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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure and Number of Employed Persons in Household (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17499

Last updated 3 days ago (6 Sep 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureandNumberofEmployedPersonsinHouseholdCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 1017 B)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Employed Person
Text
1 Employed Person
Numeric
2 Employed Persons
Text
3 Employed Persons
Text
4 Employed Persons
Text
5 or More Employed Persons
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
Total13725591824454619414996391531875836516983
No Family Nucleus3014269496417173725755539218651714
One Person22027073581146689----
Two or More Persons81157213832504825755539218651714
One Family Nucleus99566986546281001448414127844429468918
One Generation20909452626596919173833451052641
Two Generations71070132104204463319200109590379117434
Three or More Generations7587418161684737475149103983843
Two Family Nuclei7246193491212482719433129105236
One or Two Generations 1682913211464024454145822404
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_921ea1255ab08201aa66f6fe13671a52"
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 Household Structure and Number of Employed Persons in Household (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_921ea1255ab08201aa66f6fe13671a52/view

About this dataset

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)