The given table depicts the percentage of Australians using online services according to their ages and purposes.
Overall, email services are widely used across all age groups. Services like academic study and online chatting are more popular among younger users. In contrast, the use of services like e-banking and online shopping increases with age.
In Australians aged 11-19, academic study was the second most used online service, which accounted for 36%, after email, which stood at 40%. Similarly, in ages of range 20-29 a similar trend is noticed, with email and academic services accounting for 41% and 31%, respectively. Online chatting is also relatively popular among youger people, with 15% and 12% of users in both age groups respectively. On the other hand, online banking accounts for only 2% and 5% of Australians.
A different pattern emerges for older people of Australia. Academic services dropped to 27% among those aged 30-39, and dropped further to 18% in ages 40 and above. Email services remained consistently popular among all age groups. There is a considerable increase in services like online banking and online shopping with both services ranging from 11-20% and 15-20% respectively. In contrast, online chatting dipped to a 5% and 3% in both age groups. Meanwhile, use of other services remained at an all time low, never exceeding 3%.
