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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Type of Dwelling (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/17486

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandTypeofDwellingCensusofPopulation2020.csv (20 rows, 2.3 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings) Total
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings) 1- & 2- Room Flats1/
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats
Numeric
(HDB Dwellings) 5-Room & Executive Flats
Numeric
Condominiums & Other Apartments
Numeric
Landed Properties
Numeric
Others
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%
Total1372559108008888814242388434277314609220102684253944
Married Couple-Based Households88336467513327230109484295914242505154198527601273
Household Reference Person Aged Below 35 Years759396395928839498336921788511252553175
No Children in Household331352668640641731450076076077235137
With Child(ren) in Household4280437273247853251919210278517531937
Household Reference Person Aged 35 - 49 Years302896218139483629786101646818717270111721334
No Children in Household 512653831010377294187251125511957867131
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years 1971901402692983175176507254697485338230157
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years3454223908379293810349102418726187336
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years and Over1989915653437203875005678348575110

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
TotalTotalNumericNumber-
(HDB Dwellings) TotalHDBDwellings_TotalNumericNumber-
(HDB Dwellings) 1- & 2- Room Flats1/HDBDwellings_1_and2_RoomFlats1NumericNumber-
(HDB Dwellings) 3-Room FlatsHDBDwellings_3_RoomFlatsNumericNumber-
(HDB Dwellings) 4-Room FlatsHDBDwellings_4_RoomFlatsNumericNumber-
(HDB Dwellings) 5-Room & Executive FlatsHDBDwellings_5_RoomandExecutiveFlatsNumericNumber-
Condominiums & Other ApartmentsCondominiumsandOtherApartmentsNumericNumber-
Landed PropertiesLandedPropertiesNumericNumber-
OthersOthersNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_894a0d14fb8133464a90bd732cc04711"
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 Living Arrangement and Type of Dwelling (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_894a0d14fb8133464a90bd732cc04711/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)