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Economy

Resident Households by Number of Working Persons in Household*, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 01/04/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: *Excludes maids & members working overseas for six months or more.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9059

Last updated 17 days ago (23 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyNumberofWorkingPersonsinHouseholdEthnicGroupandSexofHeadofHouseholdCensusofPopulation2000.csv (7 rows, 1.1 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Numeric
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
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%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total915090753552161538720848590239130609108634922521638172933607931214112674102682406
No Working Person7860648300303066322238785244387772485929136063377722861548879669
1 Working Person36676029030576455276640214978616625127443259801433088274395649575846281130
2 Working Persons3446583074393721927779324763030163364763286536112600922999301043803944436
3 Working Persons88016750741294171735612741046197208333138758044854949756613143
4 Working Persons2910825531357624620215803040273023913391553137318020418816
5 Or More Working Persons7942690210406837599284666154411741635066271611
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_857c3838afb3885441498f7a408b166a"
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 Number of Working Persons in Household*, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_857c3838afb3885441498f7a408b166a/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)