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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Highest Qualification Attained 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: Note: Data exclude heads who were students.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9047

Last updated 2 months ago (22 Jun 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandHighestQualificationAttainedofHeadofHouseholdCensusofPopulation2000.csv (26 rows, 2.4 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Qualification
Text
Primary
Numeric
Lower Secondary
Numeric
Secondary
Numeric
Upper Secondary
Numeric
Polytechnic
Numeric
Other Diploma
Numeric
University
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total913524173485120346114961220926816254538044557112245
Couple Based Households67855698776898908928217118764992387963380291832
Young Couples107323357555178805275381388813117715827723
No Children In Household4063682612591978802051666038338813961
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years661022720422567651939486517037368713623
With Youngest Child Aged 12 Years And Over2732929431033152113
Others312na51921403862126
Middle-Aged Couples3349722513541075508679798633288208301759648194
No Children In Household3198423133487419285102900228019956306
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years2302421404425652332586869223544160621252336466
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_99dec9ebd2493d05a1909d667e015ba2"
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. (2024). Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Highest Qualification Attained of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_99dec9ebd2493d05a1909d667e015ba2/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)