The Economic Potential of Senior Australians Advisory Panel presented the second report to the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, the Hon Mark Butler MP, at Parliament House on 2 November 2011.

Discussing the needs and expectations of older residents for supportive community of place, in contrast to the needs and motivations of the property developer in ‘creating community’, this paper investigates the situation of older people who have moved to the post-traditional successor to the Australian suburb, the outer suburban ‘master planned community’ (MPC).