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Average Monthly Household Expenditure Per Household Member Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services (Broad) and Household Size (Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13)

Last updated: 27 Oct 2024, 23:23 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/07/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16440

Data explorer

AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditurePerHouseholdMemberAmongResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofGoodsandServicesBroadandHouseholdSizeHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201213.csv (17 rows, 1.5 KB)

Dollar
Text
Total
Numeric
(Household Size (Persons)) 1
Numeric
(Household Size (Persons)) 2
Numeric
(Household Size (Persons)) 3
Numeric
(Household Size (Persons)) 4
Numeric
(Household Size (Persons)) 5
Numeric
(Household Size (Persons)) 6 or More
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%
Total1450.419611513.113881355.413261230.8
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages124.7128.7133124120.3121.5119.9
Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco17.428.419.817.614.812.113.1
Clothing and Footwear46.154.546.942.145.34545.5
Housing and Utilities156.6385.7184.4124.2106.496.890.4
Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance74.683.46970.464.485.390.3
Health81.4106.797.278.671.567.867.9
Transport240.4276.8233.1242.5238238.3214.9
Communication6789.170.667.163.459.652.1
Recreation and Culture128196.1145.5119.4112.1108.293.2

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
DollarDollarTextDollar-
TotalTotalNumericDollar-
(Household Size (Persons)) 1HouseholdSize_Persons_1NumericDollar-
(Household Size (Persons)) 2HouseholdSize_Persons_2NumericDollar-
(Household Size (Persons)) 3HouseholdSize_Persons_3NumericDollar-
(Household Size (Persons)) 4HouseholdSize_Persons_4NumericDollar-
(Household Size (Persons)) 5HouseholdSize_Persons_5NumericDollar-
(Household Size (Persons)) 6 or MoreHouseholdSize_Persons_6orMoreNumericDollar-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_e605638fd666eedb924964b1c7a9b3e5"
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 Per Household Member Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services (Broad) and Household Size (Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 6, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_e605638fd666eedb924964b1c7a9b3e5/view

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Created on

27 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)