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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Per Capita Monthly Household Income from Work (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Household income from work includes employer CPF contributions.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8740

Last updated 2 months ago (19 Jun 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandPerCapitaMonthlyHouseholdIncomefromWorkGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (26 rows, 2.8 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Working Person
Text
Below $250
Text
$250 - $499
Text
$500 - $749
Numeric
$750 - $999
Text
$1,000 - $1,499
Numeric
$1,500 - $1,999
Numeric
$2,000 - $2,499
Text
$2,500 - $2,999
Text
$3,000 & Over
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)3.8%
Total102445810236126536850661066161007231747361225878565756628163546
Couple-Based Households7399624515319276655278232078169134777944276458742095113631
Young Couples96840872960380060226514146611292911773963229676
No Children In Household42025286631806671016300037915234526922517
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years54354561896360752465445115489065649143517143
With Youngest Child Aged 12 Years And Over27626na1380526825na13na
Others184nanana29na454847na16
Middle-Aged Couples343391662497643607044544401226417342293281921788353726
No Children In Household3916583129688920912427502147183960327115661
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years225634410170732581530817264794285427878186891158430343
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_43e23f6c3dd58c348869bfd732b2e939"
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). Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Per Capita Monthly Household Income from Work (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_43e23f6c3dd58c348869bfd732b2e939/view

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Created on

24 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)