The bar chart illustrates the proportion of various kinds of electronic devices that Australians utilized in 2008.
Overall, the most significant number of electronic devices used was in smartphones by the 12-24 years old age group, while the fewest figure can be seen in e-reader devices of the same age group. In addition, the most significant difference is recorded in the figures for e-readers.
In detail, at approximately 65%, the figure for smartphones used by the 12-24 years old age group was twice as much as the number of tablet devices used. Similarly, the percentage of 51-75 years old persons using smartphones stood at 30%; 10 percentage points higher than the number of people who use tablets of the same age. At the ages of 25-50, the percentage of smartphone users and tablet users was relatively similar, at around 40%. For those over 76, the number of people using smartphones and tablets is small, fewer than 10%.
Regarding other devices, e-reader users over 76 were more than double the number of laptop users. By contrast, the figure for 51-75 years old users of laptops stood at around 40%, as opposed to only 7% of the users using e-readers. The percentage of laptops used is the same as the percentage of e-readers in the 25-50 age group, at approximately 10%. But for the 12-24 age group, the percentage of people using laptops is lower than 10%, while e-readers appear to be unused by this group.