Resident Households by Monthly Household Income and Age Group of Main Income Earner (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18)

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Resident Households by Monthly Household Income and Age Group of Main Income Earner (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18)

Last updated: 09 Nov 2024, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 31/07/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16505

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ResidentHouseholdsbyMonthlyHouseholdIncomeandAgeGroupofMainIncomeEarnerHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (15 rows, 1.7 KB)

Per Cent Text	Total Numeric	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) Below 25 Numeric	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 25 - 29 Numeric	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 30 - 34 Numeric	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 35 - 39 Numeric	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 40 - 44 Numeric	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 45 - 49 Numeric	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 50 - 54 Numeric	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 55 - 59 Numeric	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 60 - 64 Numeric	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 65 & Over 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%
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Below 1,000	6	5.3	0.6	1	1.8	2.2	2.2	2.8	6	13.2	22.6
1,000 - 1,999	6.1	7.2	1	1.2	1.4	1.9	2.5	3.6	4.8	11.8	23.9
2,000 - 2,999	6.3	4.3	3.1	2.1	1.8	3.2	4.7	5.9	7	12.7	16.1
3,000 - 3,999	6.4	10.7	3.7	3.9	3.1	4.5	5.8	6	9.2	10.8	10.2
4,000 - 4,999	6.3	8.5	7.1	4.5	5.4	5	6	6.1	8.9	7.3	6.6
5,000 - 5,999	5.8	8.9	7.8	6.3	5.3	5.1	5.8	7.1	6.2	4.7	3.6
6,000 - 7,999	11.3	19.3	18.4	11.5	11.8	11.6	14.3	10.9	9.9	8.1	4.7
8,000 - 9,999	9.5	14.3	13.9	12.5	11.7	10.1	9.8	10.6	9	4.7	3
10,000 - 11,999	8	9.3	10.7	12.7	9.6	9.1	8.2	8.7	7.1	4.8	1.9

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Per Cent	PerCent	Text	Per Cent	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) Below 25	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_Below25	Numeric	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 25 - 29	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_25_29	Numeric	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 30 - 34	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_30_34	Numeric	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 35 - 39	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_35_39	Numeric	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 40 - 44	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_40_44	Numeric	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 45 - 49	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_45_49	Numeric	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 50 - 54	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_50_54	Numeric	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 55 - 59	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_55_59	Numeric	Per Cent	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_0973b3666ccf235082880d10a1deadd4"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Resident Households by Monthly Household Income and Age Group of Main Income Earner (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 30, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0973b3666ccf235082880d10a1deadd4/view

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