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Collection: Sample Household Survey: Dependency Ratio of HDB Resident Population, by Ethnic Group and Flat Type

Dataset: Old-age Dependency Ratio of HDB Resident Population by Ethnic Group

Housing

Old-age Dependency Ratio of HDB Resident Population by Ethnic Group

HDB (Housing & Development Board)

Data from Jan 2008 to Dec 2013

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

Old age dependency ratio by Ethnic group

Data explorer

OldageDependencyRatioofHDBResidentPopulationbyEthnicGroup.csv (10 rows, 202 B)

SHS Year Year (YYYY)	Ethnic Group Text	Old-age Dependency Ratio Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2008	Chinese	15
2008	Malay	8.7
2008	Indian	9.1
2008	Others	9.3
2008	All	13.5
2013	Chinese	17.4
2013	Malay	9.6
2013	Indian	8.3
2013	Others	5.8
2013	All	15.2

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
SHS Year	shs_year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Ethnic Group	ethnic_group	Text	-	-
Old-age Dependency Ratio	old_age_depndency_ratio	Numeric	Ratio	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_c99a6b0384bcfc0d7f7a175da170f7ca"
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). Old-age Dependency Ratio of HDB Resident Population by Ethnic Group (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_c99a6b0384bcfc0d7f7a175da170f7ca/view

About this dataset

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Created on

11 Aug 2016

Licence

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

Agency

HDB (Housing & Development Board)