ICT usage in households

Internet users
2022
94 %
Gone up 2021: 93 %
Online shoppers
2022
57 %
Gone up 2021: 54 %
Smart entertainment users
2022
67 %
Gone up 2020: 54 %

Statistics Austria conducts an annual survey on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in households and by individuals. Using a stratified random sampling design, the ICT survey focuses exclusively on households with at least one household member aged between 16 to 74 years and further household members who fall within this age bracket. Questions relate to households' access to the internet as well as household members’ use of the internet. 

The ICT survey is based on an EU regulation and is supplemented by implementing regulations, which specify the indicators to be collected each year.

Thanks to the standardised definitions and methodology, we can compare the indicators across the EU and track the progress of the digital transformation.

Austrian results are available in autumn of the respective survey year whereas EU-wide results are available at the end of the year.

Q: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, European survey on the use of ICT in households and by individuals 2002 to 2022. Compiled on 19 October 2022.

Q: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, European survey on the use of ICT in households and by individuals 2002 to 2022. Compiled on 19 October 2022.

Q: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, European survey on the use of ICT in households and by individuals 2022. Compiled on 19 October 2022. – Multiple-answer question. – Smart entertainment devices summarise smart TVs, smart game consoles and smart audio systems or smart speakers. Smart home solutions summarise smart energy management systems, smart home appliances and smart security systems. Wearables comprise smart watches, smart fitness trackers, smart safety trackers, smart headphones and other smart clothes or accessories. eHealth devices comprise smart devices for collecting health metrics or for health and personal care.

Q: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, European survey on the use of ICT in households and by individuals 2022. Compiled on 19 October 2022. – Multiple-answer question. – Reference period: last three months prior to data collection except for smart devices. For smart devices it was the time of data collection.

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