Age Pension Recipients — methodology

What this metric measures

Total number of Australians receiving Age Pension, the primary retirement income support payment.

Why it matters: Tracks the scale of retirement income support. Influenced by demographics, superannuation adequacy, and age pension eligibility rules.

Source & provenance

Publisher

DSS Income Support Recipients Monthly Ti

Update frequency

monthly

Licence

CC BY 4.0

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How the score is computed

The score is a 0–100 normalisation of the latest observation, compared to a baseline window. The traffic-light rating (RAG) reflects both the absolute level and the recent trend.

Direction

Context-dependent

Trend window

60 months

Baseline

Last 10 years

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