Around 10 million adults lack the most basic ‘foundation-level’ digital skills, according to the UK Essential Digital Skills benchmark report (Lloyds Banking Group 2021). The research confirmed that two of the most significant reasons for people not accessing the internet are, firstly, the affordability of connections and technology and secondly, a lack of digital skills and confidence. As part of the Fabian Society’s Bridging the Divide project, we spoke to digitally excluded people and examined survey data. To overcome the digital divide we have to first understand why people are offline. And this exclusion has, in effect, become more severe because the internet is now so essential. People on low incomes are more than twice as likely as adults in general to be offline, while older people are more than three times as likely. 1.7 million households are not accessing the internet – still a substantial number (Ofcom 2022). This is an enormously positive development.īut people remain digitally excluded. Ofcom figures suggest that the percentage of adults not accessing the internet at home has fallen, from 11 per cent to 6 per cent. All manner of life’s activities had already been shifting online but, almost overnight, Covid lockdowns forced a gear change.Ī lot of people who were not using the internet before have now moved online. They are estimates of the future size, age structure and geographic distribution of populations based on particular assumptions about future fertility, mortality and migration.The pandemic has changed our relationship with digital technology. Population projections are not forecasts of the future. Users of these projections should carefully read these explanatory notes before downloading the projections. Explanatory notes about using population projections You can also view these visualisations in a new window. The following three visualisations summarise projected population and demographic change for South Australia and regions. The report on Population projections for South Australia and statistical divisions 2016-2041 (PDF, 3025 KB) summarises the assumptions used to develop the projections and outlines the demographic context of the projection outcomes and their demographic significance. The South Australian Cabinet endorsed the projections for use by state agencies on 17 June 2019. The projections are based on the final results from the 2016 Census of Population and Housing and supersede those published in 2015. The medium series is the likely outcome at the time of publication, while the high and low series enable management of risks if a population trend that is higher or lower than the medium series emerges. These population projections comprise three series (high, medium and low) that reflect the likely range of population futures for South Australia and regions. State borders were also closed intermittently through this period.Īnnual population growth, Greater Adelaide Capital City and balance of South Australia, 2017-22 ** International borders closed in March 2020 and remained closed throughout the 2020 - 2021 reporting period. Population growth in South Australia has recovered strongly in 2022 following the opening of borders post COVID-19** and the subsequent return of overseas migration. Over this time the average growth rate was 0.6% which is half that seen in Greater Adelaide over the same period.Īnnual population growth for Greater Adelaide Capital City and regional South Australia is displayed in the figure below. Over the 5 years to 2022, regional South Australia's population increased by 12,483 people to reach 403,082. Between 20 the Greater Adelaide region grew by 79,446 people from 1.34 million to 1.42 million at an average of 15,889 or 1.2% per year.Ĩ6.4% of South Australia's total population growth between 20 occurred in the Greater Adelaide Capital City region.
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