Did covid-19 impact on household activities? Know the answer.

The Australian bureau of statistics published results for monthly household impacts of COVID-19 survey in September 2020. The information collected covered eight categories from around 1.500 people.

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As for changes in the frequency of activities, the survey asked people how often they participated in selected activities before the COVID-19 restrictions began in March 2020. Hhow often they participated in the same activities in the four weeks before the survey.

The survey found that going shopping one or more times a week in the last four weeks was  (73%) and before COVID-19 restrictions in March was  (85%).

People in New South Wales were more likely to use public transport one or more times in the last four weeks (28% compared with 2% in Victoria and 17% in the rest of Australia).

One in three Australians with a job (31%) were working from home most days in the last four weeks, while one in eight people (12%) before March 2020.

Source: SBS