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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure and Occupation of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude heads who were not working.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8708

Last updated 27 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureandOccupationofHeadofHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 1.5 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Senior Officials & Managers
Numeric
Professionals
Numeric
Associate Professionals & Technicians
Numeric
Clerical Workers
Numeric
Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
Agricultural & Fishery Workers
Text
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers
Numeric
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total7897151441609295212634566024106535865791391155214747210702
No Family Nucleus994421162413855177001305016303256104996110176643
One Person69039854497841180091631114713411269317124422
Two Or More Persons304033080407159003887515713199230303053221
One Family Nucleus64903012394274279102298496788424578869199100077350779446
One Generation86719149791742217572529295141146568911139022246
Two Generations50595197223510817636939798667615865666082296285626613
Three Or More Generations5636011741577683564588797088597186692613587
Two Family Nuclei400678243460962323246580351372253952167600
One Or Two Generations1001617421000168275116631310821430499153
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_0b454cf32c6301070f10c8bccb196fe7"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Household Structure and Occupation of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0b454cf32c6301070f10c8bccb196fe7/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)