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Economy

Resident Households by Age Group of Household Reference Person & Household Living Arrangement and Number of Employed Persons in Household (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Note: Data on Household Living Arrangement have been revised in June 2026 to be based on the composition of members within the household, instead of the characteristics of the household reference person, to provide a more holistic view of household living arrangements.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17500

Last updated 3 days ago (6 Sep 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyAgeGroupofHouseholdReferencePersonHouseholdLivingArrangementandNumberofEmployedPersonsinHouseholdCensusofPopulation2020.csv (30 rows, 2.3 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Employed Person
Numeric
1 Employed Person
Numeric
2 Employed Persons
Text
3 Employed Persons
Text
4 Employed Persons
Text
5 or More Employed Persons
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)20.0%
Total13725591824454619414996391531875836516983
Married Couple-Based With Children691279142501550223305811264085140313614
Married Couple-Based Without Children2301975432564575100245730725321212
Lone Parent127987157076050737106121322240294
One-Person22027073581146689----
Others102828245813514931707734021891862
Household Reference Persons Aged Below 35 Years13036748014648767689768424541252
Married Couple-Based With Children50874747122473250938071038527
Married Couple-Based Without Children325952233854261501520552296
Lone Parent841490244682263668114-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_e64baae19588fa333eff26bfcd184bda"
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. (2026). Resident Households by Age Group of Household Reference Person & Household Living Arrangement and Number of Employed Persons in Household (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_e64baae19588fa333eff26bfcd184bda/view

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Created on

06 Jul 2026

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)