Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services and Income Decile (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18)

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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 2017/18

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16622

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AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofGoodsandServicesandIncomeDecileHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (176 rows, 18.7 KB)

Dollar Text	Total Text	(Income Decile 1/) 1st - 10th 2/ Text	(Income Decile 1/) 11th - 20th Text	(Income Decile 1/) 21st - 30th Text	(Income Decile 1/) 31st - 40th Text	(Income Decile 1/) 41st - 50th Text	(Income Decile 1/) 51st - 60th Text	(Income Decile 1/) 61st - 70th Text	(Income Decile 1/) 71st - 80th Text	(Income Decile 1/) 81st - 90th Text	(Income Decile 1/) 91st - 100th Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)2.8%	(Null)6.8%	(Null)8.5%	(Null)7.4%	(Null)8.5%	(Null)5.7%	(Null)4.0%	(Null)5.1%	(Null)5.1%	(Null)4.5%	(Null)4.0%
TOTAL	4906.4	2416.4	2722.7	3512.2	3993.2	4419.6	5203.6	5656.4	5994.7	6979.2	8166.3
FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES	388.7	289.3	334.1	368.6	390.3	401.3	451.7	428.4	406.9	434.5	382.2
FOOD	361	267.6	312.5	342.6	364.7	375.9	422.5	398.7	378	401	346.8
Bread and Cereals	69.6	47.7	55.2	64.3	69.5	74.9	81.1	78.7	80.3	80.7	63.5
Meat	60.3	47.5	58.7	61.1	61.4	62.4	73.2	66.9	57.7	59.8	54.2
Fish and Seafood	57.3	44.4	55.2	58.3	59.7	61.8	65.2	59.8	55.6	61.8	51.1
Milk, Cheese and Eggs	42	29.6	38.6	37.4	44.3	46.2	52.8	46	43.8	43.6	38.1
Oils and Fats	7.7	7.1	7.3	8.5	8.9	7.7	9.1	8.2	6.7	6.8	7
Fruits	47.1	30.2	33.6	38.2	42.7	44.8	53.6	53.6	54.7	62.7	57.3
Vegetables	49.5	41.7	44.6	51	51.4	51.1	56.5	52.9	50.5	49.9	45.6

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Dollar	Dollar	Text	Dollar	-
Total	Total	Text	Dollar	-
(Income Decile 1/) 1st - 10th 2/	IncomeDecile1_1st_10th2	Text	Dollar	-
(Income Decile 1/) 11th - 20th	IncomeDecile1_11th_20th	Text	Dollar	-
(Income Decile 1/) 21st - 30th	IncomeDecile1_21st_30th	Text	Dollar	-
(Income Decile 1/) 31st - 40th	IncomeDecile1_31st_40th	Text	Dollar	-
(Income Decile 1/) 41st - 50th	IncomeDecile1_41st_50th	Text	Dollar	-
(Income Decile 1/) 51st - 60th	IncomeDecile1_51st_60th	Text	Dollar	-
(Income Decile 1/) 61st - 70th	IncomeDecile1_61st_70th	Text	Dollar	-
(Income Decile 1/) 71st - 80th	IncomeDecile1_71st_80th	Text	Dollar	-
(Income Decile 1/) 81st - 90th	IncomeDecile1_81st_90th	Text	Dollar	-
(Income Decile 1/) 91st - 100th	IncomeDecile1_91st_100th	Text	Dollar	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_eef0013fa7efbcc0dd659442ced198af"
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). Average Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services and Income Decile (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 27, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_eef0013fa7efbcc0dd659442ced198af/view

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