Spotlight
Internet access – households and individuals, Great Britain: 2020
What's in the bulletin?
- In January to February 2020, 96% of households in Great Britain had internet access, up from 93% in 2019 and 57% in 2006 when comparable records began.
- Internet connections in households with one adult aged 65 years and over have increased by seven percentage points since 2019 to 80%; these households still had the lowest proportion of internet connections.
- In January to February 2020, 76% of adults in Great Britain used internet banking, increasing from 30% in 2007 and 73% in 2019.
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Datasets related toHome internet and social media usage
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Internet access - households and individuals
Annual data on internet usage in Great Britain, including frequency of internet use, internet activities and internet purchasing.
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Internet Access Quarterly Update
Estimates of adult Internet users and non-users in the UK, by age, sex, disability, region, gross weekly pay, ethnicity and when adults last used the Internet.
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Internet Users
Data tables for the Internet Users publication
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Statistical bulletins
Internet access – households and individuals, Great Britain: 2020
Internet access in Great Britain, including how many people have internet access, what they use it for and online shopping.
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