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Economy

Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Living Arrangements, Age Group and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 01/04/2016

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/8997

Last updated 2 months ago (22 Jun 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged65YearsandOverinResidentHouseholdsbyLivingArrangementsAgeGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (12 rows, 1.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(65 - 69 Years) Total
Numeric
(65 - 69 Years) Males
Numeric
(65 - 69 Years) Females
Numeric
(70 - 74 Years) Total
Numeric
(70 - 74 Years) Males
Numeric
(70 - 74 Years) Females
Numeric
(75 - 79 Years) Total
Numeric
(75 - 79 Years) Males
Numeric
(75 - 79 Years) Females
Numeric
(80 Years And Over) Total
Numeric
(80 Years And Over) Males
Numeric
(80 Years And Over) 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%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total228639100691127948865674106645501636132832435289388771664822229395821465324929
Living With Spouse1152217426640955549773287722101328362106311774164441175146941096385762387
No Children In Household318491989011958144738266620892515761349049223398152432022466737
With Working Children756304920826422366642209514569215991402775721049076482841687854371441
With Non-Working Children Only774251682574384025161325198612747121033704328883674209
Living With Children Only85140152476989321740360118139230873986191021770931201459022603454118063
With Working Children75883137616212120169334516823213873682177051585728121304618470392214547
With Non-Working Children Only92571486777215722561316170130413971852308154441336183515
Not Living With Spouse Or Children282781117717100984945885261768932754414472317782946601615364480
Alone15237583394035325229030354496173127652706935177127108771833
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7fb6d91e0212e155c0d5f31843f54cf3"
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 Living Arrangements, Age Group and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7fb6d91e0212e155c0d5f31843f54cf3/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)