This report examines the effects of ageing on economic output (underpinned by changes in population, participation and productivity) and the resulting implications for government budgets were current policy settings to be maintained. Key points: Australia's population will both grow strongly and become older. Such slow but profound shifts in the nature of a society do...

This paper presents information about the consistency of Indigenous status across linked death registration and 2011 Census records, and examines social and demographic characteristics associated with differences in Indigenous status identification. Executive summary Life expectancy is a broad measure of a population’s long-term health and wellbeing. The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has set a...

This paper argues that increasing longevity and an ageing society together represent the demographic climate change of our time, and that without prompt and considered action on a number of fronts – political, social and economic – we risk a loss to our quality of life. Executive summary 1.8 million people aged over 85 in...

The aim of this paper is to provide a preliminary set of projections at the national and regional level for the Australian Indigenous population. Using population estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the most recently available vital-statistics data, it is projected that the Indigenous population will grow from around 670,000 in 2011 to...

Population-based funding formulae act as an important means of promoting equitable health funding structures.