Past and projected growth of Australia's older migrant populations.
Australia
Country of birth
Diversity
Immigrant populations
Older population
Population ageing
Population projections
Journal
Genus
ISSN: 0016-6987
Titre abrégé: Genus
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 17120050R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
07
05
2020
accepted:
20
07
2020
entrez:
25
8
2020
pubmed:
25
8
2020
medline:
25
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In recent years, Australia's older population (aged 65 and over) has been growing rapidly, accompanied by a shift in its country of birth composition. Although a great deal of research has been undertaken on past and current aspects of Australia's migrant groups, little attention has been paid to future demographic trends in older populations. The aim of this paper is to examine recent and possible future demographic trends of Australia's migrant populations at the older ages. We present population estimates by country and broad global region of birth from 1996 to 2016, and then new birthplace-specific population projections for the 2016 to 2056 period. Our findings show that substantial growth of the 65+ population will occur in the coming decades, and that the overseas-born will shift from a Europe-born dominance to an Asia-born dominance. Cohort flow (the effect of varying sizes of cohorts moving into the 65+ age group over time) will be the main driver of growth for most older birthplace populations. The shifting demography of Australia's older population signals many policy, planning, service delivery and funding challenges for government and private sector providers. We discuss those related to aged care, health care, language services, the aged care workforce, regulatory frameworks and future research needs in demography and gerontology.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32834077
doi: 10.1186/s41118-020-00091-6
pii: 91
pmc: PMC7403568
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
20Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests.
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