Facts and Figures

Figures

 















From this graph and chart it shows the rise in births between the years after the war. Which fits in with the Baby Boom era.

Facts

• 65 year olds can expect to live another 23 years - until their late 80s - as they are living healthier, longer lives. In 1946 and the first half of 1947, 65 year olds could expect to live for only 13 years.

• The number of 65 year olds in Britain will increase by around 150,000 between 2011 and 2012 – those born in the latter half of 1946 and the first half of 1947, corresponding with the post-war spike in births

• In 2011 658,000 people will turn 65. Next year it will increase to 806,000. (DWP). This is nearly 100,000 more than the total number of babies born each year in England and Wales (Local Government Association: Future Demographic trends in England, August 2010)

• In the oldest 10 councils in the UK for every 2 people of working age there will be 1 person in retirement