These statistics are collated from the last census and presented here in one document by the Australian Government.
Life expectancy refers to the average number of additional years a person of a given age and sex could be expected to live, assuming current age-sex specific death rates are experienced throughout their lifetime.
Life expectancy decreased in 2020-2022 for the first time since the mid 1990's.
Life expectancy at birth for males was 81.2 years and 85.3 years for females, a decrease of 0.1 years for both.
Over the past decade, life expectancy increased by 1.3 years for males and 1.0 years for females.
The gap in life expectancy between males and females is 4.1 years.
Around 30 years ago (1992), life expectancy at birth was 74.5 years for males and 80.4 years for females, a gap of 5.9 years.
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