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Sample Household Survey: HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population

HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population by Marital Status

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HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population by Marital Status

Data from Jan 2003 to Dec 2018

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:42 SGT

HDB (Housing & Development Board)

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HDBElderlyandFutureElderlyResidentPopulationbyMaritalStatus.csv (96 rows, 3.5 KB)

SHS year
Year (YYYY)
Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population
Text
Sex
Text
Marital status
Text
Percentage
Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2003ElderlyMaleMarried79.3
2003ElderlyMaleWidowed12.4
2003ElderlyMaleDivorced/Separated3.3
2003ElderlyMaleSingle5
2003ElderlyFemaleMarried40.9
2003ElderlyFemaleWidowed49.8
2003ElderlyFemaleDivorced/Separated4.1
2003ElderlyFemaleSingle5.3
2003ElderlyAllMarried58.9
2003ElderlyAllWidowed32.3

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
SHS yearshs_yearYear (YYYY)--
Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population elderly_popText-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.
SexsexText--
Marital statusmarital_statusText--
PercentagepercentageNumeric (Percentage)-Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_76eb0a0d52db203284c50ccfba84c815"
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 Marital Status (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 20, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_76eb0a0d52db203284c50ccfba84c815/view

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Created on

25 Oct 2021

Licence

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

Agency

HDB (Housing & Development Board)