More Australians are using broadband internet for their health and wellbeing needs but the vast majority of activity is limited to Googling symptoms and conditions rather than actually accessing healthcare, a new NBN survey shows.

Data released last week from the NBN Broadband Index, a survey of more than 10,000 Australians conducted on behalf of the NBN by Evolve Research, shows that online health and wellbeing activity is increasing, with the majority of consumers confirming they’re doing at least one more online activity now compared to two years ago.