Q. What is the main way you communicate with friends and family?
|
Total |
|
Men |
Women |
|
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Mobile phone |
33% |
39% |
28% |
34% |
37% |
26% |
||
| Text messages |
21% |
18% |
24% |
37% |
17% |
9% |
||
| Landline phone |
20% |
18% |
21% |
3% |
20% |
39% |
||
|
10% |
11% |
9% |
5% |
9% |
18% |
|||
|
9% |
6% |
11% |
12% |
10% |
4% |
|||
| Letter |
* |
– |
* |
– |
* |
* |
||
|
* |
* |
– |
* |
– |
– |
|||
| Other |
4% |
5% |
4% |
5% |
5% |
3% |
||
| Not sure |
2% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
2% |
1% |
33% mainly use mobile phone to communicate with friends and family, 21% mainly use text messages and 20% mainly use landlines.
Women are more likely than men to use text messages (24% to 18%) and Facebook (11% to 6%) while men are more likely to use mobiles (39% to 28%).
By age groups – those aged under 35 are most likely to use text messages (37%) and mobiles (34%), those aged 35-54 are most likely to use mobiles (37%) and those aged 55+ most likely to use landlines (39%).
Q. Compared with two years ago, has your use of the following means of communication increased or decreased?
|
Total increase |
Total decrease |
|
Increase a lot |
Increase a little |
Stayed much the same |
Decrease a little |
Decrease a lot |
Not sure |
Don’t use |
|
| Mobile phone |
41% |
8% |
16% |
25% |
46% |
5% |
3% |
1% |
4% |
|
| Text message |
41% |
10% |
18% |
23% |
42% |
6% |
4% |
1% |
6% |
|
|
34% |
14% |
10% |
24% |
50% |
10% |
4% |
1% |
1% |
||
|
30% |
11% |
12% |
18% |
32% |
6% |
5% |
1% |
26% |
||
|
7% |
7% |
2% |
5% |
16% |
3% |
4% |
2% |
68% |
||
| Landline phone |
8% |
42% |
1% |
7% |
40% |
17% |
25% |
1% |
10% |
|
| Letter |
3% |
41% |
1% |
2% |
25% |
9% |
32% |
1% |
29% |
41% say they have increased their usage of mobile phones and text messages. 34% have increased usage of email and 30% increased usage of Facebook.
42% say they have decreased use of the landline and 41% have decreased usage of letters.
communications, EMC, ER, Essential Media, Essential Report, Greens, Labor, Liberal, National Broadband Network, NBN, opinion
Q. From what you’ve heard, do you favour or oppose the planned national broadband network (NBN)?
| 27 Sep 2010 | 14 Feb 2011 | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Total favour | 56% | 48% | 65% | 30% | 71% |
| Total oppose | 18% | 31% | 12% | 55% | 13% |
| Strongly favour | 27% | 19% | 30% | 8% | 38% |
| Favour | 29% | 29% | 35% | 22% | 33% |
| Oppose | 12% | 16% | 8% | 26% | 8% |
| Strongly oppose | 6% | 15% | 4% | 29% | 5% |
| Don’t know | 26% | 22% | 22% | 15% | 15% |
48% favour the planned national broadband network and 31% oppose. This represents a significant drop in support for the NBN since this question was asked in September last year.
By age, under 35’s favour the NBN by 46%/23% but those aged 55+ are split 42%/42%.