8129.0 - Business Use of Information Technology, 2007-08

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PLACING ORDERS

The proportion of all businesses placing orders via the Internet or web during 2007-08 was 43%.

As with most other indicators of IT use, there continues to be an apparent relationship between business size (based on employment) and the indicator; placing orders via the Internet or web ranged from 37% of all businesses with 0-4 persons employed, to 71% of those with 200 or more persons employed.

Proportion of businesses that placed orders via the Internet or web, by industry, 2007-08
Graph: Proportion of businesses that placed orders via the Internet or web, by industry, 2007-08

Graph: Proportion of businesses that placed orders via the Internet or web, by industry, 2007-08

Information media and telecommunications and Professional, scientific and technical services had the highest proportions of businesses which placed orders via the Internet or web (61% and 60% respectively). By contrast, Transport, postal and warehousing had the lowest proportion of businesses placing orders over the Internet or web (28%).