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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement, 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/17488

Last updated 3 months ago (6 Jun 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementEthnicGroupandSexofHouseholdReferencePersonCensusofPopulation2020.csv (20 rows, 3.2 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
Married Couple-Based Households88336480095982406669054607000620541041949447297228528877341794724828221462682
Household Reference Person Aged Below 35 Years75939641111182851127435987529159241365722677531586016711356996361
No Children in Household33135276115524252482146837804076333174532032416787607395212
With Child(ren) in Household42804365006303258792213037491184810326152243283444884749601148
Household Reference Person Aged 35 - 49 Years3028962764692642621956720042319144335063067928283715934144301412664112241440
No Children in Household 5126545800546540522364274096488642716164081353354717761569206
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years 1971901813321585814106012935911701224162086315522568523969171680297141888
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years3454231586295524278223151964360932983114971452644516841448236
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years and Over1989917752214813706123221384259622473492422211630611751066109
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_d08338af233f503cfd2f4c2665838303"
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 Household Living Arrangement, Ethnic Group and Sex of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d08338af233f503cfd2f4c2665838303/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)