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