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Among the population, 98,510 residents, or 38.3% of the population, live in 5-Room and Executive HDB Flats, making it the most common type of dwelling. 17,900 residents (6.95%) live in condominiums and other apartments, while 4,200 residents (1.63%) live in landed properties. As of 2020, the average household size in Jurong West is 3.39.
Woodlands is a planning area and residential town located in the North Region of Singapore.As of 2019, the town has a population of 254,733. Located approximately 25 km (16 miles) north of the central business district (CBD), it is the densest planning area and the regional centre for the northern parts of the country.
This is a list of places in Singapore based on the planning areas and their constituent subzones as designated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Based on the latest URA Master Plan in 2019, the country is divided into 5 regions , which are further subdivided into 55 planning areas , and finally subdivided into a total of 332 subzones.
Meyer Flats was an apartment building on Meyer Road in Katong, Singapore. Completed in 1928, it served as a companion block to the Crescent Flats , which was the first apartment building built in Singapore.
HDB residences in Bishan town. Public housing in Singapore is subsidised, built, and managed by the government of Singapore.Starting in the 1930s, the country's first public housing was built by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) in a similar fashion to contemporaneous British public housing projects, and housing for the resettlement of squatters was built from the late 1950s.
Consistent with the rest of Singapore, the largest religion in Sengkang is Buddhism, with 72,229 practising residents (35.06% of the population). The second most common group consists of residents with no religion (43,436 residents, 21.09% of the population). Islam is also prominent in Sengkang, with 26,557 Muslims (12.89%).
Singapore's main territory looks like a diamond-shaped island, although its territory includes surrounding smaller islands. The farthest outlying island is Pedra Branca. Of Singapore's dozens of smaller islands, Jurong Island, Pulau Tekong, Pulau Ubin and Sentosa are the larger ones. Most of Singapore is no more than 15 meters above sea level.
By 1968, policies were formulated so that Singaporeans could use their CPF to pay and own an HDB flat. [20] Halimah Yacob, sworn in as the 8th President of the Republic of Singapore on 14 September 2017, the first female President in Singapore's history was a notable resident at Selegie House. [21]