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Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/07/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13

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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16430

Last updated 27 Oct 2024

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AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandIncomeQuintileHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201213.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%
Total472422153531470555967575
Couple-Based Households547326943982522862478888
Head Aged Below 35 Years522225654324501355816282
No Children in Household499420784373342841495755
With Children in Household534625984320534763157415
Head Aged 35 - 49 Years604030764312573165129006
No Children in Household445012262428359938205575
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years636731224517598970329886
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years6219344842865832621411459
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years & Over5746275941845383755212239
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dataset_id = "d_4c9f4d8a42fc36da5efa2e120739825c"
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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 2012/13) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_4c9f4d8a42fc36da5efa2e120739825c/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)