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Economy

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

Last updated: 06 Mar 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%
Total1372559220270309754280544275594163466749813052717422
Married Couple-Based Households883364-185843198646237952148184685252806116153
Household Reference Person Aged Below 35 Years75939-286551798314586913433361452793
No Children in Household33135-28655237811796252125828
With Child(ren) in Household42804--1560513407850831251394765
Household Reference Person Aged 35 - 49 Years302896-4065452062876976712433705138567798
No Children in Household 51265-40654535836811063283122104
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years 197190--32514624945447528720120416946
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years34542--745014044804331611257586
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years and Over19899--6739747935421541435163

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
TotalTotalNumericNumber-
1 Person1PersonTextNumber-
2 Persons2PersonsTextNumber-
3 Persons3PersonsNumericNumber-
4 Persons4PersonsNumericNumber-
5 Persons5PersonsNumericNumber-
6 Persons6PersonsNumericNumber-
7 Persons7PersonsNumericNumber-
8 or More Persons8orMorePersonsNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

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 April 6, 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)