Fast facts: Interactive media

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Computers and Internet
Number of Australian households with access to a home computer in 2008	6.17m
Proportion of Australian households with access to a home computer in 2008	75%
Proportion of Australian households with access to the Internet in 2008	67%
Proportion of these who have broadband	78%
Proportion of Internet users aged 15 years or over with access to broadband in 2008	81%
Male	83%
Female	80%
Lowest proportion (those aged 65 or over)	69%
Highest proportion (those earning $80,000 or more)	89%
Proportion of children aged 14 years or under accessing the Internet daily in 2006	25%
Proportion of Internet users regularly accessing video content online in 2007	12%
Proportion of Internet users regularly accessing audio content online in 2007	27%
Games
Retail sales value of games hardware and software in 2008	$1,963.7m
Hardware	43%
Software	57%
Proportion of children aged 14 years or under playing computer and console games in 2006	64%
2008’s highest-selling game console	Nintendo Wii Console & Wii Sports
2008’s highest-selling game title	Wii Fit

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For other fast facts:: Fast facts: Government funding; Fast facts: Employment; Fast facts: Audiences; Fast facts: Production industry; Fast facts: Release of Australian productions; Fast facts: Cinema; Fast facts: Video; Fast facts: Free-to-air TV; Fast facts: Subscription TV; Fast facts: Audiovisual trade; Fast facts: International comparisons