Resident Households by Household Structure, Type of Dwelling and Ethnic Group of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureTypeofDwellingandEthnicGroupofHouseholdReferencePersonCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 5.2 KB)

Number Text	(Total) Total Numeric	[Total] (HDB Dwellings) Total Numeric	[Total] (HDB Dwellings) 1- and 2-Room Flats1/ Text	[Total] (HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats Numeric	[Total] (HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats Numeric	[Total] (HDB Dwellings) 5-Room and Executive Flats Numeric	(Total) Condominiums and Other Apartments Numeric	(Total) Landed Properties Numeric	(Total) Others Numeric	(Chinese) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (HDB Dwellings) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (HDB Dwellings) 1- and 2-Room Flats1/ Text	[Chinese] (HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats Numeric	[Chinese] (HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats Numeric	[Chinese] (HDB Dwellings) 5-Room and Executive Flats Numeric	(Chinese) Condominiums and Other Apartments Numeric	(Chinese) Landed Properties Numeric	(Chinese) Others Numeric	(Malays) Total Numeric	[Malays] (HDB Dwellings) Total Numeric	[Malays] (HDB Dwellings) 1- and 2-Room Flats1/ Text	[Malays] (HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats Numeric	[Malays] (HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats Numeric	[Malays] (HDB Dwellings) 5-Room and Executive Flats Numeric	(Malays) Condominiums and Other Apartments Text	(Malays) Landed Properties Numeric	(Malays) Others Text	(Indians) Total Numeric	[Indians] (HDB Dwellings) Total Numeric	[Indians] (HDB Dwellings) 1- and 2-Room Flats1/ Text	[Indians] (HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats Numeric	[Indians] (HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats Numeric	[Indians] (HDB Dwellings) 5-Room and Executive Flats Numeric	(Indians) Condominiums and Other Apartments Numeric	(Indians) Landed Properties Numeric	(Indians) Others Text	(Others) Total Numeric	[Others] (HDB Dwellings) Total Numeric	[Others] (HDB Dwellings) 1- and 2-Room Flats1/ Text	[Others] (HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats Text	[Others] (HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats Numeric	[Others] (HDB Dwellings) 5-Room and Executive Flats Numeric	(Others) Condominiums and Other Apartments Numeric	(Others) Landed Properties Text	(Others) Others Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)50.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)50.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)33.3%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)33.3%
Total	1372559	1080088	88814	242388	434277	314609	220102	68425	3944	1062046	814679	53704	184860	332689	243426	184050	59704	3614	151741	146020	24258	32015	55940	33807	4553	1111	57	121222	96599	9385	20994	36801	29418	19681	4749	193	37551	22790	1466	4519	8846	7959	11819	2862	80
No Family Nucleus	301426	243003	45153	86368	74837	36645	47682	8313	2429	250263	199920	33323	72760	63174	30663	40976	7135	2231	20710	19733	6770	6845	4409	1710	811	130	36	21719	18226	4404	5445	5558	2819	2837	554	102	8735	5123	655	1319	1697	1453	3057	494	60
One Person	220270	177492	37037	64233	51631	24591	36776	4184	1818	184016	146850	27704	54526	43848	20772	31872	3666	1628	14805	14036	5214	5015	2691	1116	641	94	33	15402	12967	3516	3843	3867	1740	2085	249	102	6046	3638	603	849	1224	962	2178	174	55
Two or More Persons	81157	65511	8116	22135	23207	12054	10906	4129	611	66247	53070	5620	18233	19326	9891	9104	3469	603	5905	5697	1556	1830	1718	594	170	36	2	6316	5259	888	1601	1691	1079	753	305	-	2688	1485	52	470	472	491	879	319	5
One Family Nucleus	995669	779425	42652	148593	332803	255377	163691	51088	1466	756081	574982	20147	107233	250963	196638	135408	44358	1334	118508	114096	16802	23369	45951	27974	3548	843	21	93473	73572	4892	14871	29145	24664	16161	3649	92	27607	16775	811	3119	6744	6101	8574	2238	19
One Generation	209094	164098	13656	39340	67637	43465	34676	9719	600	167501	129717	8484	30821	54921	35492	28810	8481	494	19470	18539	3592	4965	6823	3159	671	239	21	16959	13047	1363	3033	4740	3911	3160	680	73	5163	2795	218	521	1153	904	2036	320	12
Two Generations	710701	555226	26866	100404	238649	189308	118891	35801	782	532832	403133	10847	70627	177148	144510	98065	30873	762	87977	84695	12193	16383	34311	21808	2716	565	-	68968	54612	3252	10995	22048	18316	11810	2528	19	20925	12786	574	2398	5141	4673	6301	1835	2
Three or More Generations	75874	60100	2130	8849	26517	22604	10123	5568	83	55748	42132	816	5786	18894	16637	8533	5005	78	11061	10861	1017	2021	4817	3007	161	39	-	7546	5912	277	842	2356	2436	1192	441	-	1520	1194	20	200	450	524	237	83	6
Two Family Nuclei	72461	55776	1008	7269	25642	21856	8350	8289	46	53526	38619	233	4785	18008	15592	7312	7548	46	12039	11713	686	1770	5302	3955	194	132	-	5743	4585	89	632	1948	1917	680	478	-	1153	858	-	81	384	393	165	131	-
One or Two Generations	16829	13871	142	2001	6775	4952	1541	1410	8	11776	9159	57	1347	4413	3341	1342	1267	8	3374	3286	59	472	1711	1045	41	47	-	1384	1225	26	145	552	501	106	52	-	295	201	-	36	99	66	52	43	-

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (HDB Dwellings) Total	Total_HDBDwellings_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (HDB Dwellings) 1- and 2-Room Flats1/	Total_HDBDwellings_1_and2_RoomFlats1	Text	Number	-
[Total] (HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats	Total_HDBDwellings_3_RoomFlats	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats	Total_HDBDwellings_4_RoomFlats	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (HDB Dwellings) 5-Room and Executive Flats	Total_HDBDwellings_5_RoomandExecutiveFlats	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Condominiums and Other Apartments	Total_CondominiumsandOtherApartments	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Landed Properties	Total_LandedProperties	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Others	Total_Others	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_d4b64224cbd495be262151787818be05"
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 Structure, Type of Dwelling and Ethnic Group of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d4b64224cbd495be262151787818be05/view

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureTypeofDwellingandEthnicGroupofHouseholdReferencePersonCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 5.2 KB)

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