One of the most common questions we are always asked, relates to the average cost of a funeral. Living in a consumer culture we are very much interested in the relative cost of things, including funerals. According to the latest Australian Seniors Cost of Death Report (June 2019), most of us think funerals are getting more […]

In Australia, there are almost 900 funeral businesses that will handle more than 170,000 deaths, this year. Most of these deaths bring not just grief to many, but also profit to others.  With 290 funeral homes and 16 cemeteries, InvoCare is by far Australia’s largest death-care corporation, claiming an overall market share of more than 34 percent (and growing). For funeral homes […]

In a new report on funeral prices, consumer advocate CHOICE has exposed the funeral industry’s harmful pricing tactics which can lead grieving families to pay thousands of dollars extra for basic funeral services. CHOICE’s investigation, which included the mystery shopping exercise and survey of 548 people who recently organised a funeral, uncovered major issues with […]

Don’t just take eziFunerals word CHOICE Australia, have just released their latest instalment into the funeral industry, which supports eziFunerals ongoing concerns for consumers and independent funeral homes. In the second of a four-part investigation into the funeral industry, CHOICE Australia look at how much funerals cost, and how businesses control the way we grieve. […]

Nothing can be said to be certain, “Benjamin Franklin famously quipped, except death and taxes”. But the recent announcement by United Kingdom’s second-largest funeral business, Dignity to halt its dividend after a significant profit slump has thrown some doubt into the investment equation and raises some interesting questions for Australia’s 1.5 billion death care industry. According to […]

The rising cost of funerals and the large fluctuations in prices across Australia have become major concerns for consumers, according to new research. In the recent Australian Senior’s Cost of Death (2019) report, a survey of Funeral Directors across Australia found that the average cost of a burial or a cremation varies widely across the […]