Distribution of Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services (Detailed) and Type of Dwelling (Household Expenditure Survey 2007/08)

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Last updated: 27 Oct 2024, 23:29 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/09/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2007/08

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16639

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DistributionofMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofGoodsandServicesDetailedandTypeofDwellingHouseholdExpenditureSurvey200708.csv (395 rows, 29.5 KB)

Per Cent Text	Total 4/ Text	(HDB Dwellings) Total HDB 5/ Text	(HDB Dwellings) 1- & 2-Room Flats 6/ Text	(HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats Text	(HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats Text	(HDB Dwellings) 5-Room & Executive Flats Text	Condominiums & Other Apartments Text	Landed Properties Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)33.7% 0.115.4% 0.27.6% 0.36.6% 0.45.8%	(Null)31.6% 0.117.7% 0.47.6% 0.27.3% 0.36.1%	(Null)38.7% 0.118.7% 0.27.1% 0.44.1% 0.54.1%	(Null)31.6% 0.118.2% 0.28.4% 0.38.4% 0.44.6%	(Null)31.6% 0.117.7% 0.27.8% 0.36.3% 0.46.3%	(Null)31.9% 0.117.5% 0.27.1% 0.36.1% 0.45.1%	(Null)35.2% 0.117.7% 0.27.8% 0.36.3% 0.43.8%	(Null)37.7% 0.115.4% 0.28.6% 0.35.3% 0.44.6%
TOTAL 1/	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES	8.1	9	12.9	10	9.6	8.1	5.6	6.2
FOOD	7.5	8.4	11.9	9.3	9	7.6	5.1	5.7
Bread and Cereals	1.5	1.8	2.8	2	1.9	1.5	1	1
Rice	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.2
Flour	na	na	0.1	na	na	na	na	na
Bread	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.2
Noodles and pasta	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Biscuits and cookies	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
Cakes and pastries	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.4

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Per Cent	PerCent	Text	Per Cent	-
Total 4/	Total4	Text	Per Cent	-
(HDB Dwellings) Total HDB 5/	HDBDwellings_TotalHDB5	Text	Per Cent	-
(HDB Dwellings) 1- & 2-Room Flats 6/	HDBDwellings_1_and2_RoomFlats6	Text	Per Cent	-
(HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats	HDBDwellings_3_RoomFlats	Text	Per Cent	-
(HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats	HDBDwellings_4_RoomFlats	Text	Per Cent	-
(HDB Dwellings) 5-Room & Executive Flats	HDBDwellings_5_RoomandExecutiveFlats	Text	Per Cent	-
Condominiums & Other Apartments	CondominiumsandOtherApartments	Text	Per Cent	-
Landed Properties	LandedProperties	Text	Per Cent	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_c545febcd7bfed52c1dc26ce7f06d1d7"
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). Distribution of Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services (Detailed) and Type of Dwelling (Household Expenditure Survey 2007/08) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 25, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_c545febcd7bfed52c1dc26ce7f06d1d7/view

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