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Economy

Resident Households by Monthly Household Income from Work and Household Size (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/07/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Notes: Data on income from work have been updated to include Additional MediSave Contributions from employers with the release of the Key Household Income Trends 2025 report in February 2026. For more information, you may refer to the Technical Note on Household Income (https://go.gov.sg/khit2025-tech-note) which explains the concepts and components of our household income coverage.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8736

Last updated 27 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyMonthlyHouseholdIncomefromWorkandHouseholdSizeGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (17 rows, 1.2 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
1 Person
Numeric
2 Persons
Numeric
3 Persons
Numeric
4 Persons
Numeric
5 Persons
Numeric
6 or More Persons
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%
Total1024458103271191200206034247337163055113561
No Working Person102361342323927115449785235272029
Below 1,0004385110391135079033599731541769
1,000 - 1,49954048932713597120411080253802902
1,500 - 1,99957533792311817137491340168533791
2,000 - 2,49961747706411516146531514487944574
2,500 - 2,9995468351909687129071399783364566
3,000 - 3,4995799455818610135661524393425653
3,500 - 3,9995150934087841126961399387724799
4,000 - 4,4994902027987376118141369881095225
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ca385300454f999bb4b9fee37202d9da"
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 Monthly Household Income from Work and Household Size (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ca385300454f999bb4b9fee37202d9da/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)