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The local digital gap in Canberra
1,408 of 2,166 named businesses on the Canberra map list no website: 65%. Across the 8 Australia cities in the study it is 71%; counting down from the highest share without one, Canberra comes 6 of 8.
The biggest gap is cafes: 273 of 380 list no website. The highest share is hair salons at 81%. Clothing stores are the most likely to list one: 48% without.
"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.
Canberra, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Canberra, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cafes | 380 | 103 | 4 | 273 | 16% | 38% |
| Restaurants | 435 | 165 | 2 | 268 | 27% | 34% |
| Hair salons | 106 | 20 | 0 | 86 | 24% | 33% |
| Supermarkets | 115 | 41 | 0 | 74 | 20% | 44% |
| Doctors and clinics | 88 | 27 | 0 | 61 | 15% | 28% |
| Mechanics | 78 | 17 | 0 | 61 | 19% | 29% |
| Clothing stores | 93 | 48 | 0 | 45 | 53% | 80% |
| Car dealers | 49 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 4% | 0% |
| Pharmacies | 54 | 12 | 0 | 42 | 15% | 50% |
| Beauty salons | 54 | 15 | 0 | 39 | 30% | 46% |
| Gyms | 71 | 37 | 0 | 34 | 30% | 37% |
| Bakeries | 46 | 12 | 1 | 33 | 17% | 48% |
| Dentists | 41 | 11 | 0 | 30 | 32% | 32% |
| Bars | 47 | 20 | 0 | 27 | 13% | 34% |
| Pubs | 41 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 15% | 32% |
| Hotels | 46 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 20% | 7% |
| Real estate agents | 35 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 23% | 17% |
| Childcare providers | 34 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 24% | 15% |
| Accountants | 27 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 33% | 11% |
| Vets | 23 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 22% | 39% |
| Bike shops | 23 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 30% | 43% |
| Hardware stores | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 23% | 23% |
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Cite this study
Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Canberra: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 2,166 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 11 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/canberra-act/
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