City of Kwinana residents among Australia's top data users

City of Kwinana residents are among Australia's top data users, new NBN figures have revealed.

The City came in at third nationally and first in Western Australia with Kwinana NBN customers using an average of 557 gigabytes of data in March, compared with the national monthly average of 445 gigabytes.

The data is being used to support activities like gaming, streaming and working from home with 562gb the equivalent of streaming Netflix in HD for 250 hours, or 833 hours of video conference calls for work.

NBN Customer Experience Expert Jane McNamara said the network carries 87 per cent of our country’s download data.

“Customers in Australia are consuming more data than ever to do the things they love like streaming 4K on multiple devices, online education and next level gaming, or conference calls and uploading and downloading large files for work,” Ms McNamara said.

“Western Australia saw the highest growth in data usage in February 2023 compared to the same period last year than any other state – data usage grew by almost 12 per cent.”

“The average household now has around 21 connected devices and with that number growing year on year, it isimportant for customers to check they are on the right plan to support their growing data needs now and into the future."