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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Number of Working Persons in Household (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 22/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8566

Last updated 2 months ago (17 Jun 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandNumberofWorkingPersonsinHouseholdCensusofPopulation2010.csv (22 rows, 1.9 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Working Person
Text
1 Working Person
Numeric
2 Working Persons
Numeric
3 Working Persons
Numeric
4 Working Persons
Text
5 Or More Working Persons
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)4.5%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)4.5%
Total11459201200104100784241521321954652812956
Couple-Based Households799341477282274363628971101694070710403
Head Aged Below 35 Years827369391937552334642923891270
No Children In Household3548038463242433625961067773
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years47039554130142786637931322490
With Youngest Child Aged 12 Years And Over216na3813339na6
Head Aged 35 - 49 Years33054759691087231812862550570661997
No Children In Household4447493911847280402424825399
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years209695358475155115428118222974732
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years48119990157582578643701035179
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_605fadd0d679f27ebc18c071570cdacb"
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 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_605fadd0d679f27ebc18c071570cdacb/view

About this dataset

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)