Resident Households by Household Structure, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2015)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 12 records. Fields include Thousands, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (16 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-03.
Description
General Household Survey 2015 counts (in thousands) of Singapore resident households by household structure, 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 family-structure patterns across ethnic headship at the 2015 benchmark. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8246.
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/8246
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- Rows
- 12
- Columns
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1225.300000 | 917.100000 | 308.200000 | 937.900000 | 693.200000 | 244.700000 | 134.100000 | 101.600000 | 32.500000 | 113.000000 | 89.700000 |
| No Family Nucleus | 207.000000 | 89.800000 | 117.200000 | 169.100000 | 70.000000 | 99.000000 | 14.500000 | 6.700000 | 7.700000 | 15.600000 | 8.200000 |
| One Person | 146.000000 | 63.200000 | 82.900000 | 121.900000 | 50.700000 | 71.200000 | 9.200000 | 4.200000 | 5.000000 | 10.300000 | 5.500000 |
| Two Or More Persons | 61.000000 | 26.600000 | 34.400000 | 47.200000 | 19.400000 | 27.800000 | 5.200000 | 2.500000 | 2.700000 | 5.300000 | 2.700000 |
| One Family Nucleus | 946.100000 | 768.100000 | 178.000000 | 715.800000 | 579.400000 | 136.400000 | 107.300000 | 85.100000 | 22.300000 | 91.500000 | 76.600000 |
| One Generation | 170.500000 | 153.100000 | 17.400000 | 137.900000 | 123.200000 | 14.700000 | 13.100000 | 11.900000 | 1.200000 | 13.400000 | 12.400000 |
| Two Generations | 704.900000 | 560.600000 | 144.200000 | 525.900000 | 416.300000 | 109.600000 | 83.900000 | 65.500000 | 18.400000 | 71.800000 | 58.900000 |
| Three Or More Generations | 70.700000 | 54.400000 | 16.400000 | 52.000000 | 39.900000 | 12.200000 | 10.400000 | 7.700000 | 2.700000 | 6.300000 | 5.300000 |
| Two Family Nuclei | 69.400000 | 57.200000 | 12.300000 | 51.200000 | 42.400000 | 8.900000 | 11.600000 | 9.300000 | 2.300000 | 5.700000 | 4.800000 |
| One Or Two Generations | 17.400000 | 14.200000 | 3.100000 | 12.500000 | 10.200000 | 2.300000 | 2.900000 | 2.400000 | 0.500000 | 1.800000 | 1.500000 |
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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 | Text | No |
| (Others) Females | Numeric | No |