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Average Monthly Household Income Among Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18)

Last updated: 27 Oct 2024, 23:23 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 31/07/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18

Footnotes: Income data include employer CPF contributions.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16488

Data explorer

AverageMonthlyHouseholdIncomeAmongResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandIncomeQuintileHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (21 rows, 1.7 KB)

Dollar
Text
Total
Numeric
(Income Quintile 1/) 1st - 20th 2/
Numeric
(Income Quintile 1/) 21st - 40th
Numeric
(Income Quintile 1/) 41st - 60th
Numeric
(Income Quintile 1/) 61st - 80th
Numeric
(Income Quintile 1/) 81st - 100th
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total117772235598196781440726587
Couple-Based Households1404829156760108711652732693
Head Aged Below 35 Years1332635316872102541345921207
No Children in Household14810157050637188992719023
With Children in Household1233436217193109881566728436
Head Aged 35 - 49 Years1729337258141120561772434255
No Children in Household157351526515570511045922782
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years1828639708559129191936241364
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years1542936187702120821831337340
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years & Over1516237287913108841681735296

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
DollarDollarTextDollar-
TotalTotalNumericDollar-
(Income Quintile 1/) 1st - 20th 2/IncomeQuintile1_1st_20th2NumericDollar-
(Income Quintile 1/) 21st - 40thIncomeQuintile1_21st_40thNumericDollar-
(Income Quintile 1/) 41st - 60thIncomeQuintile1_41st_60thNumericDollar-
(Income Quintile 1/) 61st - 80thIncomeQuintile1_61st_80thNumericDollar-
(Income Quintile 1/) 81st - 100thIncomeQuintile1_81st_100thNumericDollar-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_2c7355a6a13ffe768f1b725f7905b5f1"
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). Average Monthly Household Income Among Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 26, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2c7355a6a13ffe768f1b725f7905b5f1/view

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Created on

27 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)