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Average Monthly Household Income From Each Source Among Resident Households by Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18)

Last updated: 08 Nov 2024, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 31/07/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16487

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AverageMonthlyHouseholdIncomeFromEachSourceAmongResidentHouseholdsbyIncomeQuintileHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (4 rows, 385 B)

Dollar
Text
Total
Numeric
(Income Quintile 2/) 1st - 20th 3/
Numeric
(Income Quintile 2/) 21st - 40th
Numeric
(Income Quintile 2/) 41st - 60th
Numeric
(Income Quintile 2/) 61st - 80th
Numeric
(Income Quintile 2/) 81st - 100th
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total117772235598196781440726587
Employment Income93181238444479951233520579
Business Income120325369178010193271
Other Income125674484590210542738

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
DollarDollarTextDollar-
TotalTotalNumericDollar-
(Income Quintile 2/) 1st - 20th 3/IncomeQuintile2_1st_20th3NumericDollar-
(Income Quintile 2/) 21st - 40thIncomeQuintile2_21st_40thNumericDollar-
(Income Quintile 2/) 41st - 60thIncomeQuintile2_41st_60thNumericDollar-
(Income Quintile 2/) 61st - 80thIncomeQuintile2_61st_80thNumericDollar-
(Income Quintile 2/) 81st - 100thIncomeQuintile2_81st_100thNumericDollar-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_9d5a0dfe51e4f98f7bde314ebee1eff5"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Average Monthly Household Income From Each Source Among Resident Households by Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 6, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_9d5a0dfe51e4f98f7bde314ebee1eff5/view

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Created on

02 Nov 2023

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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)