Sample Household Survey: Dependency Ratio of HDB Resident Population, by Ethnic Group and Flat Type

Updated 11 months ago

Data is derived from the Sample Household Survey (SHS) which is conducted once every 5 years.

HDB resident population refers to Singapore citizens and Singapore permanent residents (SPRs) residing in HDB flats, excluding subtenants.

Data is based on per 100 population aged 15-64

The old-age dependency ratio is a measure of the relative size of the elderly resident population aged 65 years and above to that of the resident population aged between 15 years and 64 years.

The child dependency ratio is a measure of the relative size of non-working age resident population aged below 15 years to that of the resident population aged between 15 years and 64 years.

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the metadata for this collection. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
collection_id = 185          
url = "https://api-production.data.gov.sg/v2/public/api/collections/{}/metadata".format(collection_id)
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())