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Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Type of Dwelling (Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13)

Last updated: 27 Oct 2024, 23:22 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/07/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13

Footnotes:  Expenditure data exclude imputed rental of owner-occupied accommodation.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16410

Data explorer

AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandTypeofDwellingHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201213.csv (21 rows, 2 KB)

Dollar
Text
Total 1/
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings) Total HDB 2/
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings) 1- & 2-Room Flats 3/
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%
Total472438311287247839185283800010409
Couple-Based Households547344661764302142285654872711330
Head Aged Below 35 Years52224926208840884888590875807350
No Children in Household49944723342943034433553267018548
With Children in Household53465031178439585127610981906153
Head Aged 35 - 49 Years604048721808347043825926938312830
No Children in Household445036861689330735044473697210603
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years636752111679369546956140971611725
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years6219466718713044409156621041715419
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years & Over574645982254322840316655987717010

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
DollarDollarTextDollar-
Total 1/Total1NumericDollar-
(HDB Dwellings) Total HDB 2/HDBDwellings_TotalHDB2NumericDollar-
(HDB Dwellings) 1- & 2-Room Flats 3/HDBDwellings_1_and2_RoomFlats3NumericDollar-
(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_bdaf94c98b004f897b11fc136f8301e8"
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 Household Living Arrangement and Type of Dwelling (Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 18, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bdaf94c98b004f897b11fc136f8301e8/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)