According to a survey conducted in South Africa in 2021, most of the South Africans accessing the internet with a laptop or PC were 25-34 years. That year, 28.3 percent of internet users were in this age group. Notably, the shares for all the age groups were relatively close to each other, except for people 65 years and older.
Internet users using a laptop or PC to access the internet in South Africa in 2021, by age
January 18 to May 14 and July 13 to Semptember 31, 2021
Number of respondents
24,666 respondents
Age group
15 years and older
Special properties
The data was collected in two waves
Supplementary notes
The question was: "How do you access the internet?"
TGI/AskAfrika, annually interviews 24,666 respondents aged 15+ living in urban areas with 8,000 or more inhabitants, using a stratified random probability sample. The data is weighted to the South African national statistics service, "Statistics South Africa's" population estimates, which allow for an accurate representation of 27.76 million South Africans.
To ensure a nationally representative sample, the survey is based on enumerated area (EA) sampling.
Missing percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding.
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