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Sample Household Survey: Type of Family Nucleus of HDB Households, by Ethnic Group and Flat Type

Type of Family Nucleus by Ethnic Group

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Type of Family Nucleus by Ethnic Group

Data from Jan 2008 to Dec 2018

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:55 SGT

HDB (Housing & Development Board)

Percentage by Ethnic group

Data explorer

TypeofFamilyNucleusbyEthnicGroup.csv (60 rows, 1.7 KB)

SHS Year
Year (YYYY)
Ethnic Group
Text
Type of Family Nucleus
Text
Percentage
Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)1.7%
2008ChineseNuclear79.9
2008ChineseExtended Nuclear7
2008ChineseMulti-nuclear3.4
2008ChineseNon-nuclear9.8
2008MalayNuclear75.9
2008MalayExtended Nuclear9.4
2008MalayMulti-nuclear8.1
2008MalayNon-nuclear6.6
2008IndianNuclear79.9
2008IndianExtended Nuclear8.3

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
SHS Yearshs_yearYear (YYYY)--
Ethnic Groupethnic_groupText--
Type of Family Nucleustype_of_family_nucleusText--
PercentagepercentageNumeric (Percentage)--
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b553c9286f58ba96ef0ee1088743da52"
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.

Housing & Development Board. (2016). Type of Family Nucleus by Ethnic Group (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 17, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b553c9286f58ba96ef0ee1088743da52/view

About this dataset

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Created on

30 Jun 2016

Licence

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

Agency

HDB (Housing & Development Board)