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Average and Median Size of HDB Households by Flat Type

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Average and Median Size of HDB Households by Flat Type

Data from Jan 2008 to Dec 2018

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:31 SGT

HDB (Housing & Development Board)

Average size of HDB households by flat type

Data explorer

AverageandMedianSizeofHDBHouseholdsbyFlatType.csv (21 rows, 420 B)

SHS Year Year (YYYY)	Flat Type Text	Average Size Numeric	Median Size Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2008	1-room	1.9	2
2008	2-room	2.3	2
2008	3-room	2.7	3
2008	4-room	3.7	4
2008	5-room	3.8	4
2008	Executive	4.1	4
2008	All	3.4	3
2013	1-room	2	2
2013	2-room	2.6	2
2013	3-room	2.8	3

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
SHS Year	shs_year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Flat Type	flat_type	Text	-	-
Average Size	average_size	Numeric	No. of Persons	-
Median Size	median_size	Numeric	No. of Persons	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3b626812cc3ea5cafa20490bb996eb0b"
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.

Housing & Development Board. (2016). Average and Median Size of HDB Households by Flat Type (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3b626812cc3ea5cafa20490bb996eb0b/view

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Created on

27 Jun 2016

Licence

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

Agency

HDB (Housing & Development Board)