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Economy

Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Living Arrangements, Mobility Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 01/04/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: *Exclude elderly who were overseas for 6 months or more.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8995

Last updated 2 months ago (22 Jun 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged65YearsandOverinResidentHouseholdsbyLivingArrangementsMobilityStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (12 rows, 1.5 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Ambulant) Total
Numeric
(Ambulant) Males
Numeric
(Ambulant) Females
Numeric
(Semi-Ambulant) Total
Numeric
(Semi-Ambulant) Males
Numeric
(Semi-Ambulant) Females
Numeric
(Non-Ambulant) Total
Numeric
(Non-Ambulant) Males
Numeric
(Non-Ambulant) 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%
Total2286391006911279482031059222511088118084597312111744924934957
Living With Spouse1152217426640955105998685603743764623942252027621764998
No Children In Household31849198901195829147182331091419401178762761479282
With Working Children75630492082642269790455902420140162439157718241179645
With Non-Working Children Only77425168257470614738232250532418117710671
Living With Children Only85140152476989371912132865862692491426782339795343445
With Working Children75883137616212164810120855272578181237658132554392816
With Non-Working Children Only9257148677727103120259011431189124172495629
Not Living With Spouse Or Children28278111771710025195103781481723746051769709194514
Alone15237583394031395854478511104430973423677158
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_dc8074de443cee5175b3ed3e714a99a9"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Living Arrangements, Mobility Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_dc8074de443cee5175b3ed3e714a99a9/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)