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Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2015)

Description

General Household Survey 2015 counts (in thousands) of Singapore resident households by household living arrangement, cross-tabulated with ethnic group and sex of the household head. Columns cover Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Other groups with male and female heads. Demographers study living-arrangement patterns across ethnic headship at the 2015 benchmark. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8252.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2015 Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8252

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Thousands (Total) Total (Total) Males (Total) Females (Chinese) Total (Chinese) Males (Chinese) Females (Malays) Total (Malays) Males (Malays) Females (Indians) Total (Indians) Males (Indians) Females (Others) Total (Others) Males (Others) Females
Total 1225.300000 917.100000 308.200000 937.900000 693.200000 244.700000 134.100000 101.600000 32.500000 113.000000 89.700000 23.3 40.300000 32.600000 7.7
Married Couple-Based Households 853.800000 780.100000 73.700000 642.900000 585.700000 57.200000 97.000000 88.900000 8.100000 84.800000 78.700000 6.1 29.100000 26.800000 2.3
Young Head Aged Below 35 Years 72.300000 63.800000 8.500000 49.200000 43.600000 5.600000 12.100000 10.800000 1.300000 8.200000 6.900000 1.2 2.900000 2.500000 0.4
No Children In Household 28.000000 25.000000 3.000000 22.400000 20.000000 2.500000 2.000000 1.900000 0.100000 2.700000 2.300000 0.4 0.800000 0.800000 0.1
With Child(ren) In Household 44.300000 38.800000 5.500000 26.700000 23.600000 3.100000 10.100000 8.900000 1.200000 5.500000 4.700000 0.9 2.000000 1.700000 0.3
Middle-Aged Head Aged 35 - 49 Years 315.700000 287.300000 28.400000 224.500000 203.300000 21.200000 33.000000 29.800000 3.100000 42.000000 39.400000 2.6 16.200000 14.800000 1.5
No Children In Household 46.700000 42.200000 4.500000 36.600000 33.300000 3.300000 3.000000 2.500000 0.500000 4.300000 3.900000 0.4 2.800000 2.600000 0.2
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years 200.200000 184.900000 15.300000 139.100000 127.700000 11.500000 19.900000 18.700000 1.300000 30.300000 28.900000 1.5 10.800000 9.700000 1.1
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years 43.500000 39.300000 4.200000 30.300000 27.300000 3.000000 6.500000 5.700000 0.800000 5.000000 4.600000 0.4 1.800000 1.800000 na
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years And Over 25.200000 20.800000 4.400000 18.400000 15.000000 3.400000 3.600000 3.000000 0.600000 2.400000 2.100000 0.3 0.900000 0.700000 0.1
Mature Head Aged 50 - 64 Years 337.300000 309.500000 27.800000 261.000000 238.500000 22.600000 41.400000 38.500000 2.900000 26.900000 24.900000 2 7.900000 7.600000 0.3
No Children In Household 54.500000 48.000000 6.500000 42.000000 36.600000 5.500000 6.000000 5.600000 0.400000 4.600000 4.000000 0.5 1.900000 1.800000 0.1
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years 27.000000 26.400000 0.600000 19.000000 18.500000 0.500000 3.900000 3.700000 0.100000 2.900000 2.900000 na 1.200000 1.200000 na
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years 40.000000 38.000000 2.000000 29.500000 28.300000 1.200000 5.600000 5.200000 0.400000 3.500000 3.300000 0.3 1.400000 1.300000 0.1
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years And Over 215.800000 197.100000 18.700000 170.600000 155.100000 15.400000 25.900000 23.900000 2.000000 16.000000 14.800000 1.2 3.400000 3.300000 0.1
Elderly Head Aged 65 Years And Over 128.500000 119.500000 9.000000 108.200000 100.300000 7.900000 10.500000 9.800000 0.700000 7.700000 7.400000 0.3 2.100000 2.000000 0.1
No Children In Household 58.900000 53.500000 5.500000 49.300000 44.700000 4.600000 4.700000 4.100000 0.600000 3.800000 3.600000 0.2 1.200000 1.000000 0.1
With Child(ren) In Household 69.500000 66.000000 3.500000 58.900000 55.600000 3.300000 5.800000 5.600000 0.200000 3.900000 3.800000 0.1 0.900000 0.900000 na
Other Households With Family Nucleus 164.500000 47.300000 117.300000 125.900000 37.500000 88.500000 22.700000 6.000000 16.700000 12.600000 2.800000 9.7 3.300000 0.900000 2.4
Households Without Family Nucleus 207.000000 89.800000 117.200000 169.100000 70.000000 99.000000 14.500000 6.700000 7.700000 15.600000 8.200000 7.4 7.800000 4.800000 3

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Thousands Text No
(Total) Total Numeric No
(Total) Males Numeric No
(Total) Females Numeric No
(Chinese) Total Numeric No
(Chinese) Males Numeric No
(Chinese) Females Numeric No
(Malays) Total Numeric No
(Malays) Males Numeric No
(Malays) Females Numeric No
(Indians) Total Numeric No
(Indians) Males Numeric No
(Indians) Females Text No
(Others) Total Numeric No
(Others) Males Numeric No
(Others) Females Text No