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Economy

Resident Households by Type of Dwelling, Ethnic Group of Head of Household and Tenancy (General Household Survey 2015)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8241

Last updated 6 days ago (3 Sep 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofDwellingEthnicGroupofHeadofHouseholdandTenancyGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (9 rows, 1.3 KB)

Thousands
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Owner
Numeric
(Total) Non-Owner
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Owner
Numeric
(Chinese) Non-Owner
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Text
(Malays) Owner
Text
(Malays) Non-Owner
Text
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Owner
Numeric
(Indians) Non-Owner
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Owner
Text
(Others) Non-Owner
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)11.1%
(Null)11.1%
(Null)11.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)11.1%
(Null)0.0%
Total1225.31112.4112.9937.9873.764.3134.1116.617.5113951840.327.213.1
HDB Dwellings1/981.1902.878.3736.3691.944.4130.7113.916.891.179.511.72317.55.5
1- And 2-Room Flats2/68.823.345.54115.925.119.5514.67.52.15.40.80.30.5
3-Room Flats223.4211.711.7169.5163.16.428.227.11.120.617.92.85.13.71.4
4-Room Flats392.3379.612.72972898.151.8510.833.931.62.39.681.6
5-Room And Executive Flats295.8287.48.3228223.24.831.130.80.329.127.91.27.65.52
Condominiums And Other Apartments170.8143.727.1139124.114.82.51.80.716.6115.612.86.86
Landed Properties69.263.75.558.955.53.410.90.14.94.40.54.42.91.6
Others4.22.31.93.82.21.6nanana0.30.10.20.1na0.1
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_9c04abb97ed8f41de8705fbc47fd6a2f"
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. (2023). Resident Households by Type of Dwelling, Ethnic Group of Head of Household and Tenancy (General Household Survey 2015) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_9c04abb97ed8f41de8705fbc47fd6a2f/view

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Created on

01 Nov 2023

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)