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Economy

Resident Households by Ethnic Group, Economic Status and Sex of Head of Household (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 22/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8593

Last updated 22 days ago (18 Aug 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyEthnicGroupEconomicStatusandSexofHeadofHouseholdCensusofPopulation2010.csv (5 rows, 1.1 KB)

Number
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(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Females
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Total
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Males
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
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Total11459208981962477249079307513331565968815347303861511482639620947544923799014686391127
Chinese8765296768811996486786285538781247506586205378331207882000816045396319790112300474897
Malays121378982182316010076585980147859759983579140203166240176520613122388375
Indians107508908921661592346818691047789874799759900247218945781516190236138
Others405063220583013619129607658435440290006441750607143431525981717
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_cdd24d97fec0cca4944ac409b412fcb6"
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 Ethnic Group, Economic Status and Sex of Head of Household (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_cdd24d97fec0cca4944ac409b412fcb6/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)