ICT Profile - Australia
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| Total population | 19,800,000 |
| Rural population as a percentage of total population | 14% (Census) |
| Key economic sectors | Service and information industries (77%) |
| Literacy in the national language(s) | 80% |
| Literacy in English | 80% |
| Computer ownership per 100 inhabitants | 25.6 (67% of households own or lease a PC, or 2.6 people per household) |
| Telephone lines per 100 inhabitants | 37 (97% of households have a fixed telephone line, or 2.6 people per household) |
| Internet hosts per 10,000 inhabitants | 0.4 ISPs per 10,000 inhabitants |
| Internet caf?s/telecentres per 10,000 inhabitants | 0.6 (but mainly in remote areas, and 57% of the population over 16 has access to the Internet at home) |
| Internet users per 100 inhabitants | 72.5 |
| Cell phone subscribers per 100 inhabitants | 64 |
| Number of websites in the national language(s) | Approximately 300,000 registered ".au" domain names |
| National bandwidth within the country | 124 Kbps (remote) to 10 Gbps (metro) |
| National bandwidth to and from the country | Approximately 125 Gbps activated capacity |
| Ratio of incoming to outgoing Internet traffic volume | 70% (about 49% total traffic outgoing, 21% incoming, 30% domestic) |
Key ICT Information
- Over half of Australia's children (57 percent in September 2000)30 access the Internet from their school
- At the end of the 1990s, 15 percent (2,000,000 people) of the adult population accessed the Internet through public libraries or via tertiary education providers.
- In 2001, among benchmarked countries the US had the highest estimate of B2C as a proportion of GDP (0.7 percent)", whereas Australia was sixth, with 0.17 percent. Australia and Singapore were joint fourth in terms of B2B activity as a percentage of GDP, with 1.1 percent each (after the USA, Taiwan and Sweden).
- In May 2001, the US-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) published its second set of 'E-business Readiness Rankings' for over 60 countries. Australia was placed second to the US, up from its sixteenth place ranking in May 2000."
- Data on business sector R&D indicates A$4.8 billion in 2000-2001, with A$1.3 billion in ICT research.
- There is an active "parliamentary committee inquiry into business investment in R&D and Ericsson's submission to this enquiry had noted that "in the current highly competitive and difficult investment climate for the ICT sector . . . public demonstrations of commitment to an Australian-based ICT industry are of vital importance".
- Figures indicate that by 2003, two-thirds of Australian households are likely to have Internet access in their homes.
Source: Digital Review for Asia Pacific
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Last modified 2005-06-07 04:36 PM
