Demographic Projects
Baby Boomer Retirements and Our Future Workforce (December 2010)
Arising from discussions with business community leaders it has been recognised that there are concerns regarding the extent of existing skills shortages in the ACT, including suggestions that the ACT will face a ‘skills crisis’ in the next 5-10 years as baby boomers retire. The Canberra Times reports baby boomers make up some 47 per cent of the ACT population and nearly all baby boomers will retire over the next 10 years – and most will retire over the next five years. The report stated that this meant 150,000 Canberrans would be retiring.
Baby Boomer Retirements and Our Future Workforce provides an analysis based on data from the 2006 ABS Census of Population and Housing. Baby Boomers are taken to be people who were born between 1946 and 1964 (inclusive). The report examines the potential implications of Baby Boomer retirement against labour force projections.
Baby Boomer Retirements and Our Future Workforce [
PDF 230KB]
Population Ageing in the ACT: Issues and Analysis (September 2010)
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Population Ageing in the ACT collates current information regarding the effects of ageing in the ACT and explores some of the policy issues arising from these changes, including an ANU analysis of the PATH through Life Survey. Although the ACT population is relatively young by national standards, like other jurisdictions across Australia, and many countries around the world, the ACT population is ageing. An ageing population will have a range of economic, social and fiscal implications for the ACT. However, it is important to recognise that although an ageing ACT population will provide a number of challenges in the years ahead, it will also present new opportunities for the Territory. |
Population and Ageing in the ACT [ PDF 1MB]
Further Information on the Path through Life Survey: PATH through Life Survey Booklet [ PDF 239.2KB]
ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population: A Demographic Analysis (September 2010)
ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population report examines publicly available data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the ACT and the surrounding region.
This community represents 1.2 per cent of the ACT population and while a diverse group, there are many areas where there appear to be gaps between the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.
ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population [ PDF 834.8KB]
A Social Overview of the ACT: 2009-10 (June 2010)
A Social Overview of the ACT: 2009-10 is a collation of data which provides an overview of the social and demographic conditions of the ACT.
The report draws on a wide range of statistical sources to examine the circumstances of ACT residents across a suite of socio-demographic areas. Where possible, the report presents comparative time-series and cross-jurisdictional data on the following elements of our society:
- population;
- income and poverty;
- health;
- community well-being;
- employment;
- education and training;
- housing; and
- crime and safety.
Additionally, this report presents a separate social overview of the ACT’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.
Social Overview of the ACT: 2009-10 [ PDF1MB]
