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Economy

Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Main Source of Financial Support, Age Group and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 01/04/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: *Exclude elderly who were overseas for 6 months or more.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8996

Last updated 18 days ago (22 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged65YearsandOverinResidentHouseholdsbyMainSourceofFinancialSupportAgeGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (7 rows, 1.2 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(65 - 69 Years) Total
Numeric
(65 - 69 Years) Males
Numeric
(65 - 69 Years) Females
Numeric
(70 - 74 Years) Total
Numeric
(70 - 74 Years) Males
Numeric
(70 - 74 Years) Females
Numeric
(75 - 79 Years) Total
Numeric
(75 - 79 Years) Males
Numeric
(75 - 79 Years) Females
Numeric
(80 Years And Over) Total
Numeric
(80 Years And Over) Males
Numeric
(80 Years And Over) 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)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total228639100691127948865674106645501636132832435289388771664822229395821465324929
Allowances Given By Children17150563676107830561432081835325485971843030167321191232319797346461210522541
Allowances Given By Spouse5208894431431264212705125726699154311043228297186
Income From Employment/Business226601777348871474111564317855474328121917191368352653514139
Savings/Interests Earned184381214962908153559625575278342418542860189296821471237910
Income From Rental/Dividends1668959709697417280453240214274159115244144100
Other Sources91605241391937082251145724811637844136279756516105571053
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_203d0097fbd3c5e1e888cdb764384b81"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Main Source of Financial Support, Age Group and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_203d0097fbd3c5e1e888cdb764384b81/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)