This month focuses on the following topics: life expectancy, young people living with their parents and the latest statistics from Safe Work Australia.

Forthcoming releases

If you are interested in any of the forthcoming releases or datasets, please contact the Parliamentary Library to discuss in more detail.

(a) Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) Note: Release dates may be subject to change without notice.

After the latest key economic statistics? Visit the Parliamentary Library’s Key Economic and Social Indicators Dashboard (KESI).

Recent reports

How Long can Australians Live (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare)

This report aims to enhance understanding of the maximum age to which Australians live and whether Australians are expected to continue to reach increasingly older ages.

• For Australians born at the beginning of the 20th century, life expectancy was 51.1 years for males and 54.8 for females. By mid-century, males could expect to live on average to 67.1 years and females to 72.8 years. Current estimates (2019–2021) show that life expectancy at birth is 81.3 years for males and 85.4 years for females.
• In 1971 people aged 80 years or more made up 1.4% of the population, compared to 4.3% in 2022.
• Most centenarian deaths (of those aged 100 and over) occurred between the ages of 100–104 years and have been rapidly increasing. In 2021, 1 in 72 deaths in Australia were of people aged 100 or more (2,247 deaths), compared to 1 in 1,214 in 1964 (83 deaths).

Future releases:

ABS Life expectancy at birth by states, territories and Statistical Area 4, 2020–22: 8 November 2023

ABS Life expectancy estimates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, 2020–22: 29 November 2023

Young People Living with Parents (Australian Institute of Family Studies)

This report explores patterns of young people aged 15–34 years living with or away from parents, by age and various other factors. Most analysis uses the 2021 Australian Census of Population and Housing.

• From 2006 to 2021 the proportion of young people living at home with parents has increased across every age until the early thirties. The biggest difference was found at 19 years of age: in 2021, 72% lived with parents compared to 63% in 2006.
• Young people living with parents were more likely to be engaged in study than those who were not. For example, 85% of 15–19 year olds living with their parents were studying part-time or full-time, compared to 63% of those not living with their parents.

Additional reports from the Australian Institute of Family Studies

• Costs and affordability of Childcare
• Vulnerable Families
• Coercive Control Literature Review
• Employment patterns and trends for families with children
• Employment of men and women across the life course

Safe Work Australia Interactive Dashboards

Safe Work Australia has a wide range of statistics, including data on work-related injuries, illnesses and fatalities by selected industries and occupation, demographics, states and territories.

• Work health and safety key statistics (Summary)
• Work-related fatalities
• Workers’ compensation
• Return to work
• Quad bikes
• WHS prosecutions

Interested in finding out what the latest statistics are telling us about the Australian economy and population? Each month the Parliamentary Library publishes a Flag Post article listing new reports on a wide variety of topics. The list includes important upcoming ABS releases and reports from other research organisations and government departments.