In 2022, there were approximately 78.6 thousand single-person elderly households in Singapore. This figure has been increasing in the past ten years, as Singapore faces the challenge of an ageing population. By 2050, it was projected that more than 30 percent of the
Number of one-person households aged 65 years and above in Singapore from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s)
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (February 9, 2023). Number of one-person households aged 65 years and above in Singapore from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113131/singapore-elderly-single-households-number/
Singapore Department of Statistics. "Number of one-person households aged 65 years and above in Singapore from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. February 9, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113131/singapore-elderly-single-households-number/
Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Number of one-person households aged 65 years and above in Singapore from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113131/singapore-elderly-single-households-number/
Singapore Department of Statistics. "Number of One-person Households Aged 65 Years and above in Singapore from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113131/singapore-elderly-single-households-number/
Singapore Department of Statistics, Number of one-person households aged 65 years and above in Singapore from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113131/singapore-elderly-single-households-number/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
Number of one-person households aged 65 years and above in Singapore from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Singapore Department of Statistics, February 9, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113131/singapore-elderly-single-households-number/