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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of 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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9046

Last updated 2 months ago (22 Jun 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementEthnicGroupandSexofHeadofHouseholdCensusofPopulation2000.csv (26 rows, 3.5 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Text
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Text
(Others) Females
Text
(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)15.4%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)11.5%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)26.9%
Total915090753552161538720848590239130609108634922521638172933607931214112674102682406
Couple Based Households6792936591312016253008551382316262865028437821245382952380144988768549327
Young Couples10770210422734757921776581263617008165224851020599072991272121656
No Children In Household4088439327155834064327701294284427341103447332612153049733
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years662276435618714476843458131014063136923716666649317373171417
With Youngest Child Aged 12 Years And Over2732492413011614979254136555na
Others318295232562391855na5252na5na5
Middle-Aged Couples3352803257639516256783249448733546134449931141281642727888641994045154
No Children In Household3208730603148425594245071087306528771872756257518267264428
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years23043022570547241728331691683665350693447959019655192793762873278093
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_49b3b9a77f00515573ddf2aeb01f59c0"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_49b3b9a77f00515573ddf2aeb01f59c0/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)