Research and analysis

Changing working patterns of older people and implications for transport

How working patterns among older people are changing and the implications for travel demand.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 7 July 2020

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Review of working patterns amongst older people and implications for transport

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This study aims to understand how the settlement and working patterns of older adults might change in the next 30 years and what the implications of these changes might be on transport demand.

It looked at 31 studies from the UK, Europe and North America published between 2013 and 2018.

Evidence was sought to answer 4 questions:

• what is the projection for the number of older people and where will they be living?
• what types of jobs will older people do and in which sectors?
• what is the potential for digitally enabled work for extending working lives?
• what do work travel patterns look like in the UK and how will they change in the future?

For the purposes of the study older people is defined as those aged 50 and over.

Published 7 July 2020