diff --git a/include/xo/gc/DX1Collector.hpp b/include/xo/gc/DX1Collector.hpp
index 8279c8e..c81191d 100644
--- a/include/xo/gc/DX1Collector.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/gc/DX1Collector.hpp
@@ -250,6 +250,19 @@ namespace xo {
                                      obj<AAllocator> error_mm,
                                      obj<AGCObject> * p_output) const noexcept;
 
+            /** Report per-age-bucket information as an array of dictionaries.
+             *  Scans to-space to count per-age statistics.
+             *  Each dictionary has keys "n-live" and "bytes".
+             *  Array index corresponds to object age.
+             *
+             *  @p mm        allocate stats from this allocator.
+             *  @p error_mm  allocator for error reporting when out-of-memory.
+             *  @p p_output  on exit @p *p_output contains stats array
+             **/
+            bool report_object_ages(obj<AAllocator> mm,
+                                    obj<AAllocator> error_mm,
+                                    obj<AGCObject> * p_output) const noexcept;
+
             // ----- queries -----
 
             /** introspection for memory use.
diff --git a/include/xo/gc/detail/ICollector_DX1Collector.hpp b/include/xo/gc/detail/ICollector_DX1Collector.hpp
index f73cb01..1ae5fac 100644
--- a/include/xo/gc/detail/ICollector_DX1Collector.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/gc/detail/ICollector_DX1Collector.hpp
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ Creates dictionary using memory from @p report_mm.
 If unable to comply (e.g. oom), return runtime error allocated from @p error_mm.
 Avoiding obj<AGCObject> return type to avoid #include cycle **/
             static bool report_object_types(const DX1Collector & self, obj<AAllocator> report_mm, obj<AAllocator> error_mm, obj<AGCObject> * output) noexcept;
+            /** Report gc object ages, at discretion of collector implementation.
+Creates array of dictionaries using memory from @p report_mm.
+Each dictionary has keys n-live and bytes, indexed by object age.
+If unable to comply (e.g. oom), return runtime error allocated from @p error_mm.
+Avoiding obj<AGCObject> return type to avoid #include cycle **/
+            static bool report_object_ages(const DX1Collector & self, obj<AAllocator> report_mm, obj<AAllocator> error_mm, obj<AGCObject> * output) noexcept;
 
             // non-const methods
             /** install interface @p iface for representation with typeseq @p tseq
diff --git a/src/gc/DX1Collector.cpp b/src/gc/DX1Collector.cpp
index 8a90a0b..f8eb751 100644
--- a/src/gc/DX1Collector.cpp
+++ b/src/gc/DX1Collector.cpp
@@ -529,6 +529,87 @@ namespace xo {
             return ok;
         }
 
+        bool
+        DX1Collector::report_object_ages(obj<AAllocator> mm,
+                                         obj<AAllocator> error_mm,
+                                         obj<AGCObject> * p_output) const noexcept
+        {
+            scope log(XO_DEBUG(true));
+
+            (void)error_mm;
+
+            std::uint64_t n_age = config_.arena_config_.header_.max_age() + 1;
+
+            // stats, indexed by age
+            DArray * stats_v = DArray::empty(mm, n_age);
+
+            if (!stats_v)
+                return false;
+
+            // pre-populate with empty dictionaries for each age bucket
+            for (std::uint64_t a = 0; a < n_age; ++a) {
+                DDictionary * recd = DDictionary::make(mm);
+
+                if (!recd)
+                    return false;
+
+                recd->upsert_cstr(mm, "age", DInteger::box(mm, a));
+                recd->upsert_cstr(mm, "n-live", DInteger::box(mm, 0));
+                recd->upsert_cstr(mm, "bytes", DInteger::box(mm, 0));
+
+                stats_v->push_back(obj<AGCObject,DDictionary>(recd));
+            }
+
+            log && log(xtag("n_age", n_age),
+                       xtag("stats_v.size", stats_v->size()));
+
+            // scan to-space, count objects by age
+
+            // track largest age with at least one object
+            std::int64_t max_age_present = 0;
+
+            for (Generation g{0}; g < config_.n_generation_; ++g) {
+                const DArena * arena = this->get_space(role::to_space(), g);
+
+                for (AllocInfo info : *arena) {
+                    if (info.is_forwarding_tseq()) {
+                        assert(false);
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
+                    uint32_t age = info.age();
+                    size_t z = info.size();
+
+                    if (static_cast<std::int64_t>(age) > max_age_present)
+                        max_age_present = age;
+
+                    auto recd = obj<AGCObject,DDictionary>::from(stats_v->at(age));
+
+                    assert(recd);
+
+                    auto n_live_opt = recd->lookup_cstr("n-live");
+                    assert(n_live_opt);
+                    auto bytes_opt = recd->lookup_cstr("bytes");
+                    assert(bytes_opt);
+
+                    if (n_live_opt && bytes_opt) {
+                        auto n_live_gco = obj<AGCObject,DInteger>::from(n_live_opt.value());
+                        auto bytes_gco = obj<AGCObject,DInteger>::from(bytes_opt.value());
+
+                        n_live_gco->assign_value(n_live_gco->value() + 1);
+                        bytes_gco->assign_value(bytes_gco->value() + z);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            // trim to only report ages up to max observed
+            stats_v->resize(max_age_present + 1);
+
+            *p_output = obj<AGCObject,DArray>(stats_v);
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
         size_type
         DX1Collector::header2size(header_type hdr) const noexcept
         {
diff --git a/src/gc/facet/ICollector_DX1Collector.cpp b/src/gc/facet/ICollector_DX1Collector.cpp
index b07f169..33a28aa 100644
--- a/src/gc/facet/ICollector_DX1Collector.cpp
+++ b/src/gc/facet/ICollector_DX1Collector.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ namespace xo {
             return self.report_object_types(report_mm, error_mm, output);
         }
 
+        auto
+        ICollector_DX1Collector::report_object_ages(const DX1Collector & self, obj<AAllocator> report_mm, obj<AAllocator> error_mm, obj<AGCObject> * output) noexcept -> bool
+        {
+            return self.report_object_ages(report_mm, error_mm, output);
+        }
+
         auto
         ICollector_DX1Collector::install_type(DX1Collector & self, const AGCObject & iface) -> bool
         {