The given bar chart illustrates the percentages of online users in Australia who shopped online by age group in 2007 and 2009.
Overall, the proportions of people who use the internet to do online shopping increased across all age groups of internet users. In 2007, individuals aged 26-35 shopped online the most, whereas the 36-45 group took over the dominance in 2009. The 65+ group notably showed the least interest in shopping online in both years.
As regards the percentages of internet users in 2007, that for the 15-25 age category was 20%. Following this, figures for people aged 26-35 became around 30% becoming the highest, but the percentage in individuals aged between 36 and 45 decreased to approximately 25%. Then the percentage in the 46-55 group went down slightly to around 21%. The proportions in the 56-65 and 65+ groups decreased significantly to around 12% and 5-6% respectively.
In 2009, the 15-25 age group accounted for more than 20%. Then it rose quickly in the 26-35 and 36-45 groups to above 30%. However, the figure in the 46-55 age bracket decreased to around 27-28%. Notably, the 56-65 and 65+ groups were between 10% and 20%.