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Economy

Resident Households by Per Capita Monthly Household Income from Work and Occupation of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005)

Last updated: 19 Dec 2025, 22:00 SGT

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 not working.Household income from work includes employer CPF contributions.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8742

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyPerCapitaMonthlyHouseholdIncomefromWorkandOccupationofHeadofHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (10 rows, 1.2 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Senior Officials & Managers
Numeric
Professionals
Numeric
Associate Professionals & Technicians
Numeric
Clerical Workers
Numeric
Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
Agricultural & Fishery Workers
Text
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers
Numeric
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total7897151441609295212634566024106535865791391155214747210702
Below 2501744816943911317489374454156741793896117
250 - 499659363428308309047061508613993111882010863185
500 - 749865767376996732079171814615314157204559739318
750 - 9998339278922327105509142153808811994186187000400
1,000 - 1,499148113198709291240611557023330203194842601389791312
1,500 - 1,9991072561939611131217651036513945126105361425240361704
2,000 - 2,4997558716999117441619371957171636090686718011464
2,500 - 2,9995101513046102481152942703992na274331366971353
3,000 & Over1543915445946516305206370574038325631814623848

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
TotalTotalNumericNumber-
Senior Officials & ManagersSeniorOfficialsandManagersNumericNumber-
ProfessionalsProfessionalsNumericNumber-
Associate Professionals & TechniciansAssociateProfessionalsandTechniciansNumericNumber-
Clerical WorkersClericalWorkersNumericNumber-
Service & Sales WorkersServiceandSalesWorkersNumericNumber-
Agricultural & Fishery WorkersAgriculturalandFisheryWorkersTextNumber-
Production Craftsmen & Related WorkersProductionCraftsmenandRelatedWorkersNumericNumber-
Plant & Machine Operators & AssemblersPlantandMachineOperatorsandAssemblersNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_73400fd94d6dff133d14030b94547513"
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 Per Capita Monthly Household Income from Work and Occupation of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 25, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_73400fd94d6dff133d14030b94547513/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)