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Economy

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

Last updated: 05 Jun 2026, 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/17473

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofDwellingEthnicGroupofHouseholdReferencePersonandTenancyCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 2.2 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Owner-Occupied
Numeric
(Total) Rented
Numeric
(Total) Others
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Owner-Occupied
Numeric
(Chinese) Rented
Numeric
(Chinese) Others
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Owner-Occupied
Numeric
(Malays) Rented
Numeric
(Malays) Others
Text
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Owner-Occupied
Numeric
(Indians) Rented
Numeric
(Indians) Others
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Owner-Occupied
Text
(Others) Rented
Numeric
(Others) Others
Text
(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)33.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
Total137255912060301521231440710620469518469763812562151741129927212505641212229960820773841375512464912461440
HDB Dwellings108008896364110884875988146797382967001063731460201256771982451996599824211364353422790172475371171
1- and 2-Room Flats1/8881433556549802785370424836287131552425856061860349938525406771741466573893-
3-Room Flats242388224715154512222184860171149117951917320153138143519920994185972321774519358890130
4-Room Flats43427740804623292293833268931158818569253255940552854731833680134059260613688467115164487
5-Room and Executive Flats3146092973251512521592434262307241093317693380733406313882941827225194524879595971193354
Condominiums and Other Apartments22010217964735514494218405015716622365451945533345117533196811323262282211181959045747169
Landed Properties6842561029577616205970454703354714531111904207-474939247537128621498126996
Bungalows8930769392231573256704361260755917-8196082011071032234345
Semi-Detached Bungalows206831842417315281832816800106945915911148-133710542384585845837624
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_92655b98e60b15e89e24b4c56aacc32a"
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 of Household Reference Person and Tenancy (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_92655b98e60b15e89e24b4c56aacc32a/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)