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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Marital Status, Difficulty in Performing Basic Activities, Age Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 07 Jul 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17623

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyMaritalStatusDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivitiesAgeGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (5 rows, 4.4 KB)

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[Total] (Total) Total
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[Total] (Total) Below 25 Years
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[Total] (Total) 25 - 44 Years
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[Total] (Total) 45 - 64 Years
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[Total] (Total) 65 Years & Over
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[Total] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Total
Numeric
[Total] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Below 25 Years
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[Total] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 25 - 44 Years
Numeric
[Total] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 45 - 64 Years
Numeric
[Total] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 65 Years & Over
Numeric
[Total] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Total
Numeric
[Total] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Below 25 Years
Text
[Total] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 25 - 44 Years
Text
[Total] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 45 - 64 Years
Numeric
[Total] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 65 Years & Over
Numeric
[Males] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Males] (Total) Below 25 Years
Text
[Males] (Total) 25 - 44 Years
Numeric
[Males] (Total) 45 - 64 Years
Numeric
[Males] (Total) 65 Years & Over
Numeric
[Males] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Total
Numeric
[Males] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Below 25 Years
Text
[Males] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 25 - 44 Years
Numeric
[Males] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 45 - 64 Years
Numeric
[Males] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 65 Years & Over
Numeric
[Males] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Total
Numeric
[Males] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Below 25 Years
Text
[Males] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 25 - 44 Years
Text
[Males] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 45 - 64 Years
Numeric
[Males] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 65 Years & Over
Numeric
[Females] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Females] (Total) Below 25 Years
Text
[Females] (Total) 25 - 44 Years
Numeric
[Females] (Total) 45 - 64 Years
Numeric
[Females] (Total) 65 Years & Over
Numeric
[Females] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Total
Numeric
[Females] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Below 25 Years
Text
[Females] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 25 - 44 Years
Numeric
[Females] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 45 - 64 Years
Numeric
[Females] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 65 Years & Over
Numeric
[Females] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Total
Numeric
[Females] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Below 25 Years
Text
[Females] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 25 - 44 Years
Text
[Females] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 45 - 64 Years
Numeric
[Females] (Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 65 Years & Over
Numeric
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Single1090666451727438637155591447121077182449603435208151208411631348421243429438335495532162332352300187213817826545688231975228034696671601275281260198424711814537450218492208619834532688653149421762820717481541251515956864144519121735
Married203539365847045169244783998151991391657070298491334736849044002141531111313132510232792003318352472945229979997937200331761946723721107725341-7325707189021012114458038616445153316983799345445663853654461091574131866014799542412424
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[Total] (Total) TotalTotal_Total_TotalNumericNumber-
[Total] (Total) Below 25 YearsTotal_Total_Below25YearsTextNumber-
[Total] (Total) 25 - 44 YearsTotal_Total_25_44YearsNumericNumber-
[Total] (Total) 45 - 64 YearsTotal_Total_45_64YearsNumericNumber-
[Total] (Total) 65 Years & OverTotal_Total_65YearsandOverNumericNumber-
[Total] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) TotalTotal_WithoutALotofDifficultyinPerformingAnyBasicActivity_TotalNumericNumber-
[Total] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Below 25 YearsTotal_WithoutALotofDifficultyinPerformingAnyBasicActivity_Below25YearsTextNumber-
[Total] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 25 - 44 YearsTotal_WithoutALotofDifficultyinPerformingAnyBasicActivity_25_44YearsNumericNumber-
[Total] (Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 45 - 64 YearsTotal_WithoutALotofDifficultyinPerformingAnyBasicActivity_45_64YearsNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_06d431b6ca4375588431a64dba398048"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Marital Status, Difficulty in Performing Basic Activities, Age Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 9, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_06d431b6ca4375588431a64dba398048/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)