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Collection: Sample Household Survey: HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population

Dataset: HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population by Ethnic Group

Housing

HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population by Ethnic Group

HDB (Housing & Development Board)

Elderly resident population refers to resident population aged 65 years old and above. Future elderly resident population refers to resident population aged between 55 and 64 years old.

Data from Jan 2003 to Dec 2018

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

Data explorer

HDBElderlyandFutureElderlyResidentPopulationbyEthnicGroup.csv (48 rows, 1.2 KB)

SHS year
Year (YYYY)
Elderly and future elderly resident population
Text
Ethnic group
Text
Percentage
Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2003ElderlyChinese80.4
2003ElderlyMalay12.2
2003ElderlyIndian6.1
2003ElderlyOthers1.3
2003Future ElderlyChinese81.8
2003Future ElderlyMalay11.4
2003Future ElderlyIndian6.1
2003Future ElderlyOthers0.6
2003AllChinese74.4
2003AllMalay16.5
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_1a5bb230195b27f5982682d4bb66bcb0"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Housing & Development Board. (2021). HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population by Ethnic Group (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1a5bb230195b27f5982682d4bb66bcb0/view

About this dataset

Contact

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Created on

25 Oct 2021

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

HDB (Housing & Development Board)