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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure, Ethnic Group and Sex 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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8710

Last updated 27 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureEthnicGroupandSexofHeadofHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 1.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Text
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
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)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total1024458824127200330799335637358161977117467975531991586276719281434821380172884091
No Family Nucleus1492177400275215121723585276319610081500150801243475184916497929552023
One Person1032715151051762852714138043890671333433370804547253320324320611182
Two Or More Persons4594522492234533645217147193063369165817104388279315961736894842
One Family Nucleus819814702751117063636535543798927369865485102135526902560180884415600136701931
One Generation120938113631730798439922176221926488244409756932243434803268212
Two Generations6306375320459859348679740867878119794536813011324531894562675631119896111588
Three Or More Generations6823857075111635129942903839699378149178860815232848922791132
Two Family Nuclei536704581778533976233881588185507268128346274053574731615115
One Or Two Generations139481186020871090392841619173614253111151103112015912038
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_148b8f60142335deb9541ac98a7968ab"
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, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_148b8f60142335deb9541ac98a7968ab/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)