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Economy

Resident Households by Age Group of Head of Household & Household Living Arrangement and Number of Working Persons in Household (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/07/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

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/8726

Last updated 1 month ago (19 Jul 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyAgeGroupofHeadofHouseholdHouseholdLivingArrangementandNumberofWorkingPersonsinHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (30 rows, 2.1 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Working Person
Numeric
1 Working Person
Numeric
2 Working Persons
Text
3 Working Persons
Text
4 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%
Total10244581023614030373903199435834383
Married Couple-Based With Children624491185692161912834167729229022
Married Couple-Based Without Children13627427562389286268752541843
Lone Parent9282410563503512360267111598
One-Person1032713423269039---
Others6759711435285282061451011920
Head of Household Aged Below 35 Years1382603467499397233788433674
Married Couple-Based With Children61927751192683583042211856
Married Couple-Based Without Children404492877173299102238841
Lone Parent87605175377219157995
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3d394fe6cdfdc7f8f73687ca11974cd5"
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 (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3d394fe6cdfdc7f8f73687ca11974cd5/view

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Created on

19 Jul 2026

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)