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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement, Ethnic Group and Sex 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/8716

Last updated 2 months ago (19 Jun 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementEthnicGroupandSexofHeadofHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (26 rows, 3.5 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Text
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Text
(Malays) Total
Text
(Malays) Males
Text
(Malays) Females
Text
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Text
(Others) Males
Text
(Others) Females
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)19.2%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)23.1%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)26.9%
Total1024458824127200330799335637358161977117467975531991586276719281434821380172884091
Couple-Based Households739962707042329205710555436342742190310874592850641226210420181447613845631
Young Couples96840913605480707956654342521299512334661109291050342621211981140
No Children In Household4202539753227233997321581840301928511684242401023276773532
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years5435451198315736470340962374991194314806630643619413431235108
With Youngest Child Aged 12 Years And Over27622551158120386552134242na1111na
Others184184na169169nananana1515nananana
Middle-Aged Couples343391328352150392539752417171225847606461161490338953294694979157573342
No Children In Household3916536615255031106291291976342030963243095297512015441414130
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years225634218675695916218015646057203419933603596238712336350853835248135
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7916eece8110f190f090fe062518449e"
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, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7916eece8110f190f090fe062518449e/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)