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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Occupation of Head of Household (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 22/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8558

Last updated 2 months ago (17 Jun 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandOccupationofHeadofHouseholdCensusofPopulation2010.csv (22 rows, 2.7 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
Text
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Text
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)13.6%
(Null)4.5%
(Null)4.5%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)13.6%
Total881534164534128210177651641679987964272169104704615168062
Couple-Based Households6546971370049665612900833600664255166098288616350476845
Head Aged Below 35 Years796199023246942414337087262174027312211352488
No Children In Household341533480121901098814182504na13639112591041
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years45275552312476131012262472217266422128511448
With Youngest Child Aged 12 Years And Over1912028542836nanana25na
Head Aged 35 - 49 Years3123907621054204657421524626895932744932854100423655
No Children In Household413059207789597882258369412318134501268551
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years19994751036396164369887351540568159781824949412220
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years4494110959466881442657455512488764262078555
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_10bc7f7723c4719781b4d03798a82a1b"
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 Household Living Arrangement and Occupation of Head of Household (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_10bc7f7723c4719781b4d03798a82a1b/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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