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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Number of Working Persons in Household* (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 01/04/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: *Excludes maids & members working overseas for six months or more.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9056

Last updated 2 months ago (22 Jun 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandNumberofWorkingPersonsinHouseholdCensusofPopulation2000.csv (26 rows, 2.1 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Working Person
Numeric
1 Working Person
Numeric
2 Working Persons
Numeric
3 Working Persons
Text
4 Working Persons
Text
5 Or More Working Persons
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)11.5%
(Null)15.4%
Total9150907860636676034465888016291087942
Couple Based Households6792933486924302629824772154246236374
Young Couples1077021274320096615357391866662
No Children In Household4088428470302948826521035396
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years6622793624767364073038831247
With Youngest Child Aged 12 Years And Over273149313531nana
Others3183911912318na19
Middle-Aged Couples33528072101455001548952132653461003
No Children In Household3208779710799186321330393136
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years230430493911064810466381911648341
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_484e1bd3f4d5cdc1fc7e4eb7eb60fe1c"
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 Number of Working Persons in Household* (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_484e1bd3f4d5cdc1fc7e4eb7eb60fe1c/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)