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AGEING RELEASES

STATISTICAL PUBLICATIONS
MATURE AGE PERSONS STATISTICAL PROFILES
FEATURE ARTICLES
A Picture of the Nation: the Statistician's Report on the 2006 Census
Australian Social Trends
Year Book Australia


STATISTICAL PUBLICATIONS

Ageing

Population Ageing in New South Wales, 2008 (cat. no. 4106.1)
Older people, New South Wales, 2004 (cat. no. 4108.1)
Baby Boomers in Queensland: A Profile of Persons Born 1946-1965, 2005 (cat. no. 4149.3)
Western Australia's Baby Boomers: A Profile of Persons Born 1946-1965, 2003 (cat. no. 4149.5)
Older People, Australia: A Social Report, 1999 (cat. no. 4109.0)
Persons Aged Fifty Years and Over, Queensland, 1998 (cat. no. 4139.3)

Demography

Australian Demographic Statistics (cat. no. 3101.0)
Population by Age and Sex, Australian States and Territories (cat. no. 3201.0)
Population Projections, Australia (cat. no. 3222.0)
Household and Family Projections, Australia (cat. no. 3236.0)
Life Tables, Australia (cat. no. 3302.0.55.001)
Deaths, Australia (cat. no. 3302.0)
Causes of Death, Australia (cat. no. 3303.0)

Census

Census Community Profile Templates, 2006 (cat. no. 2001.0.55.001)
2006 Census QuickStats Templates (cat. no. 2067.0)
A Picture of the Nation: the Statistician's Report on the 2006 Census (cat. no. 2070.0)
Census Collection District Comparability Listing, 1996 to 2006 (cat. no. 2919.0.55.001)
Census Dictionary, 2006 (cat. no. 2901.0)
Census of Population and Housing: Population Growth and Distribution, 2001 (cat. no. 2035.0)
Census of Population and Housing: Ageing in Australia, 2001 (cat. no. 2048.0)

Employment and Retirement

Australian Labour Market Statistics (cat. no. 6105.0)
Labour Force Projections, Australia (cat. no. 6260.0)
Barriers and Incentives to Labour Force Participation, Australia (cat. no. 6239.0)
Employment Arrangements, Retirement and Superannuation, Australia (cat. no. 6361.0)
Retirement and Retirement Intentions, Australia (cat. no. 6238.0)

Health, Disability and Caring

National Health Survey: Summary of Results (cat. no. 4364.0)
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey, 2004-05 (cat. no. 4715.0)
Health of Older People in Australia: A Snapshot, 2004-05 (cat. no. 4833.0.55.001)
Disability Variables (cat. no. 1200.0.55.001)
Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings (cat. no. 4430.0)
Caring in the Community Australia, 1998 (cat. no. 4436.0)

Other

Australian Social Trends (cat. no. 4102.0)
Household Use of Information Technology, Australia (cat. no. 8146.0)

MATURE AGE PERSONS STATISTICAL PROFILES

The ABS produced a series of Mature Age Persons Statistical Profiles in 2004 and 2005. This web link takes you to the summary page for the most recent Mature Age Persons Statistical Profile (cat. no. 4905.0.55.001). You can access the rest of the profiles by clicking on the 'Past & Future Releases' tab.

FEATURE ARTICLES

A number of ABS publications contain feature articles which are relevant to the field of ageing statistics. A selection of feature articles from some of these publications is listed below. Those interested in ageing statistics are encouraged to assess whether additional articles in these publications may contain information relevant to their particular field of interest.

The following articles appeared in A Picture of the Nation: the Statistician's Report on the 2006 Census (cat. no. 2070.0):

Population overview
From generation to generation
Caring across the life cycle
Generations of employment
Adult education across the generations
Economic resources overview
The following articles appeared in Australian Social Trends (cat. no. 4102.0)

December 2009
Living Alone
Smoking, risky drinking and obesity

September 2009
Carers and Employment
People with more than one job

June 2009
Relocation across the nation
Health Literacy

March 2009
Future population growth and ageing
Couples in Australia
Mental health
Trends in household work
Retirement and retirement intentions
Household debt
Trends in superannuation coverage

2008

Population distribution
Voluntary work
People with a need for assistance
Adult literacy
Barriers to work
Government benefits, taxes and household income
Renter households
Internet access at home

2007

Recent increases in Australia's fertility
International fertility comparison
Lifetime marriage and divorce trends
Overweight and obesity
Diabetes mellitus
Labour force participation: an international comparison
Larger dwellings, smaller households
Wealth in homes of owner-occupier households
Participation in sports and physical recreation

2006

People in their 50s: Then and now
Pace of ageing: Australia and Japan
Mortality trends of people aged 50 years and over
Older people in cared accommodation

2005

Future living arrangements
Carers
Grandparents raising their grandchildren
Housing for older Australians
Older people with disabilities
Informal child care provided by grandparents
Labour force transitions

2004

Mature age workers

2003

People in institutional settings
Farming families
Changes in labour force participation across generations

2002

Older overseas-born Australians
Regional population ageing
Fertility futures
Employee superannuation
Changes across Australian generations
Voluntary work

2001

Older mothers
Caring in the community
Disability among adults
Housing experience through life-cycle stages
Population projections for the 21st Century
The following articles appeared in Year Book Australia (cat. no. 1301.0)

2008
Population projections - a tool for examining population ageing
Overweight and obesity in adults

2007

Retirement and retirement intentions
Mortality trends of people aged 50 years and over
Life satisfaction and measures of progress

2006

Older people with disabilities
Ageing Australians

2005

Use of information technology by older people
Mature age workers

2004

Labour mobility

2003

Disability among adults 15-64 years

2002

Carers with a disability
Disability and long-term health conditions
Voluntary work in 2000

2001

A century of population change in Australia



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