Adelaide's aged population: Changing spatial patterns and their policy implications

Abstract

The number of older persons living in Adelaide's middle and inner suburbs increased significantly between 1971 and 1981. Siumultaneously, many inner suburbs experienced a decline in the number of older residents, though old people continued to make up a large proportion of their total populations and the inner areas commanded a disproportionate share of resources for the aged. This paper examines, with the aid of two local case studies, the nature and causes of these changes, and analyses their policy implications.