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Economy

Resident Households by Age Group of Head of Household & Household Living Arrangement and Number of Working Persons in Household (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: Note: Data on Household Living Arrangement have been revised in June 2026 to be based on the composition of members within the household, instead of the characteristics of the head of household, to provide a more holistic view of household living arrangements.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8566

Last updated 23 days ago (17 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyAgeGroupofHeadofHouseholdHouseholdLivingArrangementandNumberofWorkingPersonsinHouseholdCensusofPopulation2010.csv (30 rows, 2.3 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Working Person
Numeric
1 Working Person
Numeric
2 Working Persons
Text
3 Working Persons
Text
4 Working Persons
Text
5 or More Working Persons
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
Total11459201200104100784241521321954652812956
Married Couple-Based With Children66640015599189494301818109347403709772
Married Couple-Based Without Children158613330064587869353677223161288
Lone Parent105950115255277229437101521767296
One-Person1398764565594221----
Others75080142252771323543592420751601
Head of Household Aged Below 35 Years13040451774886560301981439212325
Married Couple-Based With Children52295641143672968950531890655
Married Couple-Based Without Children343813876231237992305941718
Lone Parent59525243213156751811219
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_33ffd82918c26109077c1fac06f6edae"
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. (2026). Resident Households by Age Group of Head of Household & Household Living Arrangement and Number of Working Persons in Household (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_33ffd82918c26109077c1fac06f6edae/view

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Created on

17 Jul 2026

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)