This survey presents the percentage of British households that use WiFi at home to access the Internet from 2003 to 2013. In 2009, 54 percent of respondents reported accessing the internet via WiFi, whereas in 2013 the share of respondents increased to 96 percent.
Do you have wireless access in your household such as through WiFi?*
Characteristic
Share of respondents
2013
96%
2011
80%
2009
54%
2007
30%
2005
6%
2003
1%
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* "Do you have wireless access in your household such as through WiFi? Could you tell me if your household has:" Question changed in 2013. ** n (2009) = 1,379; n (2011) = 1,510; n (2013) = 2,023
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Oxford Internet Institute. (October 8, 2013). Do you have wireless access in your household such as through WiFi?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/275804/british-households-that-use-wifi-to-access-the-internet/
Oxford Internet Institute. "Do you have wireless access in your household such as through WiFi?*." Chart. October 8, 2013. Statista. Accessed May 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/275804/british-households-that-use-wifi-to-access-the-internet/
Oxford Internet Institute. (2013). Do you have wireless access in your household such as through WiFi?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/275804/british-households-that-use-wifi-to-access-the-internet/
Oxford Internet Institute. "Do You Have Wireless Access in Your Household Such as through Wifi?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Oct 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/275804/british-households-that-use-wifi-to-access-the-internet/
Oxford Internet Institute, Do you have wireless access in your household such as through WiFi?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/275804/british-households-that-use-wifi-to-access-the-internet/ (last visited May 27, 2025)
Do you have wireless access in your household such as through WiFi?* [Graph], Oxford Internet Institute, October 8, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/275804/british-households-that-use-wifi-to-access-the-internet/
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