Statistics on Single-parent Families

Ms Hazel Poa asked the Minister for Social and Family Development what is the number of single-parent families in 2024, 2019, 2014, 2009 and 2004 in terms of (i) absolute number as well as (ii) percentage of all families.

Mr Masagos Zulkifli B M M: Currently, such information is captured at the household 1 level. This includes household size, number of married couple-based households and number of single-parent resident households 2 .

The data is available on the Department of Statistics' website at https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M810651 .

Note(s) to Question No(s) 29:

1 A household refers to (i) a group of two or more persons living together in the same house and sharing common food or other essential arrangements for living; or (ii) a person living alone or a person living with others but having his own food or other essential arrangements for living. Although persons may be living in the same house, they may not be members of the same household.

2 Resident households refer to households where the household reference person is a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident. Single-parent households refer to households whose household reference person is never-married/widowed/divorced/separated and living with children aged below 16 years or never-married children.