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Economy

Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Type of Dwelling (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8714

Last updated 2 months ago (19 Jun 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandTypeofDwellingGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (26 rows, 2.5 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
HDB Dwellings- Total^
Numeric
HDB Dwellings- 1- And 2-Room Flats#
Text
HDB Dwellings- 3-Room Flats
Numeric
HDB Dwellings- 4-Room Flats
Numeric
HDB Dwellings- 5-Room And Executive Flats
Numeric
Condominiums And Other Apartments
Text
Landed Properties
Text
Others
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.8%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)11.5%
Total102445886505344460211606333171272961100093555313781
Couple-Based Households7399626212251123811486825798623483672716442141807
Young Couples96840879281068127283735236739800183972
No Children In Household420253765136253221477217167398434644
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years543544983269372562236219507400249328
With Youngest Child Aged 12 Years And Over276276137014152nanana
Others184169na80771315nana
Middle-Aged Couples3433912866782482396861205341230404133214768613
No Children In Household391653274277775821178212548554381763
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years22563418675110652265778026843542835810165360
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_974494ebea5559dc5d6b521335b9597f"
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 Household Living Arrangement and Type of Dwelling (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_974494ebea5559dc5d6b521335b9597f/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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

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