Scottish Household Survey -Data Comic 2020

What about older people that are over 60? Well Amit, there has been a slight decrease in older people permanently retiring from work over these 20 years, and an increase in older people staying in employment. And what about housing? More older people owned their home in 2019, and less rented socially. Are older people better off financially in 2019 than in 1999? Yes, there’s been an increase in houses where the top earner is over 60 saying they are managing well financially. In 1999, nearly half of people aged 60+ owned their homes outright - by 2019 this increased to two-thirds. By 2019, more older people were in employment, more owned their homes than before and they were managing better financially too.