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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

Data explorer

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%
Total1154.2867.2678.3786.2979.61061.92679.72175.2
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages161.2150.2108130.5180.9187.5221.9197.4
Clothing and Footwear17.311.16.38.110.223.85634.2
Housing and Utilities159.8113.8105.2101.2123.4131.6557.8165.8
Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance113.580.743.276.3103.297.8243.3270.6
Health163.9142.9102.5129.8205.9113303214
Transport85.642.121.629.541.691347.2211.4
Communication49.242.530.535.550.856.591.266.8
Recreation and Culture70.442.819.343.640.873.2224.5162.6
Food Serving Services 1/156136.1152.3131.1114.2161.4288.3201.7

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
DollarDollarTextDollar-
Total 4/Total4NumericDollar-
(HDB Dwellings) Total HDBHDBDwellings_TotalHDBNumericDollar-
(HDB Dwellings) 1- & 2-Room Flats 5/HDBDwellings_1_and2_RoomFlats5NumericDollar-
(HDB Dwellings) 3-Room FlatsHDBDwellings_3_RoomFlatsNumericDollar-
(HDB Dwellings) 4-Room FlatsHDBDwellings_4_RoomFlatsNumericDollar-
(HDB Dwellings) 5-Room & Executive FlatsHDBDwellings_5_RoomandExecutiveFlatsNumericDollar-
Condominiums & Other ApartmentsCondominiumsandOtherApartmentsNumericDollar-
Landed PropertiesLandedPropertiesNumericDollar-
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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 May 13, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_babdc4b2d2dd817021ed66d53555fc4c/view

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27 Oct 2024

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