7 percentage points and the proportion of people aged 65 years and over by 2.4 percentage points.

Internet access of Australian households

Tb — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:26:52 +0000

According to the 2008-09 Multipurpose Household Survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), 72% of Australian households had home internet access and 78% of households had access to a computer.

The ABS survey also reported that between 1998 to 2008-09, household access to the internet at home has more than quadrupled from 16% to 72%, while access to computers has increased from 44% to 78%.

The number of households with a broadband internet connection increased by 18% from the previous year, to an estimated 5.0 million households. The ABS reported also cited that broadband is accessed by close to two-thirds (62%) of all households in Australia and 86% of all households with internet access.

The full text of the ABS report is found .

The ABS survey also reported that between 1998 to 2008-09, household access to the internet at home has more than quadrupled from 16% to 72%, while access to computers has increased from 44% to 78%.

The full text of the ABS report is found .

8 million plus internet subscribers in Australia

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:52:48 +0000

In its latest Internet Activity Survey (IAS), the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that at the end of June 2009, there were 8.4 million active internet subscribers in Australia.

Other highlights of the report include:

Digital subscriber line (DSL) continued to be the major technology for non dial-up connections, accounting for 57% (4.2 million) of these connections. However, this percentage share has decreased since December 2008 when DSL represented 63% of non dial-up access connections.

Mobile wireless subscribers had the next highest share, increasing significantly from 20% of all non dial-up connections (1.3 million) in December 2008 to 27% (2 million) in June 2009. This represents an increase of 51% over the six month period.

Northern Territory subscriber numbers continued with an upward trend increasing by 20% since December 2008 to 83,000.

The general trend towards higher download speeds continued, with 57% of subscribers now using a download speed of 1.5Mbps or greater, compared with 51% in December 2008.

The IAS was collected from data provided by Internet Service Providers based in Australia. The ABS explained that the scope for the June cycle of IAS has been expanded to contain results for all ISPs operating in Australia with more than 1,000 active subscribers at the end of the reporting period (i.e. as at 30 June 2009).

A complete report of the IAS is available for download here.