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Economy

Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Main Source of Financial Support, Age Group and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

Last updated: 22 Apr 2026, 20:00 SGT

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 2010

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8990

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_1c920964239f97903b8ad15bdb793e59"
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.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Main Source of Financial Support, Age Group and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 23, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1c920964239f97903b8ad15bdb793e59/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

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Economy

Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over in Resident Households by Main Source of Financial Support, Age Group and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

Last updated: 22 Apr 2026, 20:00 SGT

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 2010

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8990

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Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged65YearsandOverinResidentHouseholdsbyMainSourceofFinancialSupportAgeGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (7 rows, 1.4 KB)

Number Text	(Total) Total Numeric	(Total) Males Numeric	(Total) Females Numeric	(65 - 69 Years) Total Numeric	(65 - 69 Years) Males Numeric	(65 - 69 Years) Females Numeric	(70 - 74 Years) Total Numeric	(70 - 74 Years) Males Numeric	(70 - 74 Years) Females Numeric	(75 - 79 Years) Total Numeric	(75 - 79 Years) Males Numeric	(75 - 79 Years) Females Numeric	(80 - 84 Years) Total Numeric	(80 - 84 Years) Males Numeric	(80 - 84 Years) Females Numeric	(85 Years & Over) Total Numeric	(85 Years & Over) Males Numeric	(85 Years & Over) 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%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Total	340748	148907	191842	112322	53346	58976	94373	43683	50691	65960	27753	38206	40255	15255	25000	27839	8869	18969
Allowances Given By Children	214078	74307	139772	54237	18353	35884	57167	21409	35758	47318	16835	30483	32191	10827	21364	23166	6883	16283
Allowances Given By Spouse	11003	2429	8574	5823	1176	4647	3248	729	2520	1376	380	996	436	119	317	119	25	94
Income From Employment/Business	41858	30132	11726	25097	17909	7188	11787	8491	3297	3830	2836	995	931	735	196	212	162	51
Savings/Interests Earned	36336	20484	15852	13225	7500	5726	11033	6437	4596	6546	3730	2816	3370	1869	1502	2161	949	1213
Income From Rental/Dividends/Annuity/Trusts	9942	5140	4802	3925	2131	1794	3111	1657	1454	1665	854	812	787	323	464	454	176	278
Other Sources	27531	16415	11116	10014	6278	3736	8027	4961	3066	5224	3119	2105	2539	1382	1157	1727	675	1052

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Males	Total_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Females	Total_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(65 - 69 Years) Total	65_69Years_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(65 - 69 Years) Males	65_69Years_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(65 - 69 Years) Females	65_69Years_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(70 - 74 Years) Total	70_74Years_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(70 - 74 Years) Males	70_74Years_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(70 - 74 Years) Females	70_74Years_Females	Numeric	Number	-

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