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Collection: Sample Household Survey: Gender Composition of HDB Resident Population, by Ethnic Group and Flat Type

Dataset: Gender Composition of HDB Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Above by Ethnic Group

Housing

Gender Composition of HDB Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Above by Ethnic Group

HDB (Housing & Development Board)

Data from Jan 2008 to Dec 2018

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

Percentage by Ethnic group

Data explorer

GenderCompositionofHDBResidentPopulationAged15YearsandAbovebyEthnicGroup.csv (30 rows, 708 B)

SHS Year
Year (YYYY)
Ethnic Group
Text
Gender
Text
Percentage
Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2008ChineseMale49.2
2008ChineseFemale50.8
2008MalayMale48.1
2008MalayFemale51.9
2008IndianMale48.8
2008IndianFemale51.2
2008OthersMale46.4
2008OthersFemale53.6
2008AllMale49
2008AllFemale51
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ec6b85ff143d7a62597fac7817ec3a67"
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). Gender Composition of HDB Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Above by Ethnic Group (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ec6b85ff143d7a62597fac7817ec3a67/view

About this dataset

Contact

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Created on

28 Jun 2016

Licence

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

Agency

HDB (Housing & Development Board)