In 2022, there were approximately 340.4 thousand households in Singapore whose head of households were aged aged 65 years and above. This figure has been increasing in the past twenty years, as Singapore faces the challenge of an ageing population. In 2019, it was announced that the legal retirement age would be raised from 62 years to 65 years by 2030.
Number of households whose heads of households were aged 65 years and above in Singapore from 2003 to 2022 (in 1,000s)
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (February 9, 2023). Number of households whose heads of households were aged 65 years and above in Singapore from 2003 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113126/singapore-households-headed-by-elderly-member/
Singapore Department of Statistics. "Number of households whose heads of households were aged 65 years and above in Singapore from 2003 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. February 9, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113126/singapore-households-headed-by-elderly-member/
Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Number of households whose heads of households were aged 65 years and above in Singapore from 2003 to 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113126/singapore-households-headed-by-elderly-member/
Singapore Department of Statistics. "Number of Households Whose Heads of Households Were Aged 65 Years and above in Singapore from 2003 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113126/singapore-households-headed-by-elderly-member/
Singapore Department of Statistics, Number of households whose heads of households were aged 65 years and above in Singapore from 2003 to 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113126/singapore-households-headed-by-elderly-member/ (last visited May 19, 2024)
Number of households whose heads of households were aged 65 years and above in Singapore from 2003 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Singapore Department of Statistics, February 9, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113126/singapore-households-headed-by-elderly-member/