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Economy

Resident Households by Per Capita Monthly Household Income from Work and Highest Qualification Attained of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/07/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude heads who were students. Data on income from work have been updated to include Additional MediSave Contributions from employers with the release of the Key Household Income Trends 2025 report in February 2026. For more information, you may refer to the Technical Note on Household Income (https://go.gov.sg/khit2025-tech-note) which explains the concepts and components of our household income coverage.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8743

Last updated 27 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyPerCapitaMonthlyHouseholdIncomefromWorkandHighestQualificationAttainedofHeadofHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (11 rows, 1.1 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Qualification
Numeric
Primary
Numeric
Lower Secondary
Numeric
Secondary
Numeric
Upper Secondary
Numeric
Polytechnic
Numeric
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma
Numeric
University
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%
Total1022642155071120202127908223542984246756848431181496
No Working Person101378397891496312655157625663191034227214
Below 25026495665650324634581015166606251563
250 - 49984961198121845916259202715802144012911628
500 - 749106287205551937519939277229597279926523647
750 - 9991005201641316167168732824810639407235034606
1,000 - 1,499174433235652193825816465162103111508756116499
1,500 - 1,999122423132191164414213307151477012045729018528
2,000 - 2,4998568772985986810818522100929977587919825
2,500 - 2,999566753212323441111075460487014400318298
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_0c6c222fc5e9747bfa1fb0e5c158fa36"
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. (2024). Resident Households by Per Capita Monthly Household Income from Work and Highest Qualification Attained of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0c6c222fc5e9747bfa1fb0e5c158fa36/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)