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Thai Elderly Living Alone or in Elderly-Only Households
~2.8M individuals (≈19% of 60+ cohort)
The 2024 National Statistical Office Survey of Older Persons estimates roughly 2.8 million Thais aged 60 and above live alone or in elderly-only households, equivalent to approximately 19 percent of the 60+ cohort and rising. The driver is urban-to-Bangkok and Eastern Economic Corridor migration of working-age children combined with a sub-replacement fertility rate. This is the addressable served available market (SAM) for in-home companion robotics, smart-bed sensors and fall-detection wearables; family-co-habiting elderly are addressable but capture lower urgency. By 2030 the elderly-only-household cohort is projected to exceed 3.6 million.
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The 2024 National Statistical Office Survey of Older Persons estimates roughly 2.8 million Thais aged 60 and above live alone or in elderly-only households, equivalent to approximately 19 percent of the 60+ cohort and rising. The driver is urban-to-Bangkok and Eastern Economic Corridor migration of working-age children combined with a sub-replacement fertility rate. This is the addressable served available market (SAM) for in-home companion robotics, smart-bed sensors and fall-detection wearables; family-co-habiting elderly are addressable but capture lower urgency. By 2030 the elderly-only-household cohort is projected to exceed 3.6 million.
The 2024 National Statistical Office Survey of Older Persons estimates roughly 2.8 million Thais aged 60 and above live alone or in elderly-only households, equivalent to approximately 19 percent of the 60+ cohort and rising. The driver is urban-to-Bangkok and Eastern Economic Corridor migration of working-age children combined with a sub-replacement fertility rate. This is the addressable served available market (SAM) for in-home companion robotics, smart-bed sensors and fall-detection wearables; family-co-habiting elderly are addressable but capture lower urgency. By 2030 the elderly-only-household cohort is projected to exceed 3.6 million.
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FY2024 baseline, projection to 2030
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What this tells you
The 2024 National Statistical Office Survey of Older Persons estimates roughly 2.8 million Thais aged 60 and above live alone or in elderly-only households, equivalent to approximately 19 percent of the 60+ cohort and rising. The driver is urban-to-Bangkok and Eastern Economic Corridor migration of working-age children combined with a sub-replacement fertility rate. This is the addressable served available market (SAM) for in-home companion robotics, smart-bed sensors and fall-detection wearables; family-co-habiting elderly are addressable but capture lower urgency. By 2030 the elderly-only-household cohort is projected to exceed 3.6 million.
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