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Computers: Number installed

Number of personal computers (residential and business) installed in Australia, 1984–2007

During the 1990s, the number of personal computers installed in Australia rose by more than 300 per cent, reaching 9.5 million in 1999. Growth has slowed substantially in recent years, with numbers rising to 10 million in 2001 and remaining at that level for three years; since 2004 growth has been between 3 and 4 per cent anually. In 2007, there were 11.3 million computers installed in Australia.

Graph: Number of personal computers (residential and business) installed in Australia by year. The following table provides the data.

Next update April 2009

	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
PCs installed (’000s)	400	600	1,000	1,400	1,700	2,100	2,400	2,700
% change		50%	67%	40%	21%	24%	14%	13%

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
PCs installed (’000s)	3,000	3,500	4,000	5,000	5,800	6,700	8,500	9,500
% change	11%	17%	14%	25%	16%	16%	27%	12%

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
PCs installed (’000s)	9,900	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,300	10,700	11,000	11,330
% change	4%	1%	0%	0%	3%	4%	3%	3%

Source: Paul Budde Communication.