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Economy

Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Main Source of Financial Support and Type of Dwelling (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/03/2016

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/8877

Last updated 19 days ago (21 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged65YearsandOverinResidentHouseholdsbyMainSourceofFinancialSupportandTypeofDwellingCensusofPopulation2000.csv (7 rows, 840 B)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings^) Total^
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings^) 1- And 2-Room Flats#
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings^) 3-Room Flats
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings^) 4-Room Flats
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings^) 5-Room And Executive Flats
Numeric
Condominiums And Other Apartments
Numeric
Landed Properties
Numeric
Others
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%
Total228639197431198046426970323419689302205571348
Allowances Given By Children17150515365710707492825809834828554511731572
Allowances Given By Spouse520837163961446111967245196576
Income From Employment/Business2266018777356966635674279410772312494
Savings/Interests Earned1843813231236146803593247114943589125
Income From Rental/Dividends16688128034421115219961938
Other Sources916072392691185416291051536134144
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_4c03e87e0a5b48ec8c9a57d93a364dac"
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). Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Main Source of Financial Support and Type of Dwelling (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_4c03e87e0a5b48ec8c9a57d93a364dac/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)