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Economy

Residents Aged 65 Years And Over In Resident Households By Living Arrangement And Age Group, Annual

Data from Jan 2010 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 13 Jul 2025, 23:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 13/02/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data for 2010 and 2020 are based on the Census of Population while data for 2015 are based on the General Household Survey. Data for all other years are based on the Comprehensive June Labour Force Survey. Survey estimates are subject to sampling variability. Data on living arrangement are as declared by survey respondents. The presence of spouse/ children is based on those living in the same household and is regardless of age.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M810821

Data explorer

ResidentsAged65YearsAndOverInResidentHouseholdsByLivingArrangementAndAgeGroupAnnual.csv (36 rows, 5.6 KB)

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Total767900708700683800658900622900605000556300535600492700460900466300413100389800370300340700
Living With Spouse & At Least One Child In Household271800243700255800221800214600183900180500173400165900166000168100150000137200130200121100
Living With Spouse, No Children In Household20860019700017390018640016480018570015330014990012810010730011090092200877008280066100
Living Alone In Household872007810078600645006380067600582005380047400412004210035200312002950027900
Living With Children But Without Spouse In Household132000135800131700131400131600123300120600118100115800116500115300111100108300105700106100
Others684005410043800548004810044500438004040035500299002990024700254002210019500
65 - 69 Years279600265500263400256600230200235600212300207800202100183300178000150400136100123100112300
Living With Spouse & At Least One Child In Household12960011830012450011230010190090800868008440086600848008210070000634005750053400
Living With Spouse, No Children In Household719007200065300722006240077500648006380057300485004620037100337003160024600
Living Alone In Household300002610029400246002290023500207001900019000123001490012100870073008300

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_45acf574880ac493ec638f72338e62d5"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Residents Aged 65 Years And Over In Resident Households By Living Arrangement And Age Group, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 22, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_45acf574880ac493ec638f72338e62d5/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)