Resident Households by Monthly Household Income from Work1/ and Predominant Household Language (General Household Survey 2015)

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Resident Households by Monthly Household Income from Work1/ and Predominant Household Language (General Household Survey 2015)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 23/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. 1/ Includes employer CPF contributions.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8608

Last updated 3 months ago (3 Jun 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyMonthlyHouseholdIncomefromWork1andPredominantHouseholdLanguageGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (24 rows, 2.5 KB)

Thousands Text	Total Numeric	English Numeric	Mandarin Numeric	Chinese Dialects- Total Numeric	Chinese Dialects- Hokkien Numeric	Chinese Dialects- Teochew Numeric	Chinese Dialects- Cantonese Numeric	Chinese Dialects- Other Chinese Dialects Numeric	Malay Numeric	Indian Languages- Total Numeric	Indian Languages- Tamil Numeric	Indian Languages- Other Indian Languages Numeric	Others 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%
Total	1059.2	388.2	363	139.9	64.3	28.2	38.3	9.1	106.8	50.9	37.7	13.2	10.4
No Working Person	63.2	17.7	14.4	23	10	5.1	6	1.9	5.7	2.2	1.8	0.4	0.2
Below 1,000	15	3.6	4.3	4.2	2.1	0.9	0.9	0.2	2.6	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1
1,000 - 1,499	24.2	4.2	7.1	7.4	3.7	2	1.1	0.5	4.5	0.9	0.6	0.2	0
1,500 - 1,999	25.5	4.1	7.6	7.3	4	1.3	1.7	0.3	5.3	1.2	1.1	0	0.1
2,000 - 2,499	30	6	10.1	7.5	3.7	1.8	1.5	0.4	5	1.3	1.3	0.1	0
2,500 - 2,999	28	5.9	11.2	5	2.3	1.4	1.2	0.1	4.6	1.1	1	0.1	0.1
3,000 - 3,499	28.7	6.9	9.6	5.7	2.8	1.5	1.2	0.1	5	1.4	1.2	0.2	0.1
3,500 - 3,999	29.9	7.6	10.9	4.8	2.3	1	1.4	0.2	5.2	1.4	1.3	0.1	0
4,000 - 4,499	34.4	8.3	13.6	5.4	2.9	1.1	1.1	0.3	5.1	1.9	1.6	0.3	0.1

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
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Total	Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
English	English	Numeric	Thousands	-
Mandarin	Mandarin	Numeric	Thousands	-
Chinese Dialects- Total	ChineseDialects_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
Chinese Dialects- Hokkien	ChineseDialects_Hokkien	Numeric	Thousands	-
Chinese Dialects- Teochew	ChineseDialects_Teochew	Numeric	Thousands	-
Chinese Dialects- Cantonese	ChineseDialects_Cantonese	Numeric	Thousands	-
Chinese Dialects- Other Chinese Dialects	ChineseDialects_OtherChineseDialects	Numeric	Thousands	-
Malay	Malay	Numeric	Thousands	-

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Monthly Household Income from Work1/ and Predominant Household Language (General Household Survey 2015) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8a3b8882f7cc9f77bfaca4612bf1578b/view

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