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Economy

Resident Households by Monthly Household Income from Work and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.Predominant household language refers to the language or dialect spoken by the majority of household members to other members (excluding domestic workers and unrelated persons), taking into account the reported language most frequently spoken and language second most frequently spoken (new in 2020) at home for each household member.Data on income from work have been updated to include Additional MediSave Contributions from employers with the release of the Key Household Income Trends 2025 report in February 2026. For more information, you may refer to the Technical Note on Household Income (https://go.gov.sg/khit2025-tech-note) which explains the concepts and components of our household income coverage.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17521

Last updated 3 days ago (6 Sep 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyMonthlyHouseholdIncomefromWorkandPredominantHouseholdLanguageCensusofPopulation2020.csv (20 rows, 2.4 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
English
Numeric
Mandarin
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects) Total
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects) Hokkien
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects) Teochew
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects) Cantonese
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects) Other Chinese Dialects
Numeric
Malay
Numeric
(Indian Languages) Total
Numeric
(Indian Languages) Tamil
Numeric
(Indian Languages) Other Indian Languages
Numeric
Others
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total11228764509934147821029545071519404271175719105459394793116883109210
No Employed Person9635529761277392679812701583667041556917125342087447351
Below 1,00017541428159284213237176075233027533332587533
1,000 - 1,99947903107411665411398656322802013543741215261392134172
2,000 - 2,9995215313015193849283505817701934522867716661509157127
3,000 - 3,99957971155462201580544570150915694071011720981908190140
4,000 - 4,999560021633622689616834099901485283875418131624189242
5,000 - 5,9995970518781241455264262810981318220857624992237263440
6,000 - 6,999580791876524118414219438081159232823724122205208405
7,000 - 7,999573641915324911383818486661143181701520931762330354
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_48868b2931cb53000981f124978af547"
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 Monthly Household Income from Work and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_48868b2931cb53000981f124978af547/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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