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Seniors statistics

Below are a comprehensive range of statistics related to Australians over 50 such as population, employment, home ownership, grandparenting, and others of interest gathered from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The percentage of people over 50 will continue to grow and become a dominant influence in Australian society in the future.

Recent government research has indicated that Australians aged 55 and over contribute almost $74.5 Billion dollars per annum in voluntary and unpaid caring work to the economy.

There is a strong and ever-growing participation rate of mature aged students over 50 in the Australian Education system.

The numbers of grandparents in Australia who are the main carer for their grandchildren appear to be on the rise

As well as contributing to the labour force, the retention of mature age workers can benefit employers through the skills, experience and maturity that such workers offer.

Older Australians are particularly characterised by very high rates of home ownership.

Currently, very few Australians over 50 wait until qualifying for the Age Pension before retiring.

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