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Average Monthly Household Expenditure Per Household Member Among Resident Households Comprising Solely Non-Working Persons Aged 65 Years and Over by Type of Goods and Services (Broad) and Type of Dwelling (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/16516

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AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditurePerHouseholdMemberAmongResidentHouseholdsComprisingSolelyNonWorkingPersonsAged65YearsandOverbyTypeofGoodsandServicesBroadandTypeofDwellingHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (15 rows, 1.6 KB)

Dollar Text	Total 4/ Numeric	(HDB Dwellings) Total HDB Numeric	(HDB Dwellings) 1- & 2-Room Flats 5/ Numeric	(HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats Numeric	(HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats Numeric	(HDB Dwellings) 5-Room & Executive Flats Numeric	Condominiums & Other Apartments Numeric	Landed Properties Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Total	1154.2	867.2	678.3	786.2	979.6	1061.9	2679.7	2175.2
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages	161.2	150.2	108	130.5	180.9	187.5	221.9	197.4
Clothing and Footwear	17.3	11.1	6.3	8.1	10.2	23.8	56	34.2
Housing and Utilities	159.8	113.8	105.2	101.2	123.4	131.6	557.8	165.8
Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance	113.5	80.7	43.2	76.3	103.2	97.8	243.3	270.6
Health	163.9	142.9	102.5	129.8	205.9	113	303	214
Transport	85.6	42.1	21.6	29.5	41.6	91	347.2	211.4
Communication	49.2	42.5	30.5	35.5	50.8	56.5	91.2	66.8
Recreation and Culture	70.4	42.8	19.3	43.6	40.8	73.2	224.5	162.6
Food Serving Services 1/	156	136.1	152.3	131.1	114.2	161.4	288.3	201.7

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Dollar	Dollar	Text	Dollar	-
Total 4/	Total4	Numeric	Dollar	-
(HDB Dwellings) Total HDB	HDBDwellings_TotalHDB	Numeric	Dollar	-
(HDB Dwellings) 1- & 2-Room Flats 5/	HDBDwellings_1_and2_RoomFlats5	Numeric	Dollar	-
(HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats	HDBDwellings_3_RoomFlats	Numeric	Dollar	-
(HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats	HDBDwellings_4_RoomFlats	Numeric	Dollar	-
(HDB Dwellings) 5-Room & Executive Flats	HDBDwellings_5_RoomandExecutiveFlats	Numeric	Dollar	-
Condominiums & Other Apartments	CondominiumsandOtherApartments	Numeric	Dollar	-
Landed Properties	LandedProperties	Numeric	Dollar	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_babdc4b2d2dd817021ed66d53555fc4c"
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 Per Household Member Among Resident Households Comprising Solely Non-Working Persons Aged 65 Years and Over by Type of Goods and Services (Broad) and Type of Dwelling (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 8, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_babdc4b2d2dd817021ed66d53555fc4c/view

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Created on

27 Oct 2024

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