Average retirement age
The average retirement age is around 64 to 65.
Ocean Depths row · ages 62 to 71
The average retirement age is around 64 to 65.
Spending moves from work-related costs to leisure and health.
Seniors cards and concessions can reduce bills and transport costs.
Many downsize to release equity and reduce upkeep.
Super income stream decisions affect later pension entitlements.
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Figures from published research for the age groups that cover 64–65. Sources often publish wider age groups, so the group shown is the one that includes these ages. They describe groups of people, not any one person. Checked 23 October 2026.
2025 Consumer Payments Survey. Share of payments made using cards.
30 June 2024. Per account, not per person, because many people hold more than one account. Median is the middle account; average is pulled up by large balances.
2019–20 financial year. By age of the household's reference person, as shown in the ABS graph. The ABS page does not say whether the values are averages or medians, so treat them as indicative.
2019–20. Share of all recent first home buyers in this age group (age of the household reference person). It is not the share of the age group who buy.
Census 2021. Owners with and without a mortgage combined.
Census 2021. Share of people in the age group who lived alone.
2022. Share of people in the age group who provide informal care. About 11.9% of all Australians living in households (3.0 million) were carers.
2022. Share of people in the age group with disability. Overall 21.4% of Australians (5.5 million) had disability in 2022.
2024–25. Share of retirees aged 45 and over who retired at this age.
2024–25. People aged 45 and over who have not yet retired and intend to.
2020–2022. Remaining years of life, on average, for someone who has reached 65.
April 2021. Labour force participation of people aged 65 and over.
Dollar figures are in the dollars of the year shown. Average and median are not the same: the median is the middle value. Not financial advice.
Illustrative gross incomes: lower about $50,000, middle about $100,000, higher about $200,000 a year. For ages under 18, read these as household incomes. For retirement ages, read them as lower, middle and higher income and savings. They are examples, not official brackets.
Concession cards and rebates help. The Age Pension eligibility date is a key planning point.
Super income and savings fund retirement. Concessions reduce costs.
Complex income sources, tax and estate planning remain the focus.