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Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services (Broad) and Expenditure Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18)

Last updated: 08 Nov 2024, 21:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 31/07/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16518

Data explorer

AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofGoodsandServicesBroadandExpenditureQuintileHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (18 rows, 1.5 KB)

Dollar Text	Total Numeric	(Expenditure Quintile 1/) 1st - 20th Numeric	(Expenditure Quintile 1/) 21st - 40th Numeric	(Expenditure Quintile 1/) 41st - 60th Numeric	(Expenditure Quintile 1/) 61st - 80th Numeric	(Expenditure 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%
Total	4906.4	1692.1	2934.9	4284.1	5963.5	9657.6
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages	388.7	231.9	338.9	406.8	468	498
Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco	42.4	25	38.5	46.6	45.7	56.1
Clothing and Footwear	122.9	19.3	47.5	100.4	152.4	294.7
Housing and Utilities	425.9	202.9	254.1	344.9	453.2	874.2
Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance	282.3	73.1	166.3	246.8	356.9	568.3
Health	323.1	112.5	185.8	262.2	359.7	695.2
Transport	781.2	161.3	352.7	630.8	1007.8	1753.5
Communication	240.4	159.3	220.9	250.8	277.3	293.7
Recreation and Culture	378.6	60.2	156.4	304	476.6	895.7

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Dollar	Dollar	Text	Dollar	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Dollar	-
(Expenditure Quintile 1/) 1st - 20th	ExpenditureQuintile1_1st_20th	Numeric	Dollar	-
(Expenditure Quintile 1/) 21st - 40th	ExpenditureQuintile1_21st_40th	Numeric	Dollar	-
(Expenditure Quintile 1/) 41st - 60th	ExpenditureQuintile1_41st_60th	Numeric	Dollar	-
(Expenditure Quintile 1/) 61st - 80th	ExpenditureQuintile1_61st_80th	Numeric	Dollar	-
(Expenditure Quintile 1/) 81st - 100th	ExpenditureQuintile1_81st_100th	Numeric	Dollar	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_69e2faf86a05da2128954414de859076"
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. (2023). Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services (Broad) and Expenditure Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 18, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_69e2faf86a05da2128954414de859076/view

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Created on

02 Nov 2023

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)