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Married Couples in Resident Households by Monthly Income from Work and Working Status of Couple (Census of Population 2010)

Description

Census 2010 table on married couples in resident households, cross-tabulating monthly income from work with whether both spouses, only the husband, only the wife, or neither is working. Published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in CSV, the series supports research on dual-income households, gendered employment patterns, and how earnings bands relate to couple work status. Income figures follow updated household income concepts noted in the Key Household Income Trends 2025 technical note.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2010 Footnotes: Note: Data on income from work have been updated to include Additional MediSave Contributions from employers with the release of the Key Household Income Trends 2025 report in February 2026. For more information, you may refer to the Technical Note on Household Income (https://go.gov.sg/khit2025-tech-note) which explains the concepts and components of our household income coverage. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8601

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number Total Both Husband & Wife Working Only Husband Working Only Wife Working Both Husband & Wife Not Working
Total 880812.000000 415084 286787 51057 127884
Below 1,000 29830.000000 1606 17888 10336 na
1,000 - 1,499 38048.000000 4939 25499 7610 na
1,500 - 1,999 41582.000000 10240 25984 5358 na
2,000 - 2,499 43393.000000 13775 24971 4647 na
2,500 - 2,999 39186.000000 14859 21061 3266 na
3,000 - 3,999 76722.000000 34965 36313 5444 na
4,000 - 4,999 66543.000000 37135 25907 3501 na
5,000 - 5,999 60244.000000 36927 20837 2479 na
6,000 - 6,999 52041.000000 34647 15761 1632 na
7,000 - 7,999 42207.000000 29593 11348 1266 na
8,000 - 8,999 37675.000000 26839 9800 1036 na
9,000 - 9,999 29720.000000 22110 6978 632 na
10,000 - 10,999 28240.000000 20664 6763 813 na
11,000 - 11,999 22048.000000 16810 4617 622 na
12,000 - 12,999 19255.000000 14808 4071 376 na
13,000 - 13,999 15735.000000 12143 3308 285 na
14,000 - 14,999 12955.000000 10097 2655 204 na
15,000 & Over 97506.000000 72927 23027 1551 na
Both Not Working 127884.000000 na na na 127884

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
Total Numeric No
Both Husband & Wife Working Text No
Only Husband Working Text No
Only Wife Working Text No
Both Husband & Wife Not Working Text Yes