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Economy

Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Living Arrangements, Marital Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/07/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude elderly who were overseas for 6 months or more.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/8999

Last updated 18 days ago (22 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged65YearsandOverinResidentHouseholdsbyLivingArrangementsMaritalStatusandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 1.7 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Single) Total
Text
(Single) Males
Text
(Single) Females
Text
(Married) Total
Numeric
(Married) Males
Numeric
(Married) Females
Numeric
(Widowed) Total
Text
(Widowed) Males
Text
(Widowed) Females
Text
(Divorced/Separated) Total
Text
(Divorced/Separated) Males
Text
(Divorced/Separated) Females
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)33.3%
(Null)33.3%
(Null)33.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)33.3%
(Null)33.3%
(Null)33.3%
(Null)33.3%
(Null)33.3%
(Null)33.3%
Total27888412119115769310809521855911675109875868752944371462579813612825923537
Living With Spouse1459519137454577---1459519137454577------
No Children in Household484472914419303---484472914419303------
With Working Children870665529931767---870665529931767------
With Non-Working Children Only1043969313508---1043969313508------
Not Living With Spouse But With Children9641216522798901272510215685419111494768931107865815370812282480
With Working Children85318149797033910213891414139461019567797995857839327810632215
With Non-Working Children Only110941543955125131315432451298909611207975430165265
Not Living With Spouse or Children365211329623226106825192549058743193268117544354613998242113641057
Alone2149972441425640432108193435761806177012481261698651400713687
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_60298b246d46ce44f2a83b9cd6b6714d"
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, Marital Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_60298b246d46ce44f2a83b9cd6b6714d/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)