40 per cent of Web users in Ireland are college graduates

31 per cent of Irish surfers are female (European average is 25 per cent, US figure is 38 per cent)

The average household income of Web surfers is £35,000

One-quarter of all Net users work in a computer-related field

Fewer people are accessing the Internet at home: 50 per cent in 1998 compared to 60 per cent in 1997

Increasing numbers of surfers access the Net at work: 43 per cent in 1998 compared to 35 per cent in 1997

Internet use is growing rapidly: 37 per of users have been accessing the Net for under one year

45 per cent of users have been on the Internet for between one and three years

Web surfing is an urban phenomenon: 85 per cent of users access the Net in cities or towns.

Only 14 per cent of surfers go online in rural areas.

The majority of Web users do not have children

* Figures from the Irish Online Survey, Irish Internet Association, February 1998