This study finds that Australians in their 70s and 80s have higher levels of subjective wellbeing than those in their 50s and 60s. Greater proportions of respondents aged 70 and older had high levels of life satisfaction, were comfortable with their standard of living and felt free to decide how to live their lives. Despite...

Australia’s ageing population has resulted in a large cohort of Australians approaching retirement. Policy responses have recognised the significance of this, seeking to strengthen the labour force participation of older Australians to, in part, meet the fiscal challenges of an ageing population. The nature of how this cohort transition from work to retirement, such as...

The ageing of the Australian population presents numerous opportunities and it is important to understand how senior Australians view different aspects of their own lives, as well as life in Australia more generally. A summary index is a valuable means of understanding the sentiment of mature age people, and it can be tracked across time...

While the Australian Medicare arrangements provide strong protection for Australians against unmanageable health costs, as people age they are likely to have more chronic conditions leading to increasing costs of health care. In this report, we examine the costs faced by older Australians with chronic health conditions, and explore how many face extreme costs in...

The ageing of the Australian population is resulting in an increasing proportion of the workforce being comprised of mature age people as stated in this report by National Seniors Australia. In the coming years, many of these older workers will cease employment and enter retirement – either fully or partially. The nature of how these...