Resident Households by Monthly Household Income from Work and Predominant Household Language (General Household Survey 2015)
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Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2015 Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.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/8608
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| Thousands | Total | English | Mandarin | (Chinese Dialects) Total | (Chinese Dialects) Hokkien | (Chinese Dialects) Teochew | (Chinese Dialects) Cantonese | (Chinese Dialects) Other Chinese Dialects | Malay | (Indian Languages) Total | (Indian Languages) Tamil | (Indian Languages) Other Indian Languages | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1059.200000 | 388.200000 | 363.000000 | 139.900000 | 64.300000 | 28.200000 | 38.300000 | 9.1 | 106.800000 | 50.900000 | 37.700000 | 13.2 | 10.4 |
| No Working Person | 63.200000 | 17.700000 | 14.400000 | 23.000000 | 10.000000 | 5.100000 | 6.000000 | 1.9 | 5.700000 | 2.200000 | 1.800000 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Below 1,000 | 15.000000 | 3.600000 | 4.300000 | 4.200000 | 2.100000 | 0.900000 | 0.900000 | 0.2 | 2.600000 | 0.300000 | 0.200000 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1,000 - 1,499 | 24.200000 | 4.200000 | 7.100000 | 7.400000 | 3.700000 | 2.000000 | 1.100000 | 0.5 | 4.500000 | 0.900000 | 0.600000 | 0.2 | - |
| 1,500 - 1,999 | 25.500000 | 4.100000 | 7.600000 | 7.300000 | 4.000000 | 1.300000 | 1.700000 | 0.3 | 5.300000 | 1.200000 | 1.100000 | - | 0.1 |
| 2,000 - 2,499 | 29.900000 | 6.000000 | 10.100000 | 7.500000 | 3.700000 | 1.800000 | 1.500000 | 0.4 | 5.000000 | 1.300000 | 1.200000 | 0.1 | - |
| 2,500 - 2,999 | 27.900000 | 5.800000 | 11.200000 | 5.000000 | 2.300000 | 1.400000 | 1.200000 | 0.1 | 4.600000 | 1.100000 | 1.000000 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 3,000 - 3,499 | 28.700000 | 6.900000 | 9.500000 | 5.700000 | 2.800000 | 1.500000 | 1.200000 | 0.1 | 5.000000 | 1.400000 | 1.200000 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 3,500 - 3,999 | 29.800000 | 7.600000 | 10.900000 | 4.800000 | 2.300000 | 0.900000 | 1.400000 | 0.2 | 5.100000 | 1.400000 | 1.300000 | 0.1 | - |
| 4,000 - 4,499 | 34.500000 | 8.300000 | 13.600000 | 5.500000 | 2.900000 | 1.100000 | 1.100000 | 0.3 | 5.200000 | 1.900000 | 1.600000 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 4,500 - 4,999 | 28.800000 | 7.200000 | 11.400000 | 4.400000 | 2.700000 | 0.600000 | 1.000000 | 0.2 | 3.700000 | 1.900000 | 1.600000 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 5,000 - 5,999 | 61.300000 | 16.200000 | 24.300000 | 8.300000 | 4.400000 | 1.300000 | 2.100000 | 0.4 | 9.000000 | 2.900000 | 2.600000 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| 6,000 - 6,999 | 64.400000 | 17.700000 | 25.000000 | 8.200000 | 4.300000 | 1.600000 | 1.800000 | 0.6 | 9.000000 | 4.100000 | 3.400000 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| 7,000 - 7,999 | 60.100000 | 16.500000 | 24.700000 | 6.400000 | 2.900000 | 1.300000 | 2.000000 | 0.4 | 8.500000 | 3.500000 | 2.800000 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| 8,000 - 8,999 | 60.500000 | 19.200000 | 23.600000 | 6.100000 | 3.100000 | 1.100000 | 1.400000 | 0.4 | 7.500000 | 3.300000 | 2.400000 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 9,000 - 9,999 | 55.200000 | 19.000000 | 22.000000 | 5.200000 | 2.400000 | 0.800000 | 1.300000 | 0.7 | 4.900000 | 3.500000 | 2.700000 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| 10,000 - 10,999 | 49.000000 | 19.700000 | 18.700000 | 3.900000 | 1.600000 | 0.700000 | 1.400000 | 0.2 | 3.800000 | 2.100000 | 1.800000 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 11,000 - 11,999 | 44.600000 | 16.800000 | 16.700000 | 4.800000 | 1.900000 | 1.000000 | 1.800000 | 0.1 | 3.600000 | 2.000000 | 1.700000 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| 12,000 - 12,999 | 41.700000 | 18.400000 | 14.200000 | 2.900000 | 1.000000 | 0.500000 | 1.100000 | 0.3 | 2.800000 | 2.700000 | 1.800000 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| 13,000 - 13,999 | 34.600000 | 14.600000 | 13.300000 | 2.700000 | 0.700000 | 0.700000 | 1.000000 | 0.2 | 2.000000 | 1.700000 | 1.200000 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 14,000 - 14,999 | 32.900000 | 13.400000 | 11.800000 | 2.900000 | 1.600000 | 0.400000 | 0.800000 | - | 2.400000 | 1.900000 | 1.200000 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 15,000 - 17,499 | 60.600000 | 26.900000 | 22.600000 | 4.500000 | 1.100000 | 0.600000 | 2.300000 | 0.4 | 3.200000 | 2.600000 | 1.500000 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| 17,500 - 19,999 | 45.300000 | 24.600000 | 14.000000 | 2.800000 | 1.000000 | 0.600000 | 1.000000 | 0.2 | 1.600000 | 2.000000 | 1.000000 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| 20,000 & Over | 141.500000 | 94.000000 | 31.800000 | 6.700000 | 1.800000 | 0.900000 | 3.200000 | 0.8 | 1.600000 | 5.200000 | 1.900000 | 3.2 | 2.2 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Thousands | Text | No |
| Total | Numeric | No |
| English | Numeric | No |
| Mandarin | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese Dialects) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese Dialects) Hokkien | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese Dialects) Teochew | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese Dialects) Cantonese | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese Dialects) Other Chinese Dialects | Text | No |
| Malay | Numeric | No |
| (Indian Languages) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Indian Languages) Tamil | Numeric | No |
| (Indian Languages) Other Indian Languages | Text | No |
| Others | Text | No |