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Collection: Sample Household Survey: Economically Active HDB Resident Population, by Ethnic Group and Flat Type

Dataset: Economically Active HDB Resident Population by Ethnic Group

Housing

Economically Active HDB Resident Population by Ethnic Group

HDB (Housing & Development Board)

Data from Jan 2008 to Dec 2018

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

Chat (Unemployed)

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EconomicallyActiveHDBResidentPopulationbyEthnicGroup.csv (24 rows, 730 B)

SHS Year
Year (YYYY)
Ethnic Group
Text
Economically Active Status
Text
Number of Persons
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2008ChineseEmployed1141000
2008ChineseUnemployed42000
2008MalayEmployed204000
2008MalayUnemployed10000
2008IndianEmployed112000
2008IndianUnemployed6000
2008OthersEmployed23000
2008OthersUnemployed1000
2013ChineseEmployed1202000
2013ChineseUnemployed44000
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_c0f741f3d30fcd87af0b4e40d6855bcf"
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). Economically Active HDB Resident Population by Ethnic Group (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_c0f741f3d30fcd87af0b4e40d6855bcf/view

About this dataset

Contact

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Created on

27 Jun 2016

Licence

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

Agency

HDB (Housing & Development Board)