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Economy

Resident Households by Household Size and Floor Area of Residence (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 06 Jul 2025, 22:01 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

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude households without floor area information.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17497

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdSizeandFloorAreaofResidenceCensusofPopulation2020.csv (9 rows, 979 B)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
(Floor Area of Residence) ≤ 60 sq m
Numeric
(Floor Area of Residence) >60 to 80 sq m
Numeric
(Floor Area of Residence) >80 to 100 sq m
Numeric
(Floor Area of Residence) >100 to 120 sq m
Numeric
(Floor Area of Residence) >120 sq m
Numeric
Number of Persons in Households
Numeric
Mean Floor Area per Person (sq m)
Numeric
Median Floor Area per Person (sq m)
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%
Total136689113143722117633477334696833253644023054233
1 Person21799754286589834669833219248122179978375
2 Persons30833541073664078108368058517146166704746
3 Persons27969418493467257453976573633658390823534
4 Persons27516295862896272490853467877811006472826
5 Persons1630534584128463637449881593688152662522
6 Persons74826191649751577221857303064489532219
7 Persons30456916151153218341143672131922117
8 or More Persons173695847692497369398261504982115

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
TotalTotalNumericNumber-
(Floor Area of Residence) ≤ 60 sq mFloorAreaofResidence_60sqmNumericNumber-
(Floor Area of Residence) >60 to 80 sq mFloorAreaofResidence_60to80sqmNumericNumber-
(Floor Area of Residence) >80 to 100 sq mFloorAreaofResidence_80to100sqmNumericNumber-
(Floor Area of Residence) >100 to 120 sq mFloorAreaofResidence_100to120sqmNumericNumber-
(Floor Area of Residence) >120 sq mFloorAreaofResidence_120sqmNumericNumber-
Number of Persons in HouseholdsNumberofPersonsinHouseholdsNumericNumber-
Mean Floor Area per Person (sq m)MeanFloorAreaperPerson_sqmNumericNumber-
Median Floor Area per Person (sq m)MedianFloorAreaperPerson_sqmNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_46ff0d0429b30ac8d76d6778df32eb84"
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 Household Size and Floor Area of Residence (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 2, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_46ff0d0429b30ac8d76d6778df32eb84/view

About this dataset

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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)