From rising demand to staffing shortfalls, this sector snapshot paints a compelling picture of aged care in Australia.
There will be
Australians aged between 65-84 by 2022
The number of Australians aged 65 and over will more than double in the next 40 years
The Aged Care Financing Authority estimates that around 76,000 new residential aged care facilities will be required to meet this demand in the next 10 years
There are
women than men receiving aged care services. They are living longer and require greater care.
Gender Comparison of Elderly Receiving Aged Care Services
Annual Aged Care Entrants
Average Age of Residents
Percentage of Residential Care
Respite Care Percentage
Average Permanent Care Stay
Over 200,000 people enter aged care each year
The average age of people living in a residential aged care facility is 84
75% of people receiving aged care services get residential aged care
50% of people admitted to residential aged care receive respite care
of permanent residential aged care residents had depression in 2016
of permanent residential aged care residents have a high care need for cognition and behaviour
was spent by governments on aged care in 2015-2016 and an estimated funding will increase to over $20 billion by 2020
Aged Care Services
Government Funding
Aged Care Employment
Annual Revenue
65% of aged care services were run by not-for-profits in 2015-2016
Aged care sector employs over 350,000 people, more than half in residential care
Aged care sector generates over $21 billion in annual revenues
Average EBITDA per resident per annum increased
from 2014-2015 to 2015-2016
2014-2015
2015-2016
Aged Care Services
Residential Care Revenue
Aged Care Total Assets
10% of residential aged care facilities are government operated
Residential care facilities generated an average of $263.92 revenue per patient per day
As of June 2016, the residential aged care sector had total assets of $40.7 billion
In 2015-2016…
The number of residential aged care facilities in operation was
The number of aged care providers running these facilities was
The aged care workforce will need to grow by
by 2050 to meet industry demand
Aged care job vacancies exceeded applicants by 400% in 2016
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