Table 3.

Total population development in urban-rural areas in the period 2011–2018 by broadband availability.

Urban-rural typology	Population grids				t-test
	No broadband available		Broadband available
	n	%	n	%	t-value	p-value
Inner urban area	−84	−1.0	125001	6.8	−1.709	0.105
Outer urban area	−1331	−3.9	54003	3.9	−4.259	<0.001
Exurban fringe	−5555	−2.4	36572	9.4	−9.513	<0.001
Local centres of rural areas	−3580	−7.2	−5792	−2.4	−4.068	<0.001
Rural areas close to urban areas	−9538	−4.1	−586	−0.4	−4.558	<0.001
Core rural areas	−20787	−8.5	−21685	−6.0	−6.818	<0.001
Sparsely populated rural areas	−15831	−10.5	−13505	−10.6	1.761	0.078
Total	−56706	−2.2	174008	3.9	−8.805	<0.001