Manly Vale
Internet connection
75% of homes in Manly Vale have a broadband internet connection.
A fast Internet Connection is increasingly required for accessing essential information and undertaking domestic and non-domestic business. Households with dial-up or no internet service are being left behind in the digital divide' as both government and the private sector are increasingly conducting their business, or aspects of it, on-line.
Internet connectivity in Manly Vale can be affected by availability of connection, Education, Household Income and Age Structure.
Derived from the Census question:
'Can the Internet be accessed at this dwelling?'
Households
| Type of internet connection | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manly Vale | 2011 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Connection type | Number | % | Warringah Council area | Number | % | Warringah Council area | 2006 to 2011 | |
| Total internet connection | 1,904 | 81.4 | 80.9 | 1,425 | 65.3 | 68.7 | +479 | 25001 |
| Broadband connection | 1,755 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 1,070 | 49.1 | 52.9 | +685 | 25002 |
| Dial-up connection | 57 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 341 | 15.6 | 15.2 | -284 | 25003 |
| Other connection | 92 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 14 | 0.6 | 0.7 | +78 | 25004 |
| No internet connection | 314 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 644 | 29.5 | 25.0 | -330 | 25006 |
| Not stated | 121 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 112 | 5.1 | 6.3 | +9 | 25007 |
| Total households | 2,339 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,181 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +158 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2011. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.
(Enumerated data)
Dominant groups
Analysis of the type of internet connection of households in Manly Vale compared to Warringah Council area shows that there was a similar proportion of households with either no internet connection or a dial up connection, as well as a similar proportion of households with broadband connectivity.
Overall 15.9% of households had no internet connection or a dial up connection, and 75.0% had broadband connectivity, compared with 15.8% and 75.0% respectively in Warringah Council area.
Emerging groups
Between 2006 and 2011 the number of households with an internet connection increased by 479.
The largest changes in the internet connectivity in Manly Vale, between 2006 and 2011 were:
- Broadband connection (+685 households)
- Total internet connection (+479 households)
- No internet connection (-330 households)