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Economy

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

Last updated: 06 Jul 2025, 21:01 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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17475

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofDwellingEthnicGroupandSexofHouseholdReferencePersonCensusofPopulation2020.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
HDB Dwellings10800887739763061128146795782502364301460201076353838596599722582434122790158346956
1- and 2-Room Flats1/8881451595372195370431602221022425813864103949385543039561466700766
3-Room Flats242388146109962791848601085597630132015209101110420994138447150451927961723
4-Room Flats4342773241751101023326892449018778855940441861175436801286848117884664032442
5-Room and Executive Flats31460925209762512243426193188502383380728674513329418243005118795959352024
Condominiums and Other Apartments2201021638225628018405013416349887455333181234196811686928121181994722347
Landed Properties68425534301499659704465941310911117293824749378396628622324538
Bungalows893068232107732554851840754629819696123710595115
Semi-Detached Bungalows20683163284355183281444138871591223713371042295858722136

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

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_893df0c34cf86a6df6f6be6768faf680"
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, Ethnic Group and Sex of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 17, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_893df0c34cf86a6df6f6be6768faf680/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)