Report editions
-
Latest release
-
Residential aged care in Australia 2005-06: a statistical overview
Publication |
This release
Residential aged care in Australia 2005-06: a statistical overview
Publication
Release Date:
Topic: Aged care
Citation
AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2007) Residential aged care in Australia 2005-06: a statistical overview, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.
PDF | 484kB
Newer release available
View latest
Residential aged care in Australia 2005-06: a statistical overview provides comprehensive statistical information on residential aged care homes and their residents. The report contains information on the capacity of residential aged care homes, their residents and resident characteristics, levels of dependency among residents, and admissions and separations. The report will be particularly useful to aged care service planners, providers of aged care services, and researchers in the field.
- ISBN: 978 1 74024 691 0
- Cat. no: AGE 54
- Pages: 85
Findings from this report:
-
There were over 166,000 operational places in residential aged care at 30 June 2006
-
155,000 people were living in permanent residential aged care at 30 June 2006
-
Women made up almost 3 in 4 (72%) of people in permanent residential aged care 30 June 2006
-
The average stay in respite residential aged care in 2005–06 was just over 3 weeks