2015 PwC/Property Council Retirement Census released - 31 August 2015

On 20 August 2015, PwC and the Property Council of Australia released their 2015 PwC/Property Council Retirement Census (Census).

This annual Census is the first of its kind to collect data from the entire retirement living industry, which comprises both large and small retirement village operators representing more than 50,000 homes in retirement villages across Australia.  The information collected includes things such as occupancy rates, unit sale prices, average resident ages and unit selling periods.

Some of the main results from the Census include:

1. women make up 67% of retirement village residents;
2. the largest demographic in retirement villages are single females (at 51%), followed by couples (at 36%) and single males (at 13%);