The mobile phone was present in 99.5% of households with at least one member aged 16 to 74 years. The landline telephone is in 53.9% of homes, 3.6 points less than in 2023.
99.8% of households had some type of telephone (landline and/or mobile) and 53.6% had both. 0.3% only had a landline and 45.9% used mobile phones exclusively.
83.0% of households had some type of computer (desktop, laptop, tablet, etc.), 0.4 points more than in 2023.
96.8% of households had Internet access via fixed and/or mobile broadband (compared to 96.4% in 2023). 85.7% accessed with a fixed broadband connection (fiber optics, cable, ADSL,...) and 11.1% through only a mobile connection (3G, 4G or 5G).
The use of ICT by people between 16 and 74 years old
95.8% of people aged 16 to 74 used the Internet in the last three months (0.4 points more than in 2023) and 91.5% daily (1.5 points more).
For their part, 56.7% bought online in the last three months for personal reasons, 0.8 points more than in 2023.
The autonomous communities with the highest percentage of Internet users and people who bought online in the last three months were Comunidad de Madrid (97.7% and 62.8% respectively), Catalonia (97.0% and 62.5%) and Illes Balears (96.3% and 60.5%).
By sex, women presented slightly higher percentages than men. In Internet use in the last three months 0.8 points more, in daily use 0.2 points more and in online purchases 2.3 points more.
Activities carried out and products purchased
95.3% of people between 16 and 74 years old carried out some activity related to communication, 89.8% with entertainment and 87.3% with information
Regarding purchases made in the last three months, 55.5% of the population aged 16 to 74 purchased a product in physical format, 0.9 points more than in 2023.
45.1% of the population aged 16 to 74 downloaded some product or subscription in the last three months, 3.2 points more than in 2023. 23.9% contracted some hosting service in the last three months (2.0 points less than in 2023) and 22.7% transport services (2.1 points more).
The most purchased or downloaded products were Clothing, shoes or accessories (by 40.6% of the population), Tickets for events (26.4%) and Deliveries from restaurants, fast food, catering (24.9%).
Electronic administration
Almost eight out of every 10 people aged 16 to 74 (79.7%) contacted or interacted with administrations or public services through the Internet in the last 12 months for personal reasons.
The most common contacts were to Access stored information (61.5%) and Make an appointment or make a reservation (58.8%).
Telecommuting
15.1% of employed people aged 16 to 74 stated that they had teleworked during the week prior to the interview. This percentage was 1.3 points higher than that of 2023.
Community of Madrid (where 26.7% of those employed teleworked), Catalonia (21.5%) and Andalusia (13.5%) were the autonomous communities with the highest percentages.
On average, teleworking was done 3.0 days a week, 0.1 days less than in 2023.
Those employed rated their experience with this type of work very positively, with an average of 8.7 points out of 10.
The use of ICT by minors (10 to 15 years old)
95.8% of minors used a computer, 2.7 points more than in 2023. And 96.0% surfed the Internet, 1.3 points more. For their part, 69.6% used a mobile phone, 1.0 points less than in 2023.
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