“A whopping 9.2 million UK adults have never been online according to data released by the Office of National Statistics, out of a population of around 62 million or one out of every seven Britons.
The ONS figures show some pretty interesting trends; more than one million UK citizens have used the internet for the first time over the last 12 months, although the OAPs, low income earners and those without qualifications represent an overwhelming portion of those who never used the internet.
97 per cent of those with a degree have used the internet while 98 per cent of those earning over £41,600 have been connected to the web at least once.
More than 30 million UK adults use the internet every day with another eight million being regular internet users instead and nearly a third connecting to the internet though a mobile handset.
A spokesperson for the Office for National Statistics said that “Since 2006 we have seen a significant increase in the number of people using the Internet, with the number of adults accessing the Internet every day almost doubling to just over 30 million, though the UK is some way off from being completely online.”
Notably, 2.7 million people access the internet regularly though Wi-Fi hotspots commonly used at cafes, restaurants, libraries and other public places.”
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97% who have a degree.. I’m trying to think which 3% of degree educated people will not have used the net. Anyone care to take a stab? Maybe OAP;’s?
…and yet they will never read this article to realise. Shame.
I have an elderly aunt who has discovered how fantastic the internet is.
Whenever she wants to know something, she phones my mum who is online and asks her to “look it up for me”
Is this what’s meant by an Internet Proxy? !!
I must say whoever produced these figures were pretty much talking out of their bum cheeks. Seriously, it compares it to 62million people in Britain. That is the TOTAL number of people of which many are children under the age of 12. How many are at the age of infant I do not know, but this study is just more random numbers produced by people who like to take money from the government.
And really, people who have little income and poor education don’t use the internet. What a surprise. They are probably too busy spending their money on necessities such as food, housing and staying alive.
I think I could make up statistics that could mirror any “study” with a wild guess, using a little bit of brain power and without bothering the public in surveys.
Where do you get these stories from? People who ‘work’ gathering statistics either make them up or ask a few people from another office and a couple of family members, they didn’t even advertise their online survey online! Oh yeah, did I mention, NOBODY CARES!
- The story comes from IT Pro mag (shown clearly in the link), the stats are from the National Office of Statistics and clearly you cared enough to comment. – Phillis
Right, so being broke or not having many qualifications means you’re less likely to use the internet? I’m glad these experts are here to get paid to tell us these profound and illuminating things. I hear their next project is particularly exciting- identifying the key differences between the arse and the elbow…