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Resident Households by Type of Dwelling and Occupation of Head of Household (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

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude heads who were not working.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8237

Last updated 5 days ago (4 Sep 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofDwellingandOccupationofHeadofHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (9 rows, 1 KB)

Thousands
Text
Total
Numeric
Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers
Numeric
Professionals
Numeric
Associate Professionals & Technicians
Numeric
Clerical Support Workers
Text
Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers
Numeric
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
Others3/
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)11.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)11.1%
Total963.6222.7176.5164.37396.255.399.367.29
HDB Dwellings1/766.4117120.1144.768.991.253.897.266.37.3
1- And 2-Room Flats2/40.60.80.62.12.910.53.16.713.90.1
3-Room Flats160.414.116.525.918.825.411.524.622.80.9
4-Room Flats319.442.249.163.62937.82645.723.12.9
5-Room And Executive Flats245.459.553.853.118.217.513.220.26.53.4
Condominiums And Other Apartments145.475.244.415.32.63.211.60.51.6
Landed Properties48.428.911.73.71.61.20.40.50.30.2
Others3.41.60.30.6na0.60.20.10.1na
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a1338fc07d56c180d6c591a765966387"
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 and Occupation of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2015) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a1338fc07d56c180d6c591a765966387/view

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Created on

12 Jan 2024

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