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National and State Summary Tables

OTHER AREAS OF SOCIAL CONCERN: NATIONAL SUMMARY
Communications
		Units	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
1	Households with a computer	'000	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	3 083	3 337	3 803	4 311	4 556	5 038	n.a.	5 266
2	Households with a computer	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	44	47	53	58	61	66	n.a.	67
3	Households connected to the Internet	'000	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	1 098	1 538	2 340	3 114	3 445	4 039	n.a.	4 393
4	Households connected to the Internet	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	16	22	32	42	46	53	n.a.	56
Transport
		Units	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
7	Number of passenger vehicles(a)	'000	8 629	8 989	9 206	9 527	9 686	n.a.	9 836	10 101	10 366	10 629	10 896
8	Passenger vehicles per 1,000 population(a)(b)	no.	477	491	497	509	512	n.a.	507	514	522	529	536
Environment
		Units	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
9	Net water consumption(c)(d)	GL	21 142	19 875	22 186	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	24 909	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
10	Net household water consumption(d)	GL	1 800	1 691	1 829	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	2 181	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Crime
		Units	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
11	Victims of personal crime(e)(f)	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	4.8	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	5.3	n.a.	n.a.	5.3
12	Victims of household crime(e)(g)	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	9.0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	8.9	n.a.	n.a.	6.2

(a) The number of passenger vehicles refers to the total number of passenger vehicles registered at the date of the motor vehicle census.
(b) The ratio of passenger vehicles registered to 1,000 estimated resident population at 30 June.
(c) Net water consumption estimates cannot be compared from 1995–1997 to 2001. This is due to the differences in data sources and the methodology used to calculate estimates.
(d) One gigalitre (GL) equals 1,000 megalitres (ML). One ML equals 1 million litres.
(e) Data refer to the victimisation prevalence rate.
(f) Assault and robbery among people aged 15 years and over. Sexual assault among people aged 18 years and over.
(g) Actual or attempted break-ins and motor vehicle theft.
Reference periods: Until 2003, data for indicators 1–4 are at the point in time when the surveys were conducted. For 2004–05, the reference period is from August 2004 to June 2005.
Data for indicators 7–8 are at 31 May in 1995; 31 October in 1996–1999; 31 March in 2001–2005; 30 June ERP.
Data for indicators 9–10 are for year ending 30 June.
Data for indicators 11–12 are for the 12 months prior to the survey.

OTHER AREAS OF SOCIAL CONCERN: STATE SUMMARY
COMMUNICATIONS
		Units	Years	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
1	Households with a computer	'000	2004–05	1 723	1 306	1 026	409	545	119	38	99	5 266
2	Households with a computer	%	2004–05	67	68	67	64	69	61	71	79	67
3	Households connected to the Internet	'000	2004–05	1 455	1 085	861	323	456	94	34	84	4 393
4	Households connected to the Internet	%	2004–05	56	57	56	50	58	48	61	67	56
5	Households with broadband Internet connection	'000	2004–05	449	332	232	63	118	15	8	28	1 244
6	Households with broadband Internet connection	%	2004–05	31	31	27	19	26	16	23	33	28
Transport
		Units	Years	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
7	Number of passenger vehicles(a)	'000	2005	3 327	2 934	2 058	897	1 157	263	71	189	10 896
8	Passenger vehicles (per 1000 population)(a)(b)	no.	2005	491	584	519	582	576	543	352	580	536
Environment
		Units	Years	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT(c)	Aust.
9	Net water consumption(d)	GL	2000–01	9 425	7 140	4 711	1 647	1 409	417	160	n.a.	24 909
10	Net household water consumption(d)	GL	2000–01	679.2	472.3	500.9	180.6	r244.6	59.3	44.6	n.a.	2 181
Crime
		Units	Years	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT(e)	ACT	Aust.
11	Victims of personal crime(f)(g)	%	2005	5.4	4.5	6.1	5.0	5.6	4.7	6.6	5.8	5.3
12	Victims of household crime(f)(h)	%	2005	6.8	4.6	6.1	6.6	7.8	4.5	13.0	7.6	6.2

(a) The number of passenger vehicles refers to the total number of passenger vehicles registered at the date of the motor vehicle census.
(b) The ratio of passenger vehicles registered to 1,000 estimated resident population at 30 June.
(c) Data for ACT are included in NSW data.
(d) One gigalitre (GL) equals 1 000 megalitres (ML). One ML equals 1 million litres.
(e) Data for NT refers mainly to urban areas.
(f) Data refer to the victimisation prevalence rate.
(g) Assault and robbery among people aged 15 years and over. Sexual assault among people aged 18 years and over.
(h) Actual or attempted break-ins and motor vehicle theft.
Reference periods: Until 2003, data for indicators 1–6 are at the point in time when the surveys were conducted. For 2004–05, the reference period is from August 2004 to June 2005.
Data for indicators 7–8 are at 31 May in 1995; 31 October in 1996–1999; 31 March in 2001–2005; 30 June ERP.
Data for indicators 9–10 are for year ending 30 June.
Data for indicators 11–12 are for the 12 months prior to the survey.