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Distribution of Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services and Age Group of Main Income Earner (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18)

Last updated: 08 Nov 2024, 23:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 31/07/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16457

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DistributionofMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofGoodsandServicesandAgeGroupofMainIncomeEarnerHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (176 rows, 17 KB)

Per Cent Text	Total Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) Below 25 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 25 - 29 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 30 - 34 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 35 - 39 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 40 - 44 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 45 - 49 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 50 - 54 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 55 - 59 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 60 - 64 Text	(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 65 & Over Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)21.0%	(Null)25.6%	(Null)25.6%	(Null)23.3%	(Null)22.2%	(Null)19.9%	(Null)22.7%	(Null)22.7%	(Null)21.6%	(Null)23.3%	(Null)25.6%
TOTAL 1/	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES	6.6	6.9	6.6	6.7	6.5	6.1	6.5	6	6.4	7.1	8.4
FOOD	6.1	6.4	6.1	6.2	6	5.6	6	5.6	5.9	6.6	7.8
Bread and Cereals	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.3
Meat	1	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.9	1	1.1	1.4
Fish and Seafood	1	1.1	1	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	1	1.2	1.6
Milk, Cheese and Eggs	0.7	0.6	0.7	1.2	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6
Oils and Fats	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
Fruits	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	1	1.2
Vegetables	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.2

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Per Cent	PerCent	Text	Per Cent	-
Total	Total	Text	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) Below 25	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_Below25	Text	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 25 - 29	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_25_29	Text	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 30 - 34	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_30_34	Text	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 35 - 39	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_35_39	Text	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 40 - 44	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_40_44	Text	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 45 - 49	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_45_49	Text	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 50 - 54	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_50_54	Text	Per Cent	-
(Age Group of Main Income Earner (Years)) 55 - 59	AgeGroupofMainIncomeEarner_Years_55_59	Text	Per Cent	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_dfa2f8300e7d4657178fda15869aa51a"
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. (2023). Distribution of Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services and Age Group of Main Income Earner (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 15, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_dfa2f8300e7d4657178fda15869aa51a/view

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05 Nov 2023

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