26/09/2026
๐ธ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ.๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ โ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐?
Singaporeโs population has reached a new high of ๐ฒ.๐ฎ๐ญ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป as at June 2026 โ an increase of 97,348 people, or 1.6%, compared with a year earlier.
But the interesting part isnโt just the headline number.
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๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ โ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐?
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ
Singapore citizens increased to 3.68 million, while PRs stood at about 547,000.
Together, Singaporeโs resident population reached about 4.23 million, an increase of around 27,000 people over the year.
This is the group that forms the main pool of households looking at HDB resale and private homes.
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ป๐ผ๐ป-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐
The non-resident population increased by 70,339, or 3.7%, to almost 1.98 million.
In fact, non-residents accounted for about 72% of Singaporeโs total population increase over the year.
A significant part of this increase came from Work Permit holders, particularly in the Construction, Marine shipyard and Process (CMP) sectors, as Singapore ramps up infrastructure and housing projects.
๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐?
There isnโt a simple answer of โ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ = ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐.โ
Instead, population growth can create different types of housing demand.
More residents can contribute to demand for homes to own, while a growing non-resident population can support demand for rental accommodation.
But rental demand and property prices still depend on many other factors โ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐, ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐, ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ.
And thereโs another statistic I find particularly interesting.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด โ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ
Singapore had about 1.49 million resident households in 2025, up 1.6% from 2024.
At the same time, average household size fell to 3.06 persons, compared with 3.39 persons in 2015. One-person households also increased from 11.9% in 2015 to 16.7% in 2025.
That tells us something important:
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
Itโs also about how those people live, how many households are being formed, what type of homes they need, and where they want to live.
So rather than simply asking:
โWill property prices go up?โ
I think a better question is:
โWhere is the demand coming from, and which property segments could benefit from it?โ
Thatโs why I believe good property decisions should be based on ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ โ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐.
If youโre a homeowner, upgrader, landlord or investor and youโre wondering how these population trends could relate to your own property plans, feel free to reach out. Iโm always happy to have a conversation.
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