 HOUSING
Internet Access
According to the 2006 Census, 43% of Indigenous households had access to the Internet, compared with 64% of those from other households. In both Indigenous households and other households, broadband connection was the most common type of Internet connection (60% and 64% respectively), followed by Dial-Up (37% in Indigenous households and 35% in other households).
Lone person Indigenous households were least likely to have internet connection in their home (65% said they did not have it), closely followed by those with 6 or more persons usually resident (60% did not have). A high percentage of lone person Indigenous households reported an internet connection but did not indicate what type (16%).
Internet type (a) by number of persons in household (b), by Indigenous status, 2006
(a) 'Other' Internet access not included in graph.
(b) Occupied private dwellings.
Source: 2006 Census of Population and Housing, Community Profiles Series, Indigenous Profile, Table I21
Internet type (a) by number of persons in household (b), by Indigenous status, 2006
 | Number of persons usually resident |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 or more |
Indigenous households |
| No Internet connection | % | 65 | 55 | 50 | 44 | 47 | 60 |
| Broadband | % | 11 | 22 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 22 |
| Dial-up | % | 8 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 11 |
| Other | % | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Not Stated | % | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Other households |
| No Internet connection | % | 59 | 38 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 18 |
| Broadband | % | 19 | 36 | 49 | 58 | 60 | 56 |
| Dial-up | % | 15 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 22 |
| Other | % | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Not Stated | % | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
(a) Where a dwelling has more than one type of Internet connection, only one is recorded.
(b) Occupied private dwellings.
Source: 2006 Census of Population and Housing, Community Profiles Series, Indigenous Profile, Table I21.
Households with Internet access by Remoteness area(s)
For Indigenous households, Internet access was lower in remote areas; declining from 53% in Major Cities to 13% in Very Remote areas. This is in contrast to the trend for other households, where Internet access in Major Cities and in Very Remote areas were almost the same (67% and 62% respectively).
Internet Access by Remoteness Area (a), by Indigenous Status, 2006
(a) Occupied Private Dwellings.
Source: Population Characteristics, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2006 (cat. no. 4713)
Further information:
Population Characteristics, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2006 (cat. no. 4713.0)
2006 Census of Population and Housing, Community Profiles Series, Indigenous Profile, Table I21
Population Characteristics, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2006, Data cubes (cat. no. 4713.0.55.001)
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