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Sample Household Survey: HDB Resident Population by Geographical Distribution

Age of HDB Resident Population by Geographical Distribution

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Age of HDB Resident Population by Geographical Distribution

Data from Jan 2013 to Dec 2018

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:59 SGT

HDB (Housing & Development Board)

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AgeofHDBResidentPopulationbyGeographicalDistribution.csv (364 rows, 10.8 KB)

SHS year Year (YYYY)	Town/estate Text	Age group Text	Percentage Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2013	Sengkang	Below 15	24
2013	Sengkang	15 - 24	11.6
2013	Sengkang	25 - 34	13.4
2013	Sengkang	35 - 44	19.6
2013	Sengkang	45 - 54	16.4
2013	Sengkang	55 - 64	9.9
2013	Sengkang	65 & Above	5.1
2013	Punggol	Below 15	25
2013	Punggol	15 - 24	8.6
2013	Punggol	25 - 34	19.3

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
SHS year	shs_year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Town/estate	town_estate	Text	-	Central area covers areas such as Tanjong Pagar Plaza, Cantonment Road, Jalan Kukoh, Chin Swee Road, York Hill, Upper Cross Street, Sago Lane, Selegie Road
Age group	age_group	Text	-	-
Percentage	percentage	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Figures may not add to 100 due to rounding

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_c6edbb9c9c3ed1642a89e7515a6baca7"
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. (2021). Age of HDB Resident Population by Geographical Distribution (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 5, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_c6edbb9c9c3ed1642a89e7515a6baca7/view

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Created on

25 Oct 2021

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

Agency

HDB (Housing & Development Board)