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Economy

Resident Households by Type of Dwelling and Occupation of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude heads who were not working.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8702

Last updated 27 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

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ResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofDwellingandOccupationofHeadofHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 1.4 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Senior Officials & Managers
Numeric
Professionals
Numeric
Associate Professionals & Technicians
Numeric
Clerical Workers
Numeric
Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
Agricultural & Fishery Workers
Text
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers
Numeric
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Text
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
Total7897151441609295212634566024106535865791391155214747210702
HDB Dwellings^66316682661631431070056239310058278976698113645471299121
1- And 2-Room Flats#214993961367991261620938239428907246130
3-Room Flats14396891499914163701711127444177171232782718170682
4-Room Flats26487824105204853830026077414222443678357089176272747
5-Room And Executive Flats2307894805932185512131789425336330203752577340875537
Condominiums And Other Apartments851303859722523141312340364513143312491621037
Landed Properties3847421407715849741186168463817498143543
Bungalows443628899104337664na13na2625
Semi-Detached Bungalows131507999218015212984993822914254190
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_13f106bea9ed065e775fffee4f17e10a"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Type of Dwelling and Occupation of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_13f106bea9ed065e775fffee4f17e10a/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)