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Average Monthly Household Online Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services (Broad) and Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18)

Last updated: 27 Oct 2024, 23:23 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/16517

Data explorer

AverageMonthlyHouseholdOnlineExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofGoodsandServicesBroadandIncomeQuintileHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (15 rows, 1.1 KB)

Dollar Text	Total Text	(Income Quintile 1/) 1st - 20th 4/ Text	(Income Quintile 1/) 21st - 40th Numeric	(Income Quintile 1/) 41st - 60th Text	(Income Quintile 1/) 61st - 80th Text	(Income Quintile 1/) 81st - 100th Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)6.7%	(Null)13.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)6.7%	(Null)6.7%	(Null)6.7%
Total	244.1	66.6	130.4	222.3	288.4	512.5
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages	7.8	1.3	4	10.1	9.8	14.1
Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco	0.6	na	0.1	0.5	1	1.3
Clothing and Footwear	9.5	2.1	8.8	11.2	11.3	14
Housing and Utilities	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6
Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance	6.7	3.4	3.3	6.4	6	14.4
Health	2.2	1	2.5	1.7	2.5	3.2
Transport	110.8	32.3	59.7	98.6	129.5	233.8
Communication	2.6	1.1	1.2	2.5	3.2	5.2
Recreation and Culture	31.4	7.6	16.1	25	45	63.1

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Dollar	Dollar	Text	Dollar	-
Total	Total	Text	Dollar	-
(Income Quintile 1/) 1st - 20th 4/	IncomeQuintile1_1st_20th4	Text	Dollar	-
(Income Quintile 1/) 21st - 40th	IncomeQuintile1_21st_40th	Numeric	Dollar	-
(Income Quintile 1/) 41st - 60th	IncomeQuintile1_41st_60th	Text	Dollar	-
(Income Quintile 1/) 61st - 80th	IncomeQuintile1_61st_80th	Text	Dollar	-
(Income Quintile 1/) 81st - 100th	IncomeQuintile1_81st_100th	Text	Dollar	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a5523e2bf61e9719aa328984493c8247"
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). Average Monthly Household Online Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services (Broad) and Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 25, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a5523e2bf61e9719aa328984493c8247/view

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Created on

27 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)