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Sample Household Survey: HDB Resident Population and Growth Rate

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Sample Household Survey: HDB Resident Population and Growth Rate

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:42 SGT

HDB (Housing & Development Board)

Data is derived from the Sample Household Survey (SHS) which is conducted once every 5 years. Data is rounded off to the nearest 1,000.

HDB resident population refers to Singapore citizens and Singapore permanent residents (SPRs) residing in HDB flats, excluding subtenants.

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the metadata for this collection. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
collection_id = 174          
url = "https://api-production.data.gov.sg/v2/public/api/collections/{}/metadata".format(collection_id)
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())