Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services and Age Group of Main Income Earner (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18)

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Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services and Age Group of Main Income Earner (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18)

Last updated: 08 Nov 2024, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/09/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16633

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AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofGoodsandServicesandAgeGroupofMainIncomeEarnerHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (176 rows, 18.8 KB)

Dollar Text	Total Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) Below 25 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 25 - 29 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 30 - 34 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 35 - 39 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 40 - 44 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 45 - 49 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 50 - 54 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 55 - 59 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 60 - 64 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 65 & Over Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)2.8%	(Null)10.8%	(Null)5.7%	(Null)5.1%	(Null)5.7%	(Null)2.8%	(Null)5.1%	(Null)5.1%	(Null)5.7%	(Null)6.8%	(Null)6.3%
TOTAL	4906.4	4200.8	4549.2	5228.6	5563.1	6039.8	5733.4	5758.5	4713.4	3822.9	2699.2
FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES	388.7	339	351.7	405.6	423.3	434.4	438.5	411.6	367.8	343	315.4
FOOD	361	316.4	325.6	377.1	393.7	402.7	407.1	381.1	344.3	317.2	293.1
Bread and Cereals	69.6	69.1	66.2	76.8	72.4	76.7	80.8	76.7	69.3	58.4	47.6
Meat	60.3	53	57.8	53.2	60.1	67.8	74.4	64.4	56.6	52.3	53.2
Fish and Seafood	57.3	52.1	53.6	53.2	54.7	59.5	61.5	59.1	58.1	56.2	58.6
Milk, Cheese and Eggs	42	28.5	36.3	72.2	68.5	50.7	39.5	33.5	30.1	27.2	22.2
Oils and Fats	7.7	7.2	6.7	6.5	7.2	8.2	9.5	8.4	8	6.7	7.5
Fruits	47.1	36.1	39.9	43.3	48.8	52.2	50.6	53.2	45.7	47.3	43.5
Vegetables	49.5	44	42.6	44.1	51.7	53.8	55.9	54	52	45.4	44

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Dollar	Dollar	Text	Dollar	-
Total	Total	Text	Dollar	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) Below 25	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_Below25	Text	Dollar	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 25 - 29	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_25_29	Text	Dollar	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 30 - 34	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_30_34	Text	Dollar	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 35 - 39	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_35_39	Text	Dollar	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 40 - 44	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_40_44	Text	Dollar	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 45 - 49	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_45_49	Text	Dollar	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 50 - 54	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_50_54	Text	Dollar	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 55 - 59	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_55_59	Text	Dollar	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a21699b22ed2f2c0374429c5fd638feb"
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. (2023). Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services and Age Group of Main Income Earner (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 30, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a21699b22ed2f2c0374429c5fd638feb/view

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