Age in Numbers

66%

The proportion of HR directors who think staff should retire at 65.

75%

The percentage of the public who believe no-one should be stopped from working, no matter how old they are.

51%

The percentage of workers who claim complete ignorance of their rights under the new age regulations.

60,000

The annual projected fall year-on-year in the number of young people entering the workforce after 2010.

2.1 million

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The number of new entrants needed in the adult workforce between 2010 and 2020 that the UK population will not be able
to provide.

1/4 

of the population will be aged over 65 in 2050, compared to one in six now, and one in 20 a century ago.