2) Internet access (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)
Internet access during the year ended 30 June 2007 was reported by 86% of all businesses. An association exists between the employment size of a business and the likelihood that the business is using IT. The proportion of Australian businesses using IT is greater for each successive employment size range. For example, almost all businesses with 200 or more persons employed accessed the Internet, while only 83% of businesses with 0-4 persons employed accessed the Internet.
At the industry level, Professional, Scientific and Technical Services; and Information Media and Telecommunications (both 98%) recorded the largest proportions of businesses which accessed the Internet, whereas the lowest rate was in Accommodation and Food Services (68%).
Innovation-active businesses, at 95%, were more likely to report Internet access during 2006-07 than non innovation-active businesses (82%).
3) Web presence (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)
Over a third of all businesses reported having a web presence, either on their own dedicated website or as a presence on another entity's website. The proportion of businesses with a web presence increased with each successive employment size range, from 24% of businesses with 0-4 persons employed to 95% of businesses with 200 or more persons employed.
Businesses in the Information Media and Telecommunications industry had the highest proportion of businesses with a web presence (65%). The lowest proportion was in the Transport, Postal and Warehousing industry (14%).
More than half (51%) of innovation-active businesses reported having a web presence, compared to 24% of non innovation-active businesses.
4) Broadband connection (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS)
Businesses with Internet access were asked to identify the main type of Internet connection used as at the end of June 2007.
Broadband, which is defined by the ABS as an 'always on' Internet connection with an access speed equal to or greater than 256kbps, was identified as the main Internet connection type by 90% of businesses with Internet access as at the end of June 2007.
By industry, Broadband as the main connection type was most prevalent in Financial and Insurance Services (97%).
Main type of broadband connection(a)(b), by employment size - 2006-07
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Employment size
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0-4 persons
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5-19 persons
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20-199 persons
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200 or more persons
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Total
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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DSL
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75.2
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83.8
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81.8
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61.2
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78.4
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Cable
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16.6
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10.0
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13.1
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33.6
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14.3
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Fixed wireless
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3.1
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3.3
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2.9
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1.6
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3.1
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Mobile wireless
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4.1
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2.1
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1.1
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0.4
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3.2
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Satellite
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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0.4
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1.0
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(a) Proportion of businesses that identified broadband as their main type of Internet connection as at 30 June 2007, in each employment size category.
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(b) For the purposes of confidentiality and to maximize data availability, some output categories have been excluded due to the small number of contributing businesses.
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The main type of broadband connection used was DSL, at 78%.
A third of businesses employing 200 or more persons identified Cable as the main type of broadband connection, more than twice the proportion of any other employment size range. Notably, 4% of businesses with 0-4 persons employed reported their main connection as Mobile Wireless, the highest of any employment size range. This type of broadband connection was most common in the Other Services industry, at 7%.
5) Internet commerce (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)
The 2006-07 BCS measured the proportion of Australian businesses using the Internet or web to place and/or receive orders (i.e. the incidence of Internet commerce). Refer to Explanatory Notes 22 and 23 for the definitions used.
Internet commerce(a), by employment size - 2006-07 (r=revised)
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Employment size
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0-4 persons
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5-19 persons
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20-199 persons
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200 or more persons
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Total
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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Proportion of all businesses which:
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placed orders via the Internet or web
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r34.1
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r48.6
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r51.8
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r69.2
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r39.8
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received orders via the Internet or web
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r19.7
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r29.0
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r30.7
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25.9
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r23.3
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(a) Data in this table were originally published in June 2008 in the release Summary of IT Use and Innovation in Australian Business (cat. no. 8166.0). Minor revisions have occurred and in all but one instance these were 0.4 percentage points or less. For further information refer to Introductory Notes.
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