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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Monthly Household Income from Work (General Household Survey 2005)

Last updated: 19 Dec 2025, 22:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Household income from work includes employer CPF contributions.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8733

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandMonthlyHouseholdIncomefromWorkGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (26 rows, 3.7 KB)

Number Text	Total Numeric	No Working Person Text	Below $1,000 Text	$1,000 - $1,499 Text	$1,500 - $1,999 Text	$2,000 - $2,499 Numeric	$2,500 - $2,999 Numeric	$3,000 - $3,499 Text	$3,500 - $3,999 Numeric	$4,000 - $4,499 Numeric	$4,500 - $4,999 Numeric	$5,000 - $5,999 Numeric	$6,000 - $6,999 Text	$7,000 - $7,999 Text	$8,000 - $9,999 Text	$10,000 & Over Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)3.8%	(Null)7.7%	(Null)11.5%	(Null)3.8%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)3.8%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)7.7%	(Null)3.8%	(Null)7.7%	(Null)3.8%
Total	1024458	102361	43851	54074	57609	61824	54682	58140	51497	49124	44549	80837	65658	55124	80719	164409
Couple-Based Households	739962	45153	19295	30277	35662	40839	37876	42125	38284	37802	35200	65457	54416	46114	67906	143555
Young Couples	96840	872	714	1642	2501	3466	3576	4257	4388	5530	5490	11293	10524	8996	13086	20503
No Children In Household	42025	286	141	401	495	963	1210	1496	1500	2289	2412	4907	4857	4370	6699	10000
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years	54354	561	573	1241	1993	2461	2312	2722	2850	3197	3006	6346	5635	4613	6356	10487
With Youngest Child Aged 12 Years And Over	276	26	na	na	13	25	41	39	26	13	40	24	na	13	na	16
Others	184	na	na	na	na	16	13	na	13	32	32	16	32	na	31	na
Middle-Aged Couples	343391	6624	6798	14117	18020	21609	19879	22616	19625	18247	16876	30216	24465	20221	31065	73010
No Children In Household	39165	831	869	1455	1889	2260	2162	2212	2000	1947	1605	3378	2806	2394	3823	9535
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years	225634	4101	3985	8818	11495	14013	12495	14670	12223	11534	10831	19086	16070	13585	20965	51764

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Number	-
No Working Person	NoWorkingPerson	Text	Number	-
Below $1,000	Below_1_000	Text	Number	-
$1,000 - $1,499	1_000_1_499	Text	Number	-
$1,500 - $1,999	1_500_1_999	Text	Number	-
$2,000 - $2,499	2_000_2_499	Numeric	Number	-
$2,500 - $2,999	2_500_2_999	Numeric	Number	-
$3,000 - $3,499	3_000_3_499	Text	Number	-
$3,500 - $3,999	3_500_3_999	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a4e2d2187b431717b8deb043600f4516"
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 Living Arrangement and Monthly Household Income from Work (General Household Survey 2005) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 26, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a4e2d2187b431717b8deb043600f4516/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)