Around 1 in 7 S'pore families have monthly income of at least S$30,000: General Household Survey

About one in seven households in Singapore reported monthly incomes of at least S$30,000 in 2025, according to the General Household Survey (GHS) report.

This marks a near-doubling of the share recorded five years earlier.

The report was released by the Department of Statistics on Jun. 30, and is the fourth in a series of mid-decade national surveys conducted since 1995.

The report provides a broad overview of trends in topics such as marriage, education, religion and income.

Higher income households

According to the report, 13.4 per cent of resident households have a monthly market income of S$30,000 or more, up from 7.4 per cent in 2020.

The proportion of resident households earning at least S$12,000 a month similarly increased, from 38.2 per cent in 2020 to 51.6 per cent in 2025.

Overall, the median household market income for resident households was S$12,446, marking the first time it has crossed the S$12,000 mark.

This also translates to a median income of S$4,160 per household member after accounting for household size, up from S$2,952 per capita in 2020.

Market income refers to income comprising employment and non-employment sources such as rental income, investments, and regular insurance payouts received by households before government transfers and taxes.

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All 3 major ethnic groups had increase in household income

The report also noted that all three major ethnic groups saw their household market income rise from 2020 to 2025 after adjusting for inflation.

The annual real increases in household market income were 3.5 per cent for Indian families, 3.1 per cent for Chinese families, and 2.3 per cent for Malay families.

In 2025, the median monthly household market income was S$13,382 for Indians, S$12,969 for Chinese, and S$8,581 for Malays.

In 2020, the median monthly household market income was S$9,597 for Indians, S$9,469 for Chinese, and S$6,514 for Malays.

The report said employment remained the primary income source for Singapore families, making up around 80 per cent of their total income.

Singles, dual-income couples becoming increasingly common

Among family structures, singles and dual-career couples have become increasingly common, the report said.

Singlehood rose among younger participants below 40 years old, with the largest increase in the 25-34 year age bracket.

It was also more common among Chinese residents than among Indians and Malays.

Meanwhile, married couple-based households with children remained the most common living arrangement, although it saw a slight drop from 50.4 per cent to 47.6 per cent of resident households.

Among married couples, there was a trend towards both parties in employment, comprising about 56.6 per cent of couples.

The share of married couples where only the husband was employed fell from 24.9 per cent in 2020, to 21 per cent in 2025.

Whereas the share of married couples where only the wife was working remained stable at 7.5 per cent in 2025 and 7.4 per cent in 2020.