The statistics are stark: by 2041, the Greater Sydney region’s population of people over 65 years of age is predicted to reach more than 1.2 million, more than twice as many as there are today.1
Sydney benefits from a wide range of programs to support neighbourhoods and communities adapting to this social shift, including state government strategies and transport plans for seniors, a broad range of efforts led by the not-for-profit and social enterprise sectors (such as The Australian Centre for Social Innovation’s Homeshare, which enables older women to create safe and secure co-living situations), and two local governments (Liverpool and Lane Cove) that have
