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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure, Marital Status and Sex of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8709

Last updated 27 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureMaritalStatusandSexofHeadofHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 1.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Single) Total
Numeric
(Single) Males
Numeric
(Single) Females
Numeric
(Married) Total
Numeric
(Married) Males
Numeric
(Married) Females
Numeric
(Widowed) Total
Text
(Widowed) Males
Text
(Widowed) Females
Text
(Divorced/Separated) Total
Text
(Divorced/Separated) Males
Text
(Divorced/Separated) Females
Text
(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)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)8.3%
Total1024458824127200330130869691946167477767172398853683623611204550316535571890034658
No Family Nucleus1492177400275215884534594342511191171243866792212144871763519525111358390
One Person10327151510517626014331682284611283882254613160113429125821428081746106
Two Or More Persons459452249223453283111426114050627942132067611010575053524529612284
One Family Nucleus819814702751117063406982251118187709403666075433283765570143064032058715024907
One Generation12093811363173075132752391204251133577068nananananana
Two Generations63063753204598593379672126316704530893498430324643313661972693928642615522486
Three Or More Generations68238570751116322189731245580855428937964519818370134169952421
Two Family Nuclei536704581778531676712964475104398435262546506204019386151323
One Or Two Generations13948118602087431153279123661140396385422962529676220
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ecdc5ec65fe787f7816552dd6e57700a"
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 Structure, Marital Status and Sex of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ecdc5ec65fe787f7816552dd6e57700a/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)