Working Australians are contributing more to support pensioners

Today’s 30-year-olds contribute twice as much tax to support over-65s than Boomers did at 30.

The per-person contribution by age to net benefits for all households aged 65+ by year is valued in 2015-16 dollars and based on the proportion of tax paid by households in each age group. Projection factors in population growth, healthcare cost growth and pension cost projections.
Source: Grattan Institute, ABS