Looking back to 1996, it is encouraging that the educational, age and gender profile of the online population is approaching that of the U.S. More distressing is the lack of change in the income profile.
Over the past century, the age profile of the population has become much older, with the proportion aged under 15 falling from 32% in 1911 to 16% last year, while the proportion aged 65 and over has increased from 5% to 17%.