This report informed the work of the Retirement Income Review by presenting results from an online survey about retirement planning, saving and attitudes. Specifically, the survey sought to answer questions under four broad themes:
- Retirement expectations, and attitudes towards the ‘retirement income system’
- Retirement planning and saving
- Voluntary superannuation contributions
- Financial advice
Key findings include that voluntary superannuation contributions appear to have increased over the last decade, many respondents were pessimistic about the future of the Aged Pension, and most respondents had not estimated how much they will need to save for retirement.
A de-identified version of the unit record data from this survey has been lodged with the Australian Data Archive (ADA). Australian researchers may request access to the data and, according to ADA policy, the request must be accepted or rejected within 30 days. Researchers may include (but are not restricted to) academics, policy think tanks, peak bodies, government agencies, or non-government organisation.
