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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Household Size (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/8713

Last updated 2 months ago (19 Jun 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandHouseholdSizeGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (26 rows, 2 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
1 Person
Text
2 Persons
Text
3 Persons
Numeric
4 Persons
Numeric
5 Persons
Numeric
6 Or More Persons
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)92.3%
1032717.7%
(Null)53.8%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.8%
Total1024458103271191200206034247337163055113561
Couple-Based Households739962na110022151213220443152409105875
Young Couples96840na339512405818693120248115
No Children In Household42025na3395140522720885417
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years54354nana1978815833110647669
With Youngest Child Aged 12 Years And Over276nana761096229
Others184nana1413113na
Middle-Aged Couples343391na29745544291088978673963580
No Children In Household39165na2974558892592602337
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years225634nana33590722666615253625
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_f2238b4de61371422574a10eb7c5c11a"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Household Size (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f2238b4de61371422574a10eb7c5c11a/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)