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Collection: Online Shoppers

Dataset: Online Shoppers by Age Group

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Online Shoppers by Age Group

Data from Jan 2007 to Dec 2018

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:28 SGT

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)

To track the adoption of online shopping by age group in Singapore

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_276031cfd1b2929bb795cdcedd54989e"
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.

Info-communications Media Development Authority. (2016). Online Shoppers by Age Group (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved January 6, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_276031cfd1b2929bb795cdcedd54989e/view

About this dataset

Contact

info@imda.gov.sg

Created on

04 May 2016

Licence

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

Agency

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)

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Social

Online Shoppers by Age Group

Data from Jan 2007 to Dec 2018

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:28 SGT

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)

To track the adoption of online shopping by age group in Singapore

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Data explorer

OnlineShoppersbyAgeGroup.csv (70 rows, 1.5 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Age Group Text	Percentage Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2007	15 to 24 years	29
2007	25 to 34 years	48
2007	35 to 49 years	36
2007	50 to 59 years	30
2007	60 and above	28
2008	15 to 24 years	28
2008	25 to 34 years	50
2008	35 to 49 years	38
2008	50 to 59 years	27
2008	60 and above	17

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Age Group	age_group	Text	-	-
Percentage	percentage	Numeric	Percentage	-

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