Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Income Group (Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13)

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Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Income Group (Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/07/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13

Footnotes: Expenditure data exclude imputed rental of owner-occupied accommodation.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16408

Last updated 27 Oct 2024

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AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandIncomeGroupHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201213.csv (21 rows, 2.9 KB)

Dollar Text	Total Numeric	(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) Below 1,000 Text	(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 1,000 - 1,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 2,000 - 2,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 3,000 - 3,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 4,000 - 4,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 5,000 - 5,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 6,000 - 7,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 8,000 - 9,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 10,000 - 11,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 12,000 - 14,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 15,000 - 19,999 Numeric	(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 20,000 & Over Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)4.8%	(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%
Total	4724	1441	1557	2103	2534	3035	3570	3990	4658	5499	6173	7245	10534
Couple-Based Households	5473	1807	1925	2385	2756	3317	3870	4171	4789	5639	6459	7448	10756
Head Aged Below 35 Years	5222	2875	1397	2247	2272	2788	3851	4184	4383	5242	6112	7038	8430
No Children in Household	4994	2316	1878	1762	1806	2604	3337	4192	3827	4384	5631	7258	7199
With Children in Household	5346	2986	1354	2326	2355	2869	4239	4181	4783	5733	6400	6865	8989
Head Aged 35 - 49 Years	6040	1613	2224	2520	2757	3520	4003	4238	4872	5732	6437	7384	10887
No Children in Household	4450	1165	1335	2084	2308	2713	3145	3627	3606	4834	4454	5511	7656
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years	6367	2324	2448	2517	2815	3352	4160	4354	5016	5794	6831	7566	10803
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years	6219	1246	1633	2903	2918	4485	3683	4065	5487	5939	6776	7935	12659
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years & Over	5746	na	3268	2472	2663	3184	4763	4607	4772	6309	6310	8059	14537

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Dollar	Dollar	Text	Dollar	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Dollar	-
(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) Below 1,000	MonthlyIncomeGroup_1_Below1_000	Text	Dollar	-
(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 1,000 - 1,999	MonthlyIncomeGroup_1_1_000_1_999	Numeric	Dollar	-
(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 2,000 - 2,999	MonthlyIncomeGroup_1_2_000_2_999	Numeric	Dollar	-
(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 3,000 - 3,999	MonthlyIncomeGroup_1_3_000_3_999	Numeric	Dollar	-
(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 4,000 - 4,999	MonthlyIncomeGroup_1_4_000_4_999	Numeric	Dollar	-
(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 5,000 - 5,999	MonthlyIncomeGroup_1_5_000_5_999	Numeric	Dollar	-
(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 6,000 - 7,999	MonthlyIncomeGroup_1_6_000_7_999	Numeric	Dollar	-
(Monthly Income Group ($) 1/) 8,000 - 9,999	MonthlyIncomeGroup_1_8_000_9_999	Numeric	Dollar	-

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Income Group (Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2c0cee49fae1ff6e3e8b30594ba52f0f/view

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