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Economy

Resident Households by Age Group of Head of Household & Household Living Arrangement and Predominant Household Language (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/07/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Data on Household Living Arrangement have been revised in June 2026 to be based on the composition of members within the household, instead of the characteristics of the head of household, to provide a more holistic view of household living arrangements.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8746

Last updated 27 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyAgeGroupofHeadofHouseholdHouseholdLivingArrangementandPredominantHouseholdLanguageGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (30 rows, 3.5 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Text
English
Text
Mandarin
Text
(Chinese Dialects) Total
Text
(Chinese Dialects) Hokkien
Text
(Chinese Dialects) Teochew
Text
(Chinese Dialects) Cantonese
Text
(Chinese Dialects) Other Chinese Dialects
Text
Malay
Text
(Indian Languages) Total
Text
(Indian Languages) Tamil
Text
(Indian Languages) Other Indian Languages
Text
Others
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)20.0%
Total90747926162931957017698984328352054405913398106739382402931289284311
Married Couple-Based With Children62443919142923617888863432001774121922600078312266602006265992997
Married Couple-Based Without Children1362423890943885354321659468049389264511071605945121547886
Lone Parent9282419554252443286214796704478833139119433141264150081
One-Person-------------
Others539731173714263198339738361648651614541323802097283347
Head of Household Aged Below 35 Years1186013765046659115085072188034841073149666787447523121032
Married Couple-Based With Children61927195652262253192330106213565719913393225241408576
Married Couple-Based Without Children404331436918680245410252341020175241122791462817240
Lone Parent8760177526622205108937952820918062972405716
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a782a5c20077d149e25e8404bcfb9621"
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. (2026). Resident Households by Age Group of Head of Household & Household Living Arrangement and Predominant Household Language (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a782a5c20077d149e25e8404bcfb9621/view

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Created on

19 Jul 2026

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