Written Answer by Ministry of National Development on land use

Apr 1, 2019

Mr Png Eng Huat: To ask the Minister for National Development as a percentage of the land area of Singapore, what is the total area used respectively for (i) public housing (ii) private housing (iii) industrial land and (iv) parks, nature reserves and water catchment.

Answer:

Of the total land area of Singapore, approximately (i) 14% is used for parks, nature reserves, nature areas and waterbodies; (ii) 13% is used for industry; (iii) 7% is used for private housing; and (iv) 8% is used for public housing. The latter does not include the many social and community amenities in our HDB towns and estates for which additional land is set aside.