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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure and Highest Qualification Attained of Head of Household (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: Note: Data exclude heads who were students.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8706

Last updated 21 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureandHighestQualificationAttainedofHeadofHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 1.2 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Qualification
Numeric
Primary
Numeric
Lower Secondary
Numeric
Secondary
Numeric
Upper Secondary
Numeric
Polytechnic
Numeric
Other Diploma
Numeric
University
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%
Total1022642155071120202127908223542984246756848431181496
No Family Nucleus14848634382170661642027659113617558738526655
One Person1028002448211739109711911077164965495418863
Two Or More Persons4568699005327544985493645259324317791
One Family Nucleus81874111133596596104915184131813095667638386145393
One Generation120566184561172611487203251011510800649431164
Two Generations630021841587754385023147069638504134028477102561
Three Or More Generations681558721732684051673873444536341511669
Two Family Nuclei53657903663496309115145546329525769032
One Or Two Generations13935251919101756280214738916431941
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_5fcc0a8286fb2dd6341ce05b5c51d39d"
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 Structure and Highest Qualification Attained of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5fcc0a8286fb2dd6341ce05b5c51d39d/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)