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Economy

Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Living Arrangements, Age Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/07/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude elderly who were overseas for 6 months or more.For residents aged 65 years and over in resident households, the Living Arrangement categories are based on presence of their spouse and/or children (including children-in-law) in the same household. The classification also incorporates the labour force status of their children.Data on Living Arrangement of Residents Aged 65 and Over have been updated in June 2026 to incorporate refinements to the identification of child-in-law.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9001

Last updated 18 days ago (22 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged65YearsandOverinResidentHouseholdsbyLivingArrangementsAgeGroupandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 1.9 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 & Over) Total
Numeric
(80 Years & Over) Males
Numeric
(80 Years & 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%
Total2788841211911576931013394701154328759643391442051523532217230181492271809531133
Living With Spouse14595191374545776776639061287054181626334154832246415386707713905105923312
No Children in Household484472914419303212681131799511452990695460779851092690485136491202
With Working Children870665529931767415542450517048244851549789891304590993946798261981785
With Non-Working Children Only1043969313508494532391706280217681034162111794421071745326
Not Living With Spouse But With Children96412165227989021003318317821243103857204532287842171866128221526622955
With Working Children85318149797033919384290416480220753575185002046538221664323394467718716
With Non-Working Children Only110941543955116192781341223528219532413394201948275894239
Not Living With Spouse or Children3652113296232261257047677803983837236115701225694443710222364865
Alone21499724414256735124114940602720204007424914712778387313422531
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_bb1253ca4814456ca098b87405b8683a"
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response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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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 (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bb1253ca4814456ca098b87405b8683a/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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