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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure, Ethnic Group and Sex of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 05 Oct 2025, 23:00 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/17481

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureEthnicGroupandSexofHouseholdReferencePersonCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 1.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Numeric
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
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%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total1372559994133378427106204676163130041515174111172340017121222930802814237551276989853
No Family Nucleus30142613339316803325026310751714274620710972210989217191162710091873545274207
One Person220270989431213271840168037410364214805694678591540284476955604631762870
Two or More Persons811573445146706662472714339104590527763129631631803136268813511337
One Family Nucleus995669799010196659756081608023148058118508921482636093473765911688327607222485359
One Generation2090941779353115916750114270524797194701633831331695914390256951634502661
Two Generations71070156212814857353283242142611140687977677082026868968563111265720925166834242
Three or More Generations758745894716928557484389311855110618102295975465889165715201063457
Two Family Nuclei7246159274131875352644327919912039948025595743458811551153879273
One or Two Generations 168291401228171177698291947337428055691384113624829524353

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) TotalChinese_TotalNumericNumber-
(Chinese) MalesChinese_MalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) FemalesChinese_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) TotalMalays_TotalNumericNumber-
(Malays) MalesMalays_MalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) FemalesMalays_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_4b9576c14ac3716c76807b959c3ed260"
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 Structure, Ethnic Group and Sex of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_4b9576c14ac3716c76807b959c3ed260/view

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feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)