Housing supply theory has established a number of influences on the quantity and price of housing. These include construction cost, house prices, interest rates, land prices, demographics and government policies. A subset of the housing market comprises retirement communities, which (in Australia) are restricted to those who meet age and disability requirements. This property type...

This paper correlates individual villages with small area 2011 ABS Census data to build up a picture of Australian retirement village residents. This is in comparison to other types of living other retirees experience.