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Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services (Detailed) and Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2007/08)

Updated 6 months ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/09/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2007/08

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16636

Data explorer

AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofGoodsandServicesDetailedandIncomeQuintileHouseholdExpenditureSurvey200708.csv (395 rows, 26.6 KB)

Dollar
Text
Total
Text
(Income Quintile 1/) 1st - 20th 4/
Text
(Income Quintile 1/) 21st - 40th
Text
(Income Quintile 1/) 41st - 60th
Text
(Income Quintile 1/) 61st - 80th
Text
(Income Quintile 1/) 81st - 100th
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)4.8%
(Null)11.4%
(Null)8.6%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)5.6%
(Null)5.3%
TOTAL38091786.72950.33601.64569.16137.5
FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES357.1268.3352.9373.7401.4389.4
FOOD332.3252330.6350376.7352.1
Bread and Cereals67.551.467.272.275.571.1
Rice14.614.51715.915.210.1
Flour1.10.81.11.31.21.1
Bread16.713.217.118.118.916.3
Noodles and pasta5.54.96.35.85.45.1
Biscuits and cookies7.15.26.97.77.67.9
Cakes and pastries19.210.415.520.523.525.9

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
DollarDollarTextDollar-
TotalTotalTextDollar-
(Income Quintile 1/) 1st - 20th 4/IncomeQuintile1_1st_20th4TextDollar-
(Income Quintile 1/) 21st - 40thIncomeQuintile1_21st_40thTextDollar-
(Income Quintile 1/) 41st - 60thIncomeQuintile1_41st_60thTextDollar-
(Income Quintile 1/) 61st - 80thIncomeQuintile1_61st_80thTextDollar-
(Income Quintile 1/) 81st - 100thIncomeQuintile1_81st_100thTextDollar-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_e4aacd5e8591bed9fbdbe5550e2554bd"
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. (2024). Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services (Detailed) and Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2007/08) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 30, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_e4aacd5e8591bed9fbdbe5550e2554bd/view

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Created on

27 Oct 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)