‘There’s room for you in the world’s largest island’ says the article (attached) below. Australia is a very large island. It’s hard to think of it as an island, but that’s what it is. The International Retirement Directory interviewed the authors of several editions of Where To Retire In Australia, Jill and Owen Weeks.
Australia Fast Facts:
People
25,422,788
Male
49.3%
Female
50.7%
Median age
38
Families
6,730,187
Average number of children per family
for families with children
1.8
for all families
0.7
All private dwellings
10,852,208
Average number of people per household
2.5
Median weekly household income
$1,746
Median monthly mortgage repayments
$1,863
Median weekly rent (a)
$375
Average number of motor vehicles per dwelling
1.8
Country of birth, top responsesAll people
Australia, 2021
%Australia, 2021
Australia, 2016
%Australia, 2016
Australia
17,019,815
66.9
15,614,834
66.7
Other top responses:
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England
927,490
3.6
907,568
3.9
India
673,352
2.6
455,385
1.9
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
549,618
2.2
509,558
2.2
New Zealand
530,492
2.1
518,462
2.2
Philippines
293,892
1.2
232,391
1.0
Source: ABS 2022
Read more about where to retire in Australia, in the International Retirement Directory
The International Retirement Directory is a practical guide that looks at more than 60 retirement destinations. Australia is blessed to have so many good lifestyle retirement locations from the tropics of Far North Queensland to the cool climate temperatures of Tasmania with its four distinct seasons.
