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Economy

Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Level of Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity in Specific Domain, Living Arrangement and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Notes: 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/17943

Last updated 1 day ago (8 Sep 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged65YearsandOverinResidentHouseholdsbyLevelofDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivityinSpecificDomainLivingArrangementandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (35 rows, 11.2 KB)

Number
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(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
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(Total) Females
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(Living with Spouse - Total) Total
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(Living with Spouse - Total) Males
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(Living with Spouse - Total) Females
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(Living with Spouse - No Children in Household) Total
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(Living with Spouse - No Children in Household) Males
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(Living with Spouse - No Children in Household) Females
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(Living with Spouse - With At Least One Employed Child) Total
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(Living with Spouse - With At Least One Employed Child) Males
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(Living with Spouse - With At Least One Employed Child) Females
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(Living with Spouse - With All Non-Employed Children) Total
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(Living with Spouse - With All Non-Employed Children) Males
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(Living with Spouse - With All Non-Employed Children) Females
Text
(Living With Children but Without Spouse - Total) Total
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(Living With Children but Without Spouse - Total) Males
Text
(Living With Children but Without Spouse - Total) Females
Text
(Living With Children but Without Spouse - With At Least One Employed Child) Total
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(Living With Children but Without Spouse - With At Least One Employed Child) Males
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(Living With Children but Without Spouse - With At Least One Employed Child) Females
Text
(Living With Children but Without Spouse - With All Non-Employed Children) Total
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(Living With Children but Without Spouse - With All Non-Employed Children) Males
Text
(Living With Children but Without Spouse - With All Non-Employed Children) Females
Text
(Not Living With Spouse or Children - Total) Total
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(Not Living With Spouse or Children - Total) Males
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(Not Living With Spouse or Children - Total) Females
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(Not Living With Spouse or Children - One-Person Household) Total
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(Not Living With Spouse or Children - One-Person Household) Males
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(Not Living With Spouse or Children - One-Person Household) Females
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(Not Living With Spouse or Children - With Other Elderly Persons Only) Total
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(Not Living With Spouse or Children - With Other Elderly Persons Only) Males
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(Not Living With Spouse or Children - With Other Elderly Persons Only) Females
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(Not Living With Spouse or Children - Others) Total
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(Not Living With Spouse or Children - Others) Males
Text
(Not Living With Spouse or Children - Others) Females
Text
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(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
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(Null)17.1%
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(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
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(Null)17.1%
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(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
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(Null)17.1%
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Total622901284402338499379406221606157800164790918297296118797011274375228266451703496121316212364410797711256620413921531905532301582411187439152727226379722338414581301455377477350641127723787
Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity1/552869257971294899350793203587147206153316846746864217327110348369788242061543087761020531903983014886141637472240134392665107731000243534564679593152067238643121415011713028567966218905
No Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity1/39087318731320356026093714968911124811784763924539221253657431251053177251145362725754111284462575032896064072272131678553572395263404605642596154722712496723980569220128688813240
Some Difficulty in Performing At Least One Basic Activity1/16199670658913388985653897359583546920750147204790529171187356481397725044451277553675738286676831518622598752382762990051862316719520011519246910311439844027745665
Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity1/70032264314360128613180191059411474715543181470092605440244016048352956846052496423952404019912561656550511185038078044448116662815872526347649716154882
Seeing
Without A Lot of Difficulty609918278852331066374190218005156185162824903937243118514811083274315262181678094381258212242710339410777819321884571804331061493610990738419714886301622039409771286954237446340231095723066
No Difficulty516337239702276635326537189096137441145955804436551215827594213640622230714440786894255168087744780805143026650313450250610945955453379861747548721942635446117994878692228874949419380
Some Difficulty935813915054431476532890918743168699950691926873166191025339112340157131566562025947269745019219554593601399214362462197418144261355311069546524514914633686
Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty12983555074335216360116151966143752928231910912427254173580012164584478810923695101212488819677331234781299482145113311041320721
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Level of Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity in Specific Domain, Living Arrangement and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_df70e7fa7d362c880d9647440f67babf/view

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22 Oct 2024

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