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Economy

Resident Households by Age Group of Head of Household & Household Living Arrangement and Predominant Household Language (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: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. 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/9075

Last updated 17 days ago (23 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyAgeGroupofHeadofHouseholdHouseholdLivingArrangementandPredominantHouseholdLanguageCensusofPopulation2000.csv (30 rows, 3.5 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Text
English
Text
Mandarin
Text
(Chinese Dialects) Total
Text
(Chinese Dialects) Hokkien
Text
(Chinese Dialects) Teochew
Text
(Chinese Dialects) Cantonese
Text
(Chinese Dialects) Other Chinese Dialects
Text
Malay
Text
(Indian Languages) Total
Text
(Indian Languages) Tamil
Text
(Indian Languages) Other Indian Languages
Text
Others
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
Total82888720157128121620432296050411715152115581105176347152841463021886
Married Couple-Based With Children587113149390219494113659545872293328065807479786236321917944531152
Married Couple-Based Without Children111447299743242633345148216536924027489953525840571201492
Lone Parent8334713959188143640516721784188942949107023389295443576
One-Person-------------
Others46980824810482209149921386053231810473424362224212165
Head of Household Aged Below 35 Years126791351994775218298896027475142144919034610647221384403
Married Couple-Based With Children72315189422692383534161131922146591410937652931834223
Married Couple-Based Without Children397751357316995491022876071726290245117331257476113
Lone Parent7727115917372705137656354322317603503044616
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_900b57b2e0aa613b9d093211d2730a01"
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 Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_900b57b2e0aa613b9d093211d2730a01/view

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Created on

23 Jul 2026

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