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Economy

Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Living Arrangements, Mobility Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: Notes: 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/8992

Last updated 18 days ago (22 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged65YearsandOverinResidentHouseholdsbyLivingArrangementsMobilityStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (12 rows, 1.6 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Ambulant) Total
Numeric
(Ambulant) Males
Numeric
(Ambulant) Females
Numeric
(Semi-Ambulant) Total
Numeric
(Semi-Ambulant) Males
Numeric
(Semi-Ambulant) Females
Numeric
(Non-Ambulant) Total
Numeric
(Non-Ambulant) Males
Numeric
(Non-Ambulant) 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%
Total340748148907191842296421135161161260361781126524913815024815669
Living With Spouse18720211447572726171518105312662071268573595326299818051194
No Children in Household660933875427339607073561225095444725481900938594344
With At Least One Working Child108232673904084299213620943711972634272299117561025732
With All Non-Working Children12877833245451159976063993974540435304186118
Living With Children but Without Spouse10615117974881778333714951683861840525131589144095093900
With At Least One Working Child9304016140769007431113533607791505021551289536794523227
With All Non-Working Children131111834112779026141976073355358299773057673
Not Living With Spouse or Children473961645830938415651489826668508813933695742167575
Alone27913939818515253648615167502364721164318562123
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_497bff2933f02f6a9af06b4369dc5384"
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 Living Arrangements, Mobility Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_497bff2933f02f6a9af06b4369dc5384/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)