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Collection: Sample Household Survey: HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population

Dataset: HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population by Flat Type

Housing

HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population by Flat Type

HDB (Housing & Development Board)

Data from Jan 2003 to Dec 2018

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

Data explorer

HDBElderlyandFutureElderlyResidentPopulationbyFlatType.csv (72 rows, 1.9 KB)

SHS year Year (YYYY)	Elderly and future elderly resident population Text	Flat type Text	Percentage Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2003	Elderly	1-room	4.6
2003	Elderly	2-room	6.3
2003	Elderly	3-room	29.6
2003	Elderly	4-room	36.4
2003	Elderly	5-room	17.7
2003	Elderly	Executive	5.4
2003	Future Elderly	1-room	2
2003	Future Elderly	2-room	3.7
2003	Future Elderly	3-room	31.5
2003	Future Elderly	4-room	36.5

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
SHS year	shs_year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Elderly and future elderly resident population	elderly_pop	Text	-	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.
Flat type	flat_type	Text	-	-
Percentage	percentage	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6c678a9e6cf49086c1fea012c40ceafe"
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 Flat Type (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6c678a9e6cf49086c1fea012c40ceafe/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

25 Oct 2021

Licence

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

Agency

HDB (Housing & Development Board)