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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure and Highest Qualification Attained of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 01/04/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude heads who were students.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9040

Last updated 18 days ago (22 Aug 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureandHighestQualificationAttainedofHeadofHouseholdCensusofPopulation2000.csv (15 rows, 1.4 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Qualification
Numeric
Primary
Numeric
Lower Secondary
Numeric
Secondary
Numeric
Upper Secondary
Numeric
Polytechnic
Numeric
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%
Total913524173485120346114961220926816254538044557112245
No Family Nucleus1132163261613223123932357581683563573313944
One Person750352159783708128155415472236438459718
Two Or More Persons38180110194853426680332696120018884226
One Family Nucleus7492171291301003309684718620068783395683646791893
One Generation9688316050993389551967185917668587920137
Two Generations592724103527833248022315052654662288012759664067
Three Or More Generations59609955370747669160035530309929927690
Two Family Nuclei491811122065535527108624478220922726060
One Generation195141129611851938
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_258418134ed5ad9cd0af59ad87dce294"
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 Highest Qualification Attained of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_258418134ed5ad9cd0af59ad87dce294/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)