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Table 3. Information technology usage and penetration

Percentage of population Aged 45–64 (2020) Aged ≥ 65 (2020) PwD (2013)
who have used

82% 39% 26%
Personal computer

Smartphone 98% 68% 23%

98% 66% 78%
Internet

Note: Analysed by selected types of disability, the PwD who use technology the least are persons with restriction in body movement and those with seeing, hearing, or speech
difficulties. Persons with autism, specific learning difficulties, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder are more likely to use technology.
Sources: C&SD, 2014; 2021, April

However, the young old’s high-tech penetration stands in contrast it has become apparent that a reason for this limited market size
to the lower tech penetration among the elderly (aged ≥ 65) and is that existing demand-side users and organisations do not
PwD. This is an indicator of the disparity between current and have enough purchasing power to acquire gerontech on their
future gerontech users. As previously mentioned, one of the own. In other words, the existing demand-side is unable to
biggest problems within Hong Kong’s gerontech ecosystem is its independently drive gerontech market growth in the short
limited market size. We identified this as a gap in our first report to medium term. Therefore, generating momentum that can
(Gap 15), and our survey indicates that it has seen virtually no help sustain the gerontech market’s growth in the coming
improvement (score 0.05). Through our stakeholder interviews, years will be the focus of this chapter.

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