The bar chart displays how fast internet connections were between 2005 and 2015 in five cities in Australia and the pie chart illustrates the type of internet connection people in Australia used in 2010.
Overall, internet speeds increased in all five cities in Australia between 2005 and 2010, with Sydney having a much faster connection than any other city in both periods. In 2010, most people connected to the web via broadband, but a significant proportion used a mobile connection.
In 2005, Sydney had the quickest internet with a speed of approximately 13 MBPS and this increased only slightly to 14 MBPS in 2015. Melbourne’s connection nearly tripled from just over 2 MBPS to just under 6 MBPS, making it the second speediest in 2015. Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane’s speeds increased to just under 5 MBPS, just under 4 MBPS and just over 2 MBPS respectively.
In 2010, the majority of people living in Australia used a broadband connection to surf internet, with 62.09%. However, just over a third of people used their mobile phone to access internet, whereas a very small proportion of people either used dial up or had no connection at all, 1.48% and 0.89% respectively.