Written Answer

Statistics on Single-parent Families

8 April 2025 · Ministry of Social and Family Development

Speakers

Masagos Zulkifli B M M (Minister for Social and Family Development, Second Minister for Health and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs) Hazel Poa

Transcript

29 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 household¹ level. This includes household size, number of married couple-based households and number of single-parent resident households².

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