1、 POPULATION TRENDS, 2020 ISSN 2591-8028 Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade or (ii) a person living alone or a person living with others but having his own food or other essential arrangements for living. Although persons may be living in the same house, they may not be members of the same h
2、ousehold. A resident household refers to a household headed by a Singapore citizen or permanent resident. 18 Population Trends, 2020 Singapore Department of Statistics Type of Dwelling The Housing and Development Board (HDB) 4-room flat continued to be the most common type of dwelling, housing 31.8
3、per cent of resident households in 2019 (Chart 2.2). The next two largest groups were those staying in HDB 5-room & executive flats and HDB 3-room flats, which formed 23.1 per cent and 17.5 per cent respectively. Another 6.2 per cent lived in HDB 1- & 2-room flats. While the proportion of resident h
4、ouseholds living in condominiums & other apartments made up only the fourth largest group in 2019, that proportion has been increasing over the past two decades from 6.3 per cent in 1999 to 10.5 per cent in 2009 and 16.2 per cent in 2019. The proportion of those living in landed properties remained
5、relatively stable at 5.0 per cent in 2019. Chart 2.2 Proportion of Resident Households by Selected Type of Dwelling * Includes HDB studio apartments. 0 10 20 30 40 1990199520002005201020152019 HDB 1- and 2-Room Flats* Landed Properties Condominiums/ Other Apartments HDB 3-Room Flats HDB 5-Room / Exe
6、cutive Flats HDB 4-Room Flats Per Cent Singapore Department of Statistics Population Trends, 2020 19 Home Ownership In 2019, 1.24 million resident households, or 90.4 per cent, owned their homes (Table 2.1). Ownership has remained high with more than 9 in 10 resident households owning their homes si