ABS: New statistics on retirement age expectations

Jul 12 2010 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed that in 2008-09 there were 3.4 million people living in Australia over the age of 45 years. Of that group 38% indicated that they didnt know how old they would be when they retire and for those that did know, 46% intended to retire in the age range of 65-69 years.

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