Australian Children of the Digital Age
Wave 1 respondents
Australian Children of the Digital Age (ACODA) is a longitudinal study from Digital Child that aims to provide the big picture of digital technology use in early childhood.
We had 3,388 respondents to Wave 1 of ACODA. Let’s unpack:
Gender identity
| Gender identity | Study children | Percentage |
| Male | 1,738 | 51.3% |
| Female | 1,648 | 48.6% |
| Non-binary | 2 | 0.1% |
Age
| Age | Study children | Percentage |
| 6-11 months | 321 | 9.5% |
| 1 year | 710 | 21.0% |
| 2 years | 731 | 21.6% |
| 3 years | 683 | 20.2% |
| 4 years | 643 | 19.0% |
| 5 years | 300 | 8.9% |
Remoteness
| Study children | Percentage | |
| Major Cities of Australia | 2,558 | 75.5% |
| Inner Regional Australia | 533 | 15.7% |
| Outer Regional Australia | 257 | 7.6% |
| Remote Australia | 25 | 0.7% |
| Very Remote Australia | 13 | 0.4% |
| Unknown | 2 | 0.1% |
State
| State | Study children | Percentage |
| Queensland | 1,254 | 37.0% |
| New South Wales | 810 | 23.9% |
| Victoria | 596 | 17.6% |
| Western Australia | 493 | 14.6% |
| South Australia | 133 | 3.9% |
| Australian Capital Territory | 60 | 1.8% |
| Northern Territory | 24 | 0.7% |
| Tasmania | 18 | 0.5% |
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