If selling the family home is key to new residents for retirement villages, the population growth trend is not good except in WA and the ACT. In 2010:
?Australias population grew 1.5% to 22, 477,400
?This is 30% down on the peak 2.2% in 2008
?Births were steady, more died, international students crashed
?Immigration is steady at 170,000pa
?WA grew 2.1% and ACT 2%.
?QLD grew 1.7% (including 35,419 from NSW)
?VIC grew 1.6%. NSW grew 1.2%
?Both parties support 1.5% annual growth to 35 million by 2030
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Exclusive: Aveo to sell off its retirement villages in South Australia and Tasmania
Tony Randello, CEO of the nation’s leading retirement village provider, said the impending sale of its 16 retirement villages in South Australia and Tasmania “aligns with Aveo’s regular strategic review of opportunities across its portfolio”. The...
