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Economy

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

Last updated: 22 Mar 2026, 20:00 SGT

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/8998

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged65YearsandOverinResidentHouseholdsbyAgeGroupMobilityStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (5 rows, 739 B)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Ambulant) Total
Numeric
(Ambulant) Males
Numeric
(Ambulant) Females
Numeric
(Semi-Ambulant) Total
Numeric
(Semi-Ambulant) Males
Numeric
(Semi-Ambulant) Females
Numeric
(Non-Ambulant) Total
Numeric
(Non-Ambulant) Males
Numeric
(Non-Ambulant) 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%
Total2286391006911279482031059222511088118084597312111744924934957
65 - 698656741066455018210239372427303151112120301314573741
70 - 746361328324352895804026366316744049139926501524559965
75 - 7938877166482222933438147911864638401328251215985291070
80 & Over39582146532492929526116961783070442125491830138322181

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Ambulant) TotalAmbulant_TotalNumericNumber-
(Ambulant) MalesAmbulant_MalesNumericNumber-
(Ambulant) FemalesAmbulant_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Semi-Ambulant) TotalSemi_Ambulant_TotalNumericNumber-
(Semi-Ambulant) MalesSemi_Ambulant_MalesNumericNumber-
(Semi-Ambulant) FemalesSemi_Ambulant_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_8487a800e8f0318e96515d2eeca0b288"
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.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Age Group, Mobility Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8487a800e8f0318e96515d2eeca0b288/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)