Table of contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Executive summary
  • 1 Introduction
    • Aim  and content
  • 2 Demographic change
    • Introduction
    • Immigration  'waves'  and population ageing
    • Immigration  in  later life
    • Spatial distribution
    • Size of immigrant  groups
    • Change  over   time (55+)
    • Change over time (75+)
    • English  Proficiency  Country Groups
    • Sex ratio
    • Summary
  • 3 Family  characteristics
    • Introduction
    • Marital status
    • Marital status,  age and sex
    • Living arrangements
    • Living arrangements, age and sex
    • Number of children
    • Summary
  • 4 English proficiency
    • Introduction
    • English as the only language spoken at home
    • English  as a foreign language
    • English acquisition and proficiency over time
    • English  proficiency  within  specific  migrant communities
    • Summary
  • 5 Education and qualifications
    • Introduction Educational attainment
    • Sex and educational attainment
    • Age  and  educational attainment
    • Recognition of overseas qualifications Summary
  • 6 Labour force participation
    • Introduction
    • Australian  and overseas-born  labour force participation
    • EP  Groups  and  labour force participation
    • Changing  patterns  of  participation  over time: males
    • Changing  patterns  of participation  over time: females
    • Changing  patterns  of  employment by industry
    • Summary
  • 7 Income  and  housing
    • Introduction
    • Income
    • Income,  age and sex
    • Housing
    • Housing,  age and sex
    • Summary
  • 8 Pensions,  retirement and superannuation
    • Introduction
    • Pensions
    • Superannuation coverage
    • Retirement
    • Retirement and income
    • Summary
  • 9 Health  status  and service use
    • Introduction
    • Health  status: self-assessed health
    • Health status: SF-36
    • Need for assistance
    • Service use
    • Summary
  • 10 Conclusion
    • EP Group 1
    • EP Group 2
    • EP Group 3
    • EP Group 4
  • References
  • Appendix tables