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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Household Size (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 06 May 2026, 19:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17487

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandHouseholdSizeCensusofPopulation2020.csv (20 rows, 2.1 KB)

Number Text	Total Numeric	1 Person Text	2 Persons Text	3 Persons Numeric	4 Persons Numeric	5 Persons Numeric	6 Persons Numeric	7 Persons Numeric	8 or More Persons Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)90.0% 22027010.0%	(Null)40.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Total	1372559	220270	309754	280544	275594	163466	74981	30527	17422
Married Couple-Based Households	883364	-	185843	198646	237952	148184	68525	28061	16153
Household Reference Person Aged Below 35 Years	75939	-	28655	17983	14586	9134	3336	1452	793
No Children in Household	33135	-	28655	2378	1179	625	212	58	28
With Child(ren) in Household	42804	-	-	15605	13407	8508	3125	1394	765
Household Reference Person Aged 35 - 49 Years	302896	-	40654	52062	87697	67124	33705	13856	7798
No Children in Household	51265	-	40654	5358	3681	1063	283	122	104
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years	197190	-	-	32514	62494	54475	28720	12041	6946
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years	34542	-	-	7450	14044	8043	3161	1257	586
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years and Over	19899	-	-	6739	7479	3542	1541	435	163

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Number	-
1 Person	1Person	Text	Number	-
2 Persons	2Persons	Text	Number	-
3 Persons	3Persons	Numeric	Number	-
4 Persons	4Persons	Numeric	Number	-
5 Persons	5Persons	Numeric	Number	-
6 Persons	6Persons	Numeric	Number	-
7 Persons	7Persons	Numeric	Number	-
8 or More Persons	8orMorePersons	Numeric	Number	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_39e9c4b81b233a7aecf6b762ad93e4a0"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Household Size (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 3, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_39e9c4b81b233a7aecf6b762ad93e4a0/view

About this dataset

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)