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

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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%
Total	1372559	1206030	152123	14407	1062046	951846	97638	12562	151741	129927	21250	564	121222	99608	20773	841	37551	24649	12461	440
HDB Dwellings	1080088	963641	108848	7598	814679	738296	70010	6373	146020	125677	19824	519	96599	82421	13643	534	22790	17247	5371	171
1- and 2-Room Flats1/	88814	33556	54980	278	53704	24836	28713	155	24258	5606	18603	49	9385	2540	6771	74	1466	573	893	-
3-Room Flats	242388	224715	15451	2222	184860	171149	11795	1917	32015	31381	435	199	20994	18597	2321	77	4519	3588	901	30
4-Room Flats	434277	408046	23292	2938	332689	311588	18569	2532	55940	55285	473	183	36801	34059	2606	136	8846	7115	1644	87
5-Room and Executive Flats	314609	297325	15125	2159	243426	230724	10933	1769	33807	33406	313	88	29418	27225	1945	248	7959	5971	1933	54
Condominiums and Other Apartments	220102	179647	35514	4942	184050	157166	22365	4519	4553	3345	1175	33	19681	13232	6228	221	11819	5904	5747	169
Landed Properties	68425	61029	5776	1620	59704	54703	3547	1453	1111	904	207	-	4749	3924	753	71	2862	1498	1269	96
Bungalows	8930	7693	922	315	7325	6704	361	260	75	59	17	-	819	608	201	10	710	322	343	45
Semi-Detached Bungalows	20683	18424	1731	528	18328	16800	1069	459	159	111	48	-	1337	1054	238	45	858	458	376	24

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Owner-Occupied	Total_Owner_Occupied	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Rented	Total_Rented	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Others	Total_Others	Numeric	Number	-
(Chinese) Total	Chinese_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Chinese) Owner-Occupied	Chinese_Owner_Occupied	Numeric	Number	-
(Chinese) Rented	Chinese_Rented	Numeric	Number	-
(Chinese) Others	Chinese_Others	Numeric	Number	-
(Malays) Total	Malays_Total	Numeric	Number	-

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())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Type of Dwelling, Ethnic Group of Household Reference Person and Tenancy (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 17, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_92655b98e60b15e89e24b4c56aacc32a/view

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ResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofDwellingEthnicGroupofHouseholdReferencePersonandTenancyCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 2.2 KB)

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