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The Impact of Changing Demography and Socioeconomic Environments, and Ageing in a Small, Rural Town in Australia

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In rural Australia, the recent global economic downturn was heralded by a highly competitive, global market neo-liberalisation, coupled with the effects of climate change, and a downward spiral of rural depopulation. These structural changes enabled the erosion of once vibrant and independent agricultural regions, and the amalgamation and/or collapse of many of the long-term political, economic, and social institutions in small towns. This paper explores the intersection of these population and socioeconomic changes, and ageing, in a small town in rural Australia. It is based on an analysis of empirical data captured during an ethnographic study conducted in 2012, supplemented with secondary documentary information, and the 2001, 2006, and 2011 census. While reflecting the overall ageing sociodemographic profile of rural Australia, the town also attracted an influx of tree-changers–here, single women aged between 55 and 65 years. The women chose this town because of the availability of cheap housing, and its potential for offering them a viable new lifestyle. However, because these late middle-aged women did not conform to the town’s ideal new resident profile (young families), they were vulnerable to a prevailing suspicion and distrust of newcomers, and excluded from contributing to and/or participating in social, economic, and civic life. In effect, the town’s response to economic threats, political challenges, and demographic change was to maintain the status quo, thereby incubating a resilience profile of inertia and stasis.

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  1. A colloquial term for poker machines and the prevalence of gambling at Sports Clubs.

  2. The SEIFA index is an indication of the relative level of socioeconomic disadvantage based on low income, low educational attainment, high unemployment, and jobs in relatively unskilled occupations. Consequently, a lower score indicates a higher level of disadvantage, with the average population weighted SEIFA score for Australia set at 1000.

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Irwin, P.M. The Impact of Changing Demography and Socioeconomic Environments, and Ageing in a Small, Rural Town in Australia. Population Ageing 12, 247–269 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-019-9241-2

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