The bar charts illustrate the percentages of internet use purposes in Australia in two years of 2010 and 2001. The percentage demonstrates the age of internet users.
Overall, emailing shows the highest necessity for internet usage with rising to almost 70%, while social media represents the lowest interest among internet users, with barely reaching 50%. Paying bills online stays as a second-tier option for using internet, being a middle among three purposes and showing over 50% in the bar chart.
Emailings show up to 80% of internet using with a significant fraction of users being above 40 years old. The younger population show only almost 60% of the interest in communicating via emails. What is more, paying bills online show approximately the same data with age of users, where 40+ years old people prefering this options rather than young people using internet for it.
In contrast, the social media purpose shows an absolutely different division of purposes. Almost all people of 18-25 age category opt using Internet for this purpose mainly. However, the percentages decrease gradually by increasing the age category. Consequently, the oldest people of above 65 years old, demonstrate the lowest necessity in using internet for running social media accounts.