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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure and Occupation of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude household reference persons who were not employed.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17485

Last updated 4 days ago (5 Sep 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureandOccupationofHouseholdReferencePersonCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 1.4 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers
Numeric
Professionals
Numeric
Associate Professionals & Technicians
Numeric
Clerical Support Workers
Numeric
Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers
Numeric
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
Others1/
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%
(Null)0.0%
Total106248622473423721419224568591103977431951083597370510467
No Family Nucleus1981283196549534363161802822663537912281207031259
One Person14668924006378432689012923164563771900814983810
Two or More Persons51440795911691942651066207160732745721450
One Family Nucleus80218617824117606514536847181750853445988355488308602
One Generation142429273253491624070687914076618415186121971595
Two Generations59364813473412685110895436072550072592265876338626371
Three or More Generations6610916182142981234442296002235372932770637
Two Family Nuclei5968613810111811024331425937321275004089573
One or Two Generations 13596255321292443678153084321931119107
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_272581022252849cc96d45305381fc68"
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 Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_272581022252849cc96d45305381fc68/view

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Created on

22 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)