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Economy

Resident Households by Type of Dwelling, Household Size and Ethnic Group of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 06 Jul 2025, 22:00 SGT

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/17491

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ResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofDwellingHouseholdSizeandEthnicGroupofHouseholdReferencePersonCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 4.6 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) 1 Person
Numeric
(Total) 2 Persons
Numeric
(Total) 3 Persons
Numeric
(Total) 4 Persons
Numeric
(Total) 5 Persons
Numeric
(Total) 6 Persons
Numeric
(Total) 7 Persons
Numeric
(Total) 8 or More Persons
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) 1 Person
Numeric
(Chinese) 2 Persons
Numeric
(Chinese) 3 Persons
Numeric
(Chinese) 4 Persons
Numeric
(Chinese) 5 Persons
Numeric
(Chinese) 6 Persons
Numeric
(Chinese) 7 Persons
Numeric
(Chinese) 8 or More Persons
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) 1 Person
Numeric
(Malays) 2 Persons
Numeric
(Malays) 3 Persons
Numeric
(Malays) 4 Persons
Text
(Malays) 5 Persons
Numeric
(Malays) 6 Persons
Text
(Malays) 7 Persons
Text
(Malays) 8 or More Persons
Text
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) 1 Person
Numeric
(Indians) 2 Persons
Numeric
(Indians) 3 Persons
Numeric
(Indians) 4 Persons
Numeric
(Indians) 5 Persons
Text
(Indians) 6 Persons
Text
(Indians) 7 Persons
Text
(Indians) 8 or More Persons
Text
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) 1 Person
Numeric
(Others) 2 Persons
Numeric
(Others) 3 Persons
Numeric
(Others) 4 Persons
Numeric
(Others) 5 Persons
Text
(Others) 6 Persons
Numeric
(Others) 7 Persons
Text
(Others) 8 or More Persons
Text
(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%
(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)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)16.7%
Total13725592202703097542805442755941634667498130527174221062046184016249272220481207891116592518712078511138151741148053056430279300192243813429583043771212221540223021228702999118388717429011476375516046689869147693604825071012432
HDB Dwellings108008817749225510522954221475311803453500207291093381467914685020236117677715773779698335671227854101460201403629422293832880521632128785624424196599129671926718929235861334954232078100022790363840544453462533561632749283
1- and 2-Room Flats1/888143703728443120455629317113176764965370427704172915831180876722157252425852147816448729171874965538446938535162906153176346012168201466603430196140699135
3-Room Flats242388642337269650949320291412656341796926184860545265812138043216898380279799131332015501584596827507234962002699445209943843512149494342182966993148451984999411309254211671320
4-Room Flats4342775163197417100417979295099523402847540123326894384880332797797233034785147124838206755940269191931171513405931657912301152836801386763767116103425471230396835888461224151618081852142359636759
5-Room and Executive Flats314609245915654966131791674974323148978155002434262077246618531246191035767158386392300533807111639536355741069454120208518212941817404864533381395588232994947479599621114131817071443860355199
Condominiums and Other Apartments220102367764448439277471753262613348467617411840503187237898334563851225769112083881145245536419327868936664241426819681208531543076532241531224544124118192178250019582447203849111097
Landed Properties6842541849133111451348612585803951084746597043666807696931147310904700846114273111194189108321140127656847492495338501073887527278352286217433649461965437815453
Bungalows8930421673134116251627118883812177325390516105512981319936712109975949397--7819148311815916411289807108701591291371403731
Semi-Detached Bungalows2068310872852326841443789239117901362183281014258429803448322621521653127215914261579155-5133731148173436231137978585829941011803169740-

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) 1 PersonTotal_1PersonNumericNumber-
(Total) 2 PersonsTotal_2PersonsNumericNumber-
(Total) 3 PersonsTotal_3PersonsNumericNumber-
(Total) 4 PersonsTotal_4PersonsNumericNumber-
(Total) 5 PersonsTotal_5PersonsNumericNumber-
(Total) 6 PersonsTotal_6PersonsNumericNumber-
(Total) 7 PersonsTotal_7PersonsNumericNumber-
(Total) 8 or More PersonsTotal_8orMorePersonsNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3b74992a34016c2bbae6584993868a29"
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, Household Size and Ethnic Group of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3b74992a34016c2bbae6584993868a29/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)