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Resident Households by Income Quintile and Type of Dwelling (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18)

Last updated: 09 Nov 2024, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 31/07/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16506

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ResidentHouseholdsbyIncomeQuintileandTypeofDwellingHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (8 rows, 806 B)

Per Cent Text	Total 4/ Numeric	(HDB Dwellings) Total HDB Numeric	(HDB Dwellings) 1- & 2-Room Flats 5/ Numeric	(HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats Numeric	(HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats Numeric	(HDB Dwellings) 5-Room & Executive Flats Numeric	Condominiums & Other Apartments Numeric	Landed Properties 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%	(Null)0.0%
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1st - 20th 2/	20	23.4	62.8	29.8	20.6	12.9	5.9	9.9
21st - 40th	20	23.4	24	25.9	24.1	20.4	6.2	9.6
41st - 60th	20	21.9	8.8	18.8	23.8	25	11.8	13.9
61st - 80th	20	19	2.9	15.2	19.5	24.9	24.7	21.4
81st - 100th	20	12.3	1.5	10.4	12	16.8	51.5	45.2
Average Monthly Household Income 3/	11777	8731	2521	5868	8827	12244	21830	28937
Number of Resident Households	1349146	1068907	76961	240651	430965	320330	207282	69038

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Per Cent	PerCent	Text	Per Cent	-
Total 4/	Total4	Numeric	Per Cent	-
(HDB Dwellings) Total HDB	HDBDwellings_TotalHDB	Numeric	Per Cent	-
(HDB Dwellings) 1- & 2-Room Flats 5/	HDBDwellings_1_and2_RoomFlats5	Numeric	Per Cent	-
(HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats	HDBDwellings_3_RoomFlats	Numeric	Per Cent	-
(HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats	HDBDwellings_4_RoomFlats	Numeric	Per Cent	-
(HDB Dwellings) 5-Room & Executive Flats	HDBDwellings_5_RoomandExecutiveFlats	Numeric	Per Cent	-
Condominiums & Other Apartments	CondominiumsandOtherApartments	Numeric	Per Cent	-
Landed Properties	LandedProperties	Numeric	Per Cent	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_fe0c1437d15058def6c0e0a9da14939b"
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. (2023). Resident Households by Income Quintile and Type of Dwelling (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_fe0c1437d15058def6c0e0a9da14939b/view

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Created on

09 Nov 2023

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)