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Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Selected Characteristics (Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13)

Last updated: 27 Oct 2024, 23:41 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 16/08/2021

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17669

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandSelectedCharacteristicsHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201213.csv (28 rows, 4.1 KB)

Number
Text
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged Below 35 Years - No Children in Household
Text
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged Below 35 Years - With Children in Household
Text
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 35 - 49 Years - No Children in Household
Text
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 35 - 49 Years - With Youngest Child Below 12 Years
Text
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 35 - 49 Years - With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years
Text
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 35 - 49 Years - With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years & Over
Text
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 50 - 64 Years - No Children in Household
Text
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 50 - 64 Years - With Youngest Child Below 12 Years
Text
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 50 - 64 Years - With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years
Text
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 50 - 64 Years - With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years & Over
Text
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 65 Years & Over - No Children in Household
Text
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 65 Years & Over - With Children in Household
Text
(Other Households) Other Households - One-Person
Text
(Other Households) Other Households - Others
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)10.7%
(Null)10.7%
(Null)10.7%
(Null)10.7%
(Null)10.7%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)10.7%
(Null)10.7%
(Null)10.7%
(Null)10.7%
(Null)10.7%
(Null)10.7%
(Null)10.7%
(Null)10.7%
Total 1/29530545674257520537449404280264867225551354842100054950251857145386213860
By Type of Dwelling
HDB Dwellings 2/25374489323308115786838753237333935219935280961745583962538140121051183814
1- & 2-Room Flats 3/71431451573187672386337154342892744514311532445219240
3-Room Flats468677197857187465100317011578468634462329414197104755306658718
4-Room Flats120692305312883644141464613018138329357130187865212340168152630867533
5-Room & Executive Flats79041486110769726791813066811022854571118969560763795421676338170
Condominiums & Other Apartments370953418753359047567267159353561445119881370951931988118249
Landed Properties29429458711602308414693231205629371556761688371337810720
By Income Quintile 4/

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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged Below 35 Years - No Children in HouseholdCouple_BasedHouseholds_HeadAgedBelow35Years_NoChildreninHouseholdTextNumber-
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged Below 35 Years - With Children in HouseholdCouple_BasedHouseholds_HeadAgedBelow35Years_WithChildreninHouseholdTextNumber-
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 35 - 49 Years - No Children in HouseholdCouple_BasedHouseholds_HeadAged35_49Years_NoChildreninHouseholdTextNumber-
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 35 - 49 Years - With Youngest Child Below 12 YearsCouple_BasedHouseholds_HeadAged35_49Years_WithYoungestChildBelow12YearsTextNumber-
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 35 - 49 Years - With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 YearsCouple_BasedHouseholds_HeadAged35_49Years_WithYoungestChildAged12_15YearsTextNumber-
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 35 - 49 Years - With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years & OverCouple_BasedHouseholds_HeadAged35_49Years_WithYoungestChildAged16YearsandOverTextNumber-
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 50 - 64 Years - No Children in HouseholdCouple_BasedHouseholds_HeadAged50_64Years_NoChildreninHouseholdTextNumber-
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 50 - 64 Years - With Youngest Child Below 12 YearsCouple_BasedHouseholds_HeadAged50_64Years_WithYoungestChildBelow12YearsTextNumber-
(Couple-Based Households) Head Aged 50 - 64 Years - With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 YearsCouple_BasedHouseholds_HeadAged50_64Years_WithYoungestChildAged12_15YearsTextNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_c1fb618152bf6a0d124d809660ba68e8"
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 Selected Characteristics (Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_c1fb618152bf6a0d124d809660ba68e8/view

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Created on

27 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)