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      "@language": "en-AU"
    }
  ],
  "url": "share.csv",
  "dc:title": "Age Pension recipients as a share of Australian residents aged 65 and over and of those aged 67 and over, since 2013",
  "dc:source": "https://retirementwealth.com.au/charts/age-pension-recipients/",
  "dc:modified": {
    "@value": "2026-10-24",
    "@type": "xsd:date"
  },
  "notes": [
    {
      "rdfs:comment": "Age Pension recipients as a share of Australian residents aged 65 and over and of those aged 67 and over, since 2013. Retirement Wealth, https://retirementwealth.com.au/charts/age-pension-recipients/"
    },
    {
      "rdfs:comment": "share is age_pension_recipients divided by population, as a percentage to one decimal place, half up. The count is as at the department's extraction date in the quarter and the population estimate is for the end of the quarter; they are matched by quarter. The shares are worked out by Retirement Wealth from the two published series. They are not published by the Department of Social Services or the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Method: https://retirementwealth.com.au/methods/share-of-population/"
    },
    {
      "rdfs:comment": "The share runs to the March 2026 quarter, the latest quarter with both counts. National, state and territory population, June 2026, expected 17 December 2026, extends it to the June 2026 quarter."
    },
    {
      "rdfs:comment": "Age Pension recipients: Department of Social Services, Australian Government, DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - quarterly data, sourced on 24 October 2026, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dss-payment-demographic-data, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU)."
    },
    {
      "rdfs:comment": "Population estimates: Australian Bureau of Statistics (March 2026) National, state and territory population, https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/national-state-and-territory-population/mar-2026, ABS Website, accessed 24 October 2026. CC BY 4.0."
    },
    {
      "rdfs:comment": "Retirement Wealth provides selected factual information about Australian retirement rules and rates. It does not provide personal or general financial product advice or recommend financial products. Summaries may not cover every condition or exception. Check the linked official sources and obtain advice appropriate to your circumstances before making financial decisions."
    }
  ],
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        "titles": "quarter",
        "datatype": "string",
        "required": true,
        "dc:description": "The quarter, as YYYY-Qn: 2026-Q1 is the March 2026 quarter."
      },
      {
        "name": "quarter_end",
        "titles": "quarter_end",
        "datatype": "date",
        "required": true,
        "dc:description": "The last day of the quarter: the day the population estimate is for."
      },
      {
        "name": "population_age",
        "titles": "population_age",
        "datatype": "integer",
        "required": true,
        "dc:description": "The population the share is of: people aged 65 or 67 and over."
      },
      {
        "name": "age_pension_recipients",
        "titles": "age_pension_recipients",
        "datatype": "integer",
        "required": true,
        "dc:description": "The count of Age Pension recipients in the quarter, as published."
      },
      {
        "name": "recipients_as_at",
        "titles": "recipients_as_at",
        "datatype": "date",
        "dc:description": "The date the count is as at."
      },
      {
        "name": "population",
        "titles": "population",
        "datatype": "integer",
        "required": true,
        "dc:description": "The ABS estimated resident population at that age and over at quarter_end."
      },
      {
        "name": "population_status",
        "titles": "population_status",
        "datatype": "string",
        "dc:description": "The revision status of the population estimate: preliminary, revised or final."
      },
      {
        "name": "share",
        "titles": "share",
        "datatype": "decimal",
        "required": true,
        "dc:description": "age_pension_recipients divided by population, as a percentage to one decimal place."
      },
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        "name": "derived",
        "titles": "derived",
        "datatype": "boolean",
        "required": true,
        "dc:description": "Always true: share is worked out by Retirement Wealth and is not a published figure."
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