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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure and Highest Qualification Attained of Head of 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

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude heads who were students.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8550

Last updated 29 days ago (17 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureandHighestQualificationAttainedofHeadofHouseholdCensusofPopulation2010.csv (12 rows, 1.2 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Qualification
Numeric
Primary
Numeric
Lower Secondary
Numeric
Secondary
Numeric
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)
Numeric
Polytechnic
Numeric
Professional Qualification And Other Diploma
Numeric
University
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total1142295170620868121356312189921123828138466065270408
No Family Nucleus1935494121513761192523250515382105371199348904
One Person1383872918894551378222861110667656894535434
Two Or More Persons551621202743065470964443162881304813470
One Family Nucleus87236811555666374106238171808889876620050029207176
One Generation13997620818955614939209291145210755860542921
Two Generations659093854285220583212135480695954920236798147172
Three Or More Generations732999309461380871540079396243462617083
Two Family Nuclei7316513233637695631405777274495390313809
One Or Two Generations1880432231871281635701908106210513303
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7d5c4ae664cd42eaa319786edaa8518b"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Household Structure and Highest Qualification Attained of Head of Household (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7d5c4ae664cd42eaa319786edaa8518b/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)