MEDIAN AND MEAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Parliament of Singapore · 12 February 2007
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MEDIAN AND MEAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
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(Figures for 2001 to 2005): **
3.
Mr Siew Kum Hong asked the Minister for Trade and Industry, for each year from 2001 to 2005, what were the median and mean monthly household per capita income for (i) all resident households in Singapore; and (ii) each quintile of resident households broken down by income.
Mr Lim Hng Kiang: The mean and median monthly income from work per household member among resident households up to 2006 is shown in Table 1 below. Income from other sources is only available once in five years from the Household Expenditure Survey. Income data for employed households is used, instead of for all households, in order to isolate the effects caused by changes in the proportion of retiree households.
Table 1: Mean and Median Monthly Income from Work Per Household **: Member Among Employed Households **
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Mean
|
1,700
|
1,660
|
1,690
|
1,750
|
1,820
|
1,950
Median
|
1,190
|
1,160
|
1,170
|
1,200
|
1,250
|
1,310
The mean and median income from work per household member among employed households by quintile is shown in Tables 2 and 3. The lowest quintile group showed a slight drop in the mean income between 2001 and 2003 but recovered from 2004.
Table 2: Mean Monthly Income from Work Per Household Member Among **: Employed Households by Quintile **
Dollar
Quintiles
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
---|---|---|---|---|---|---
1st - 20th
|
390
|
380
|
380
|
390
|
390
|
420
21st - 40th
|
770
|
750
|
760
|
780
|
800
|
850
41st - 60th
|
1,200
|
1,170
|
1,180
|
1,210
|
1,260
|
1,320
61st - 80th
|
1,850
|
1,800
|
1,830
|
1,860
|
1,950
|
2,050
81st - 100th
|
4,310
|
4,210
|
4,300
|
4,490
|
4,720
|
5,090
** Table 3: Median Monthly Income from Work Per Household Member Among Employed Households by Quintile **
Dollar
Quintiles
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
---|---|---|---|---|---|---
1st - 20th
|
400
|
400
|
400
|
400
|
400
|
430
21st - 40th
|
760
|
750
|
750
|
780
|
800
|
850
41st - 60th
|
1,190
|
1,160
|
1,170
|
1,200
|
1,250
|
1,310
61st - 80th
|
1,810
|
1,770
|
1,800
|
1,830
|
1,920
|
2,010
81st - 100th
|
3,440
|
3,360
|
3,380
|
3,500
|
3,660
|
3,940
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 12 February 2007. Republished on SGParliament.