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Economy

Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Living Arrangements, Ethnic Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/07/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude elderly who were overseas for 6 months or more.For residents aged 65 years and over in resident households, the Living Arrangement categories are based on presence of their spouse and/or children (including children-in-law) in the same household. The classification also incorporates the labour force status of their children.Data on Living Arrangement of Residents Aged 65 and Over have been updated in June 2026 to incorporate refinements to the identification of child-in-law.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9000

Last updated 18 days ago (22 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged65YearsandOverinResidentHouseholdsbyLivingArrangementsEthnicGroupandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 1.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Numeric
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Text
(Others) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
Total278884121191157693228225974441307822910212907161951795193498602360614922115
Living With Spouse14595191374545771217217474046981141309622450881465854229219541158796
No Children in Household48447291441930340844241851665935122280123132312232999860446414
With Working Children870665529931767724874518727300938464602924428831151173906537370
With Non-Working Children Only1043969313508839053683022123488135362750712018717513
Not Living With Spouse But With Children96412165227989076660126826397812634252310111619811785020921139782
With Working Children8531814979703396789011492563981117122788893541310704343844139704
With Non-Working Children Only11094154395518770119075791462244121878510867777-77
Not Living With Spouse or Children36521132962322629844100221982323387621576360723171290732195537
Alone21499724414256183715890124819722337391843102781631393220
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dataset_id = "d_0f5d33ced121060d25143e552120337f"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Living Arrangements, Ethnic Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0f5d33ced121060d25143e552120337f/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

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