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Economy

Resident Population by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

Last updated: 19 Jun 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8680

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationbyAgeGroupEthnicGroupandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (19 rows, 2.6 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Numeric
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total346781417211391746675262672312978491328874480722240406240316291131149621141510692383326335975
0 - 4199529102678968511343536909165262364131885617557227541165511099600930762933
5 - 92372371223341149031639748482679148435482249021058235311199311538618430253159
10 - 142585531329591255941819439373788206487652517923586229671162411343487824192459
15 - 19234921120893114028166645861528049344534227642177019952101399813379018381952
20 - 2421895111060910834216035381407789463693318793181401823988339406342615761850
25 - 29247799118231129568192914929419997328975142491472621604937912225430616622644
30 - 34293414141464151950224623107419117204329271615116776282331474813485763131464485
35 - 39299153147117152036224073108770115303381591863019529284381582712611848338904593
40 - 44321472161997159475242125121539120586449422240222540270031441612587740236403762

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) TotalChinese_TotalNumericNumber-
(Chinese) MalesChinese_MalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) FemalesChinese_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) TotalMalays_TotalNumericNumber-
(Malays) MalesMalays_MalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) FemalesMalays_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_07567ca645c78f21e1a3113a404ad963"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 2, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_07567ca645c78f21e1a3113a404ad963/view

About this dataset

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)