Overseas-born population from Asia and Africa have proportionally larger young (0-14 years) and working age (15- 64 years) populations compared to those from Europe, indigenous Australians comprise of approximately 2.4% of the population, over the next 50 years, approximately ¼ Australians will be 65 years or older, increasing labour force participation of women, increase in dual-earner households with dependent children, single-parent households, and the ‘sandwich generation’, embracing the LGBT community
