The given bar charts illustrate the reasons for using internet in Australia in 2010 and 2011 and the proportion by user age.
Overall, while the main purpose for using the internet was emailing, the opposite was true for social media. Additionally, while most Australian elders used the internet as a mean to pay bills and send email, social media was the main reason for the young to go online.
Examine the graphs more closely, it is evident that one of the main purposes for Australians to use the Internet was sending emails, with more than 60 million users. Social media was least common among Australian internet users at the time, with more than 40 million people, which is moderately lower than people who went online to pay their bills.
In addition, about 70-80% of people considering the internet as a mean of transferring bills and sending emails was people aged 40 and above. The figure for younger people was much lower, at around 60-65%. However, during this period, social media was the main factor attracting the young to go online, at approximately 100% users aged 18-25. The figure tended to decline among age groups, with the lowest proportion belonging to users over 65, only over 20%.