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Where Older Australians Live: Tenure and Dwelling Type by Age

79.4% of households headed by someone aged 75 and over own their home outright, against 29.5% of all households. How tenure, dwelling type, household size and housing costs change with age.

Sunday October 4, 2026

Ageing Population & Housing Needs

The Next Twenty Years of Ageing: What the ABS Projects

Under the ABS medium projection, Australians aged 65 and over rise from 4.43 million in 2022 to 7.42 million by 2046, and those aged 85 and over from 0.55 million to 1.43 million.

Saturday October 3, 2026

Demographic Trend Analysis

The Age Pyramid, 2011 to 2026: How Australia’s Age Structure Has Shifted

Between 2011 and 2026 the number of Australians aged 75 to 79 rose 86% while children under five rose 3.2%. The median age went from 37.2 to 38.5 and the most common single age from 39 to 31.

Wednesday September 30, 2026

Ageing Population & Housing Needs

Fewer Working-Age People per Older Australian: The Dependency Ratio Since 2011

There were 27.2 Australians aged 65 and over for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in March 2026, up from 20.5 in 2011. The ratio rose fastest when the borders closed and barely moved while migration was at its highest.

Tuesday September 29, 2026

Australia’s Family Housing Is in the Wrong Place — and Getting More So

Population & Demographic Structural Diagnosis

Australia’s Family Housing Is in the Wrong Place — and Getting More So

APN 22000 Series National Insight: the first council-by-council comparison of the ABS 2025 and 2024 age-structure releases shows more than half of Australia's councils lost children under 15 while gaining residents over 75 -- and family growth is now confined...

Sunday August 30, 2026

Demographic Trend Analysis

It’s Not Wealth. It’s Time.

Outright home ownership tracks age almost perfectly across Australia's LGAs (+0.884) and tracks income negatively (−0.489). Mining boomtowns and harbour suburbs share the same high incomes but sit at opposite ends of the ownership scale — the real driver is...

Monday August 10, 2026

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Where Older Australians Live: Tenure and Dwelling Type by Age

The Next Twenty Years of Ageing: What the ABS Projects

The Age Pyramid, 2011 to 2026: How Australia’s Age Structure Has Shifted

Fewer Working-Age People per Older Australian: The Dependency Ratio Since 2011

Australia’s Family Housing Is in the Wrong Place — and Getting More So

It’s Not Wealth. It’s Time.

Staying Put: Who Lived at the Same Address Five Years On, by State and Suburb

Who Volunteers, and Where: Voluntary Work by State, Age and Locality at the 2021 Census

Three Measures of Home Values and One Turn: What the ABS, Cotality and PropTrack Figures Show to September 2026

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