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Sample Household Survey: HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population

HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population by Geographical Distribution

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HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population by Geographical Distribution

Data from Jan 2003 to Dec 2018Updated 11 months ago

HDB (Housing & Development Board)

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HDBElderlyandFutureElderlyResidentPopulationbyGeographicalDistribution.csv (208 rows, 6.7 KB)

SHS year
Year (YYYY)
Elderly and future elderly resident population
Text
Town/estate
Text
Number
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2003ElderlySengkang6398
2003ElderlyPunggol1387
2003ElderlySembawang2262
2003ElderlyJurong West11885
2003ElderlyTampines12200
2003ElderlyHougang12300
2003ElderlyYishun7660
2003ElderlyChoa Chu Kang10395
2003ElderlyHougang6229
2003ElderlyBukit Panjang5578

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
SHS yearshs_yearYear (YYYY)--
Elderly and future elderly resident populationelderly_popText-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.
Town/estatetown_estateText-Central area covers areas such as Tanjong Pagar Plaza, Cantonment Road, Jalan Kukoh, Chin Swee Road, York Hill, Upper Cross Street, Sago Lane, Selegie Road
NumbernumberNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. 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
          
dataset_id = "d_4180067b350bc9839a4cea487841d5d1"
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 Geographical Distribution (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 3, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_4180067b350bc9839a4cea487841d5d1/view

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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)