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Economy

Resident Households by Monthly Household Income from Work Per Household Member and Highest Qualification Attained of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Notes: Data pertain to households with reference persons who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.Data on income from work have been updated to include Additional MediSave Contributions from employers with the release of the Key Household Income Trends 2025 report in February 2026. For more information, you may refer to the Technical Note on Household Income (https://go.gov.sg/khit2025-tech-note) which explains the concepts and components of our household income coverage.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17516

Last updated 3 days ago (6 Sep 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyMonthlyHouseholdIncomefromWorkPerHouseholdMemberandHighestQualificationAttainedofHouseholdReferencePersonCensusofPopulation2020.csv (18 rows, 1.6 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Qualification
Numeric
Primary
Numeric
Lower Secondary
Numeric
Secondary
Numeric
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)
Numeric
Polytechnic Diploma
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%
Total13692681251867813112583223651114332011438995533450367
No Employed Person18063546505171702200436681164666797961425398
Below 50041585669042087159105585302165120074012
500 - 9991010381522510978165772456014951518549758587
1,000 - 1,49912279715327114821712228602187669253817514070
1,500 - 1,999128291132341021516953291491857311319974119106
2,000 - 2,4991162538494728712444247491540612360959125922
2,500 - 2,999104485665351769540200451330311916838429468
3,000 - 3,4998937243553538713915179959811130782630608
3,500 - 3,999766013135250552691227181088517635530440
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7ec3ecdb7eeab811374bec73945bcac9"
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 Monthly Household Income from Work Per Household Member and Highest Qualification Attained of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7ec3ecdb7eeab811374bec73945bcac9/view

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Created on

22 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)