Older Australia at a glance (fourth edition)
Australia's population is ageing and as baby boomers move into old age this trend is set to gather greater momentum over the next three decades. Significant changes will flow to all aspects of social and economic life as both the number and proportion of older people in the community increase. This fourth edition of Older Australians at a glance provides insights into the diversity of the older population of Australia, where they are living, what they are doing, how healthy they are and the services they are using.
In 2011 the Department of Health and Ageing asked the AIHW to update tables and figures for three sections of the report: Section 1 - Demographic profile; Section 2 - Social and economic context; and Section 5 – Special population groups.
These tables and figures can be found on the additional material tab on this web page. There is no accompanying analysis of the data presented in this material.
ISBN 978 1 74024 732 0; Cat. no. AGE 52; 224pp.; OUT OF PRINT
Additional material
Supplementary tables, 2012
Demographic profile
1 Age, sex and cultural diversity (143KB XLS)
2 The changing demographic profile (58KB XLS)
Social and economic context
3 Marital status and living arrangements
4 Housing
5 Transport (63KB XLS)
6 Workforce participation
7 Retiring from paid work
8 Community and civic participation
9 Providing care
10 Social participation and leisure
11 Use of technology
12 Income, wealth and expenditure
13 Age Pension and superannuation
14 Intergenerational transfers within families
Special population groups
42 Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
43 People from non-English-speaking countries
44 Older people in regional and remote communities
45 Older veterans
Related publications
Recommended citation
AIHW 2007. Older Australia at a glance (fourth edition). Cat. no. AGE 52. Canberra: AIHW.