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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure and Number of Working Persons in Household (General Household Survey 2005)

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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8725

Last updated 27 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureandNumberofWorkingPersonsinHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 905 B)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Working Person
Numeric
1 Working Person
Numeric
2 Working Persons
Text
3 Working Persons
Text
4 Or More Working Persons
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
Total10244581023614030373903199435834383
No Family Nucleus14921742522860851548535171608
One Person1032713423269039nanana
Two Or More Persons459458290170451548535171608
One Family Nucleus819814586123068413529197693024511
One Generation1209382626934720564052607937
Two Generations630637296152494132633016684821461
Three Or More Generations682382728227083321374762114
Two Family Nuclei536701188994021425134797637
One Or Two Generations139482791611433144133314
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b417ff50a9f8d29229c6c28c4fcea1f5"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Household Structure and Number of Working Persons in Household (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b417ff50a9f8d29229c6c28c4fcea1f5/view

About this dataset

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)