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Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 31/07/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18

Footnotes: Expenditure data exclude imputed rental of owner-occupied accommodation.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16513

Last updated 27 Oct 2024

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AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandIncomeQuintileHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (21 rows, 1.6 KB)

Dollar
Text
Total
Numeric
(Income Quintile 1/) 1st - 20th 2/
Numeric
(Income Quintile 1/) 21st - 40th
Numeric
(Income Quintile 1/) 41st - 60th
Numeric
(Income Quintile 1/) 61st - 80th
Numeric
(Income Quintile 1/) 81st - 100th
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total490625703753481258267573
Couple-Based Households575830654203533066749285
Head Aged Below 35 Years542733444901509655686463
No Children in Household516041364291342841785914
With Children in Household560633085009549564368282
Head Aged 35 - 49 Years667935844875599769829699
No Children in Household522020543023311837466937
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years7140370351516439768611318
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years6510394445086469702411020
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years & Over618226344772519671299949
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dataset_id = "d_3d4d10386af09a3384645cf24806021f"
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. (2024). Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3d4d10386af09a3384645cf24806021f/view

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Created on

27 Oct 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)