With higher car ownership among households in bigger housing types (details in Chapter 3 – Consumer Durables), the share of private road transport expenditure out of total household expenditure was higher for households in bigger housing types. In 2012/13, private road transport accounted for 11 – 13 per cent of household expenditure among households in HDB 5-room and Executive flats, condominiums and other private apartments and landed properties (Chart 1.8). In comparison, private road transport accounted for 2.4 per cent of household expenditure among households in HDB 1- and 2-room flats and 5.5 per cent among HDB 3-room dwellers.