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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure and Number of Working Persons in Household* (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 01/04/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: *Excludes maids & members working overseas for six months or more.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9057

Last updated 17 days ago (23 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureandNumberofWorkingPersonsinHouseholdCensusofPopulation2000.csv (15 rows, 1.1 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Working Person
Text
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)6.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)6.7%
(Null)6.7%
(Null)6.7%
(Null)6.7%
Total9150907860636676034465888016291087942
No Family Nucleus11383131418644771314730891050650
One Person753892527150118nananana
Two Or More Persons384426147143591314730891050650
One Family Nucleus7501194641229401531188271503216794629
One Generation972081803027703478262400887363
Two Generations5932282605624560323612062455190523942
Three Or More Generations596832326207092793666471739324
Two Family Nuclei492247398111192001296960302175
One Generation201na916599324
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_38df8d92eab4ae7269c99792f7baf1a7"
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 Number of Working Persons in Household* (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_38df8d92eab4ae7269c99792f7baf1a7/view

About this dataset

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)