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Economy

Resident Households by Age Group of Head of Household & Household Living Arrangement and Number of Working Persons in Household* (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/07/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: Notes: Number of working persons in household excludes maids & members working overseas for six months or more. Data on Household Living Arrangement have been revised in June 2026 to be based on the composition of members within the household, instead of the characteristics of the household reference person, to provide a more holistic view of household living arrangements.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9056

Last updated 18 days ago (22 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyAgeGroupofHeadofHouseholdHouseholdLivingArrangementandNumberofWorkingPersonsinHouseholdCensusofPopulation2000.csv (30 rows, 2.3 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Working Person
Numeric
1 Working Person
Numeric
2 Working Persons
Text
3 Working Persons
Text
4 Working Persons
Text
5 or More Working Persons
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
Total9150907860636676034465888016291087942
Married Couple-Based With Children5871451631921813425107271097243516172
Married Couple-Based Without Children11148119242311745378048901717677
Lone Parent833478818430082192975251685383
One-Person753892527150118----
Others577298956243261787745041355710
Head of Household Aged Below 35 Years14002438215126272853820327791105
Married Couple-Based With Children723261122267083877141001266358
Married Couple-Based Without Children397752676991288672370899380
Lone Parent77277084748165945612234
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_8b5cabfd19d09cfe41bb719d8c7dc721"
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. (2026). Resident Households by Age Group of Head of Household & Household Living Arrangement and Number of Working Persons in Household* (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8b5cabfd19d09cfe41bb719d8c7dc721/view

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Created on

22 Jul 2026

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)