Average Household Size of Resident and Resident Employed Households by Type of Dwelling (Household Employment Income, Annual 2000-2024)

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AverageHouseholdSizeofResidentandResidentEmployedHouseholdsbyTypeofDwellingHouseholdEmploymentIncomeAnnual20002024.csv (25 rows, 3.1 KB)

Persons Text	(Resident Households) Total1/ Numeric	(Resident Households) HDB 1- & 2- Room Flats2/ Numeric	(Resident Households) HDB 3-Room Flats Numeric	(Resident Households) HDB 4-Room Flats Numeric	(Resident Households) HDB 5-Room & Executive Flats Numeric	(Resident Households) Condominiums & Other Apartments Numeric	(Resident Households) Landed Properties Numeric	(Resident Employed Households) Total1/ Numeric	(Resident Employed Households) HDB 1- & 2- Room Flats2/ Numeric	(Resident Employed Households) HDB 3-Room Flats Numeric	(Resident Employed Households) HDB 4-Room Flats Numeric	(Resident Employed Households) HDB 5-Room & Executive Flats Numeric	(Resident Employed Households) Condominiums & Other Apartments Numeric	(Resident Employed Households) Landed Properties 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%
2000	3.7	2.2	3.11	3.95	4.13	3.67	4.65	3.84	2.48	3.27	4.02	4.17	3.77	4.91
2001	3.61	2.19	3.01	3.87	3.97	3.58	4.33	3.73	2.38	3.14	3.94	4.02	3.67	4.56
2002	3.55	2.07	2.93	3.75	3.96	3.48	4.19	3.7	2.38	3.1	3.84	4.01	3.58	4.46
2003	3.52	1.96	2.85	3.75	3.96	3.45	4.3	3.68	2.23	3.03	3.84	4.01	3.52	4.56
2004	3.52	2.04	2.81	3.73	3.93	3.56	4.33	3.68	2.33	3	3.82	4	3.66	4.6
2005	3.56	2.04	2.8	3.76	4	3.52	4.54	3.72	2.34	2.97	3.85	4.06	3.6	4.81
2006	3.46	2	2.77	3.69	3.93	3.33	4.22	3.62	2.32	2.93	3.78	4	3.43	4.47
2007	3.48	2.01	2.76	3.65	3.93	3.44	4.22	3.63	2.27	2.93	3.75	3.99	3.54	4.52
2008	3.5	2.09	2.77	3.66	3.93	3.46	4.32	3.65	2.37	2.95	3.76	4	3.55	4.58
2009	3.49	2.12	2.77	3.66	3.93	3.45	4.28	3.66	2.43	2.95	3.77	4.01	3.56	4.55

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Persons	Persons	Text	Persons	-
(Resident Households) Total1/	ResidentHouseholds_Total1	Numeric	Persons	-
(Resident Households) HDB 1- & 2- Room Flats2/	ResidentHouseholds_HDB1_and2_RoomFlats2	Numeric	Persons	-
(Resident Households) HDB 3-Room Flats	ResidentHouseholds_HDB3_RoomFlats	Numeric	Persons	-
(Resident Households) HDB 4-Room Flats	ResidentHouseholds_HDB4_RoomFlats	Numeric	Persons	-
(Resident Households) HDB 5-Room & Executive Flats	ResidentHouseholds_HDB5_RoomandExecutiveFlats	Numeric	Persons	-
(Resident Households) Condominiums & Other Apartments	ResidentHouseholds_CondominiumsandOtherApartments	Numeric	Persons	-
(Resident Households) Landed Properties	ResidentHouseholds_LandedProperties	Numeric	Persons	-
(Resident Employed Households) Total1/	ResidentEmployedHouseholds_Total1	Numeric	Persons	-
(Resident Employed Households) HDB 1- & 2- Room Flats2/	ResidentEmployedHouseholds_HDB1_and2_RoomFlats2	Numeric	Persons	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_60c16ae56d1c33e4c38886d3663db688"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2025). Average Household Size of Resident and Resident Employed Households by Type of Dwelling (Household Employment Income, Annual 2000-2024) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved October 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_60c16ae56d1c33e4c38886d3663db688/view

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AverageHouseholdSizeofResidentandResidentEmployedHouseholdsbyTypeofDwellingHouseholdEmploymentIncomeAnnual20002024.csv (25 rows, 3.1 KB)

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