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Economy

Resident Households by Type of Dwelling and Number of Employed Persons in Household (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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17498

Last updated 3 days ago (6 Sep 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofDwellingandNumberofEmployedPersonsinHouseholdCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 1008 B)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Employed Person
Numeric
1 Employed Person
Numeric
2 Employed Persons
Numeric
3 Employed Persons
Numeric
4 Employed Persons
Numeric
5 or More Employed Persons
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%
Total13725591824454619414996391531875836516983
HDB Dwellings10800881522383635363787331252144707313294
1- and 2-Room Flats1/88814332553999212678235344096
3-Room Flats24238848087103181648071901658341463
4-Room Flats4342774328313759116931556644212946149
5-Room and Executive Flats314609276128277213193447201195035587
Condominiums and Other Apartments2201021984278351970191761659151359
Landed Properties68425988318111227741010952912258
Bungalows89301423249425091469746289
Semi-Detached Bungalows2068331515608706727241524609
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_31b08a74dc59554fa4b1c2128a55488f"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Type of Dwelling and Number of Employed Persons in Household (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_31b08a74dc59554fa4b1c2128a55488f/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)