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

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/16629

Last updated 27 Oct 2024

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AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofGoodsandServicesDetailedandIncomeQuintileHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (432 rows, 29.5 KB)

Dollar
Text
Total
Text
(Income Quintile 1/) 1st - 20th 2/
Text
(Income Quintile 1/) 21st - 40th
Text
(Income Quintile 1/) 41st - 60th
Text
(Income Quintile 1/) 61st - 80th
Text
(Income Quintile 1/) 81st - 100th
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)4.6%
(Null)9.3%
(Null)9.7%
(Null)7.4%
(Null)8.1%
(Null)6.7%
TOTAL4906.42569.63752.74811.65825.67572.8
FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES388.7311.7379.5426.5417.6408.3
FOOD361290.1353.6399.2388.4373.9
Bread and Cereals69.651.466.97879.572.1
Rice11.11112.913.410.87.3
Flour1.10.91.11.21.11.2
Bread19.415.218.621.422.819.3
Noodles and pasta5.45.15.75.95.44.8
Biscuits and cookies7.54.87.58.98.47.8
Cakes and pastries21.211.417.823.326.826.7
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a9550b140c75968d401ff3a05e57233f"
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 Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services (Detailed) and Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a9550b140c75968d401ff3a05e57233f/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)