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Economy

Resident Households by Age Group 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: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude heads who were students.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8752

Last updated 27 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyAgeGroupandHighestQualificationAttainedofHeadofHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (13 rows, 1.1 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%
Total1022642155071120202127908223542984246756848431181496
Below 25559583144461136159714422421264
25 - 29378513016232001636945117307269814041
30 - 3493696142329824678176121120912228694836616
35 - 391317514696747310705301391566813519806141490
40 - 4416040586911727020930417751670312005848034551
45 - 4915840114466226742306342747174359425739821192
50 - 5414003216332202612622536911142765743553214752
55 - 59108866211831836219384244919162342040708795
60 - 646232319630114608802104464159148820974240
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_2ac1f61293e520629db6020d0d240079"
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 Age Group 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_2ac1f61293e520629db6020d0d240079/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)