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Economy

Resident Households by Number of Employed Persons in Household, Ethnic Group and Sex 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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17502

Last updated 3 days ago (6 Sep 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyNumberofEmployedPersonsinHouseholdEthnicGroupandSexofHouseholdReferencePersonCensusofPopulation2020.csv (7 rows, 1.2 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Numeric
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
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%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total1372559994133378427106204676163130041515174111172340017121222930802814237551276989853
No Employed Person1824459163590809149384752617412416977804289351277466086167330917251584
1 Employed Person4619412960701658713510532167451343085118135857153234518233491116921452599774548
2 Employed Persons49963941277186868384804318653661525425543550107054616238760740314417118082609
3 Employed Persons15318712767325514118133993231881019603158443759118859689219635662817749
4 Employed Persons5836551344702045837406695168767365591114370132084931153908245
5 or More Employed Persons16983146392343128341098118532052187118115171325192580462118
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_c86da9e31eaeb30dfd3963301ff0b3e0"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Number of Employed Persons in Household, Ethnic Group and Sex of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_c86da9e31eaeb30dfd3963301ff0b3e0/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)