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Average and Median Age of HDB Population by Ethnic Group

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Average and Median Age of HDB Population by Ethnic Group

Data from Jan 2008 to Dec 2018

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:51 SGT

HDB (Housing & Development Board)

Average age by Ethnic group

Data explorer

AverageandMedianAgeofHDBPopulationbyEthnicGroup.csv (15 rows, 336 B)

SHS Year Year (YYYY)	Ethnic Group Text	Average Age Numeric	Median Age Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2008	Chinese	38.4	39
2008	Malay	32.4	40
2008	Indian	33.7	34
2008	Others	34.2	35
2008	All	36.9	37
2013	Chinese	39.5	40
2013	Malay	33.7	31
2013	Indian	33.2	34
2013	Others	32.5	34
2013	All	37.9	39

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
SHS Year	shs_year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Ethnic Group	ethnic_group	Text	-	-
Average Age	average_age	Numeric	Years	-
Median Age	median_age	Numeric	Years	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a24664d0ad7d21edfc7245e0195d7503"
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. (2016). Average and Median Age of HDB Population by Ethnic Group (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 15, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a24664d0ad7d21edfc7245e0195d7503/view

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Created on

28 Jun 2016

Licence

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

Agency

HDB (Housing & Development Board)