Preservation age

Name: Preservation age
Creator: retirementwealth.com.au

60years

Applies from 1 July 2024
Source: ATO
Last verified 11 October 2026

Value: 60 years
Unit: Years
Applies from: 1 July 2024
Reset cycle: Set by legislation. It changes only when the law changes.
Official source: ATO: Payments from super
Last verified: 11 October 2026, against the official source.

About this figure

The ATO sets preservation age by date of birth: 60 for anyone born on or after 1 July 1964, and lower ages for earlier birth dates. The effective date is worked out from that table (the first day a person born on 1 July 1964 turns 60); the ATO page does not state it.

Change history

No earlier value has been recorded for this figure.

This figure as JSON

{
  "id": "preservation_age",
  "value": 60,
  "unit": "years",
  "effective_from": "2024-07-01",
  "effective_from_basis": "value",
  "resets": "legislated",
  "source": {
    "publisher": "ATO",
    "title": "Payments from super"
  },
  "verification": {
    "status": "verified_primary",
    "checked_on": "2026-10-11"
  }
}

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