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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement 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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8715

Last updated 2 months ago (19 Jun 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandHighestQualificationAttainedofHeadofHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (26 rows, 2.5 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Qualification
Text
Primary
Text
Lower Secondary
Numeric
Secondary
Numeric
Upper Secondary
Numeric
Polytechnic
Text
Other Diploma
Text
University
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)0.0%
Total1022642155071120202127908223542984246756848431181496
Couple-Based Households739184857618534295524166210754505424534835141817
Young Couples96478120024344721181361242515033632136208
No Children In Household417581536741269583045657500284718920
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years542591022170933971215977927517344217221
With Youngest Child Aged 12 Years And Over2762552398255nana24
Others184nana166413163244
Middle-Aged Couples3430121818834252407958530138207290011759579674
No Children In Household39048198831263923876340913506251211140
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years225385945318204240865527726070213341196758993
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_725e5d1887ce0e0aca955fc9b680a554"
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 Living Arrangement and Highest Qualification Attained of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_725e5d1887ce0e0aca955fc9b680a554/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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