A measurement
Your pathology report
Actual measured values from a sample of your blood, with the performing laboratory’s interval printed beside each one. This is the ground truth everything else is built from.
Biological age in Australia
There is no single test for your real age.
There is no single test for biological age. This page explains the difference between a model estimate, a pathology report and an optional panel, and which nine blood markers Vector actually uses.
Three different things
An estimate, a measurement, and a way to get measurements.
These get conflated constantly, including by people selling tests. They answer different questions and they are not interchangeable.
A way to get one
An optional panel
One route to obtaining new measurements. Useful when you have nothing recent, but ordering a panel is not itself a biological age test.
A model output
A biological age estimate
A calculation performed on those measurements. Different models use different inputs and calibrations, so two estimates from two products will rarely agree — and neither is a diagnosis.
The inputs
Nine markers carry Vector's estimate.
Albumin, creatinine, glucose, hs-CRP, absolute lymphocytes, MCV, RDW, ALP and white cell count, read against your chronological age. ApoB, HbA1c, total testosterone, SHBG and oestradiol can act as secondary modifiers where the supporting results exist; Apple Health is a separate context layer that never silently rewrites the estimate.
Read the technical methodQuestions
What people ask about biological age testing in Australia.
Is there a single biological age test in Australia?
No. There is no single test that measures biological age, in Australia or anywhere else. What exists are models that estimate it from measurements you already have — most commonly a routine blood panel — and different models use different inputs and calibrations, so their answers are not interchangeable.
What is a biological age test in Australia?
In practice it is a calculation run on a standard pathology panel, not a distinct test you order from a laboratory. An Australian collection centre measures the analytes; the model turns those numbers into an estimate. Vector performs that calculation on the reports you already have, so no new test is required to get an estimate.
How much does a biological age test cost in Australia?
Using Vector on an existing pathology report costs nothing — the record and the biological age estimate are free. If you have no recent bloods, an optional Vector pathology panel starts at 99 AUD for Baseline and 249 AUD for Plus (prices checked 2 August 2026). Vector Premium, at 9.99 AUD a month, adds the twelve-month projection rather than the estimate itself.
Which blood markers does Vector use to estimate biological age?
Nine core markers carry the estimate: albumin, creatinine, glucose, hs-CRP, absolute lymphocytes, MCV, RDW, alkaline phosphatase and white cell count, read against your chronological age. ApoB, HbA1c, total testosterone, SHBG and oestradiol act as secondary modifiers where those results exist, and Apple Health data is separate context that never silently rewrites the estimate.
Are biological age tests accurate?
A biological age estimate is a model output, not a measurement, and its accuracy is bounded by the data behind it. The direction it moves across several of your own reports, using one consistent model, carries far more information than any single number — which is why Vector leads with the trend rather than the figure.
Start with evidence you already have.
Import an existing Australian pathology report before deciding whether you need any more testing at all.