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At the 2001 Census, over one-third of people in Tasmania (37.4%) stated that they had used a personal computer at home in the week before the Census. Over half (59.3%) stated they had not.
For the regions:
- Greater Hobart-Southern - recorded the highest level of computer use of the three regions in the week before the Census (39.1%).
- Northern Region - recorded the second highest level of computer use of the three regions in the week before the Census (37.1%).
- Mersey-Lyell - recorded the lowest level of computer use of the three regions in the week before the Census (34.3%).
Just under half (48.7%) of all people in Kingborough local government area stated that they had used a personal computer in the week before the Census. This is the highest level of all local government areas in Tasmania and is followed closely by Hobart (47.9%), West Tamar (44.8%), Clarence (40.9%) and Meander Valley (38.5%). The lowest level of personal computer use was recorded in Central Highlands (25.4%).
PERSONAL COMPUTER USE AT HOME, Tasmanian local government areas - Census 2001(a)(b)
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| No | Yes | Not stated
and overseas visitor | Total |
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Local government area | % | % | % | no. |
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Greater Hobart-Southern |
| Brighton | 68.5 | 29.3 | 2.3 | 12,544 |
| Central Highlands | 71.6 | 25.4 | 3.0 | 2,347 |
| Clarence | 55.9 | 40.9 | 3.2 | 47,446 |
| Derwent Valley | 69.0 | 27.7 | 3.3 | 9,010 |
| Glamorgan/Spring Bay | 67.9 | 27.1 | 5.0 | 4,080 |
| Glenorchy | 65.3 | 32.1 | 2.6 | 42,518 |
| Hobart | 47.1 | 47.9 | 4.9 | 47,319 |
| Huon Valley | 61.7 | 34.4 | 3.9 | 13,160 |
| Kingborough | 49.0 | 48.7 | 2.3 | 27,991 |
| Sorell | 62.8 | 34.6 | 2.6 | 10,523 |
| Southern Midlands | 68.2 | 29.5 | 2.4 | 5,521 |
| Tasman | 65.8 | 30.5 | 3.7 | 2,267 |
| Total | 57.6 | 39.1 | 3.3 | 224,726 |
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Northern |
| Break O’Day | 67.3 | 29.5 | 3.2 | 5,554 |
| Dorset | 65.1 | 31.6 | 3.4 | 6,979 |
| Flinders | 66.2 | 30.7 | 3.1 | 864 |
| George Town | 61.7 | 33.2 | 5.0 | 6,271 |
| Launceston | 60.0 | 36.3 | 3.7 | 60,833 |
| Meander Valley | 58.0 | 38.5 | 3.4 | 17,375 |
| Northern Midlands | 62.3 | 35.5 | 2.2 | 11,427 |
| West Tamar | 52.5 | 44.8 | 2.7 | 19,346 |
| Total | 59.5 | 37.1 | 3.4 | 128,649 |
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Mersey-Lyell |
| Burnie | 62.4 | 34.5 | 3.1 | 18,145 |
| Central Coast | 60.5 | 35.6 | 3.9 | 19,938 |
| Circular Head | 64.0 | 33.6 | 2.4 | 7,702 |
| Devonport | 63.4 | 33.5 | 3.2 | 23,030 |
| Kentish | 60.4 | 34.6 | 5.0 | 5,407 |
| King Island | 62.9 | 35.0 | 2.1 | 1,687 |
| Latrobe | 63.1 | 34.8 | 2.2 | 7,845 |
| Waratah/Wynyard | 62.0 | 35.6 | 2.4 | 13,083 |
| West Coast | 67.7 | 29.2 | 3.2 | 5,515 |
| Total | 62.5 | 34.3 | 3.1 | 102,352 |
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Tasmania(c) | 59.3 | 37.4 | 3.3 | 456,653 |
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(a) Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.
(b) In the week before the 2001 Census.
(c) Totals include unincorporated.
Source: ABS data available on request, Census of Population and Housing. |
FURTHER INFORMATION
Australian Census Analytic Program: Australia Online: How Australians are Using Computers and the Internet, 2001 (cat. no. 2056.0) examines the socioeconomic and regional characteristics of people using computers at home and the Internet, using data from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing.
Computer use at home by age
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