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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Highest Qualification Attained of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Note: Data pertain to households with reference persons who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17489

Last updated 3 months ago (6 Jun 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandHighestQualificationAttainedofHouseholdReferencePersonCensusofPopulation2020.csv (20 rows, 2.2 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Qualification
Numeric
Primary
Numeric
Lower Secondary
Numeric
Secondary
Numeric
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)
Numeric
Polytechnic Diploma
Numeric
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma
Numeric
University
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%
(Null)0.0%
Total13692681251867813112583223651114332011438995533450367
Married Couple-Based Households882558623404721581423145910946638221057168311631
Household Reference Person Aged Below 35 Years7557521742915314937956711401601741476
No Children in Household329408247385132124804592253521498
With Child(ren) in Household426341353821146361670876809348219978
Household Reference Person Aged 35 - 49 Years302505302835731014331414295163647524723163634
No Children in Household 511903537341636557947866403477926920
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years 19697715821619567117908181162373715311113034
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years344394565621430427237094016288917106
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years and Over19899638658140636552905231917456574
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_bee7005d12ce0268d005e9a59b15b6f5"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Highest Qualification Attained of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bee7005d12ce0268d005e9a59b15b6f5/view

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Created on

22 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)