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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure 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/17484

Last updated 4 days ago (5 Sep 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureandHighestQualificationAttainedofHouseholdReferencePersonCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 1.2 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
No Family Nucleus2996934439718885272655143827218174102186891212
One Person2189913062013527193243680219962131351625969362
Two or More Persons8070113776535879411463672554275560921851
One Family Nucleus9941697413954088907191713551077309028469259336595
One Generation2088352377813492226043377719464162191319466308
Two Generations709524459703756462154123600793116671949990244216
Three or More Generations758114390303359611397989567346607426072
Two Family Nuclei724046379492575761303981566459427121598
One or Two Generations 1679015601491209233222298131910773630
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_c517ca3d9513c419a2f181413351c2b6"
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). Resident Households by Household Structure 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_c517ca3d9513c419a2f181413351c2b6/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)