Microdata from the Retirement and Retirement Intentions survey for 2014-15 to 2024-25 will be released in TableBuilder and DataLab on 19 November 2025.
In 2024-25, 156,000 people aged 45 and over retired. The average age at retirement for people aged 45 years and over who retired in 2024-25 was 63.8 years.
The average age at retirement for all retired people aged 45 years and over was 57.3 years (60 for men, and 55.2 for women).
Author summary: Retirement age increasing steadily.