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Economy

Resident Households by Type of Dwelling and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Predominant household language refers to the language or dialect spoken by the majority of household members to other members (excluding domestic workers and unrelated persons), taking into account the reported language most frequently spoken and language second most frequently spoken (new in 2020) at home for each household member.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17518

Last updated 3 days ago (6 Sep 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofDwellingandPredominantHouseholdLanguageCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 1.6 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
English
Numeric
Mandarin
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects) Total 
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects) Hokkien
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects) Teochew
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects) Cantonese
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects) Other Chinese Dialects
Numeric
Malay
Numeric
(Indian Languages) Total  
Numeric
(Indian Languages) Tamil
Numeric
(Indian Languages) Other Indian Languages
Numeric
Others
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total11228764509934147821029545071519404271175719105459394793116883109210
HDB Dwellings880697296233347822933964715617905233295005103542338452827555705858
1- and 2-Room Flats1/492311207710670833648511325183033016168189418405487
3-Room Flats17086341918666133001514719592877821585225358392738110111390
4-Room Flats375253115325163465380641995975148512208041786139531159123622658
5-Room and Executive Flats285350126913107074169817627313852051011230539605746421421724
Condominiums and Other Apartments1786211130615002061662126823280741014644957241125472953
Landed Properties61899411881608231821369657934222450629464165367
Bungalows80165763173632112269107232596405675
Semi-Detached Bungalows188221255047801091522244227981062071684088
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_1f1e1857da048a34bddd63583de6e345"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Type of Dwelling and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1f1e1857da048a34bddd63583de6e345/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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

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