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Economy

Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Main Source of Financial Support and Type of Dwelling (General Household Survey 2015)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8304

Last updated 6 days ago (3 Sep 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged65YearsandOverinResidentHouseholdsbyMainSourceofFinancialSupportandTypeofDwellingGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (7 rows, 819 B)

Thousands
Text
Total
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings) Total1/
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings) 1- And 2-Room Flats2/
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings) 5-Room And Executive Flats
Numeric
Condominiums And Other Apartments
Numeric
Landed Properties
Numeric
Others
Text
(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)14.3%
Total460.9378.932101.614010536.443.81.7
Allowances Given By Children240.9211.613.35781.859.413.714.90.8
Allowances Given By Spouse21.815.41.245.74.42.73.70.1
Income From Employment/Business93.676.17.32028.620.17.79.40.4
Savings/Interests Earned46.633.63.89.510.49.75.57.30.2
Income From Rental/Dividends/Annuity/Trusts21.310.60.12.43.944.65.90.2
Other Sources36.731.76.38.69.57.32.32.7na
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_8a7980cdb2e6b1cc84f9911f2374f966"
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. (2023). Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Main Source of Financial Support and Type of Dwelling (General Household Survey 2015) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8a7980cdb2e6b1cc84f9911f2374f966/view

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Created on

20 Nov 2023

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)