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Economy

Resident Households by Ethnic Group, Economic Status and Sex of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 04/04/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9083

Last updated 17 days ago (23 Aug 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyEthnicGroupEconomicStatusandSexofHeadofHouseholdCensusofPopulation2000.csv (5 rows, 1.1 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Females
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Total
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Males
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total91509075355216153874607764912396954712680621793908883339627330606616901310442964584
Chinese7208485902391306095828905044167847555679348301673777260982140046981379588582352135
Malays10863492252163819231282396991588067789179151424434807651632298566466
Indians7293360793121416071853526719258094514056690262421225021221572664949
Others126741026824061015787851372972684561271430329101251814831034
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_099109c3757cec780f83664d94b0c370"
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 Households by Ethnic Group, Economic Status and Sex of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_099109c3757cec780f83664d94b0c370/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)