Written Answer by Ministry of National Development on household income and expenditure

Feb 29, 2016

Mr Gan Thiam Poh: To ask the Minister for National Development for the past 10 years 

(a) What has been the change in (i) average income per household and (ii) per capita income for each housing type of 2-room, 3-room, 4-room, and 5-room or more in public, private and landed properties; and 

(b) What has been the average consumption of public utilities (water and electricity) for each housing type. 

Answer: 

Based on data published by the Department of Statistics, the change in average monthly household income for each housing type over the past 10 years is shown in Table 1 .

The change in average monthly per capita household income over the same period for each housing type is shown in Table 2. 


 

The Household Expenditure Survey provides data on the average consumption of water and electricity for each housing type. This does not account for government rebates on utilities, which would have helped to reduce household expenditures. The consumption data is shown in Table 3.