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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Planning Area of Residence, Level of Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity in Specific Domain and Age Group (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 07 Aug 2025, 19:00 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

Footnotes: Note: Planning areas refer to areas demarcated in the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Master Plan 2019.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17617

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ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyPlanningAreaofResidenceLevelofDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivityinSpecificDomainandAgeGroupCensusofPopulation2020.csv (32 rows, 19.2 KB)

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(No Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity1/) Total
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(No Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity1/) Below 65 Years
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(No Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity1/) 65 Years & Over
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Seeing) Total
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Seeing) Below 65 Years
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Seeing) 65 Years & Over
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Hearing) Total
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Hearing) Below 65 Years
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Hearing) 65 Years & Over
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Mobility) Total
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Mobility) Below 65 Years
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Mobility) 65 Years & Over
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Remembering) Total
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Remembering) Below 65 Years
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Remembering) 65 Years & Over
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Self-Care) Total
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Self-Care) Below 65 Years
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Self-Care) 65 Years & Over
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Communicating) Total
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Communicating) Below 65 Years
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(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Communicating) 65 Years & Over
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(Some Difficulty in Performing At Least One Basic Activity1/) Total
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(Some Difficulty in Performing At Least One Basic Activity1/) Below 65 Years
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(Some Difficulty in Performing At Least One Basic Activity1/) 65 Years & Over
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific DomainSeeing) Total
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific DomainSeeing) Below 65 Years
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific DomainSeeing) 65 Years & Over
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Hearing) Total
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Hearing) Below 65 Years
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Hearing) 65 Years & Over
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Mobility) Below 65 Years
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Remembering) Below 65 Years
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Remembering) 65 Years & Over
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Self-Care) Total
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Self-Care) Below 65 Years
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Self-Care) 65 Years & Over
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Communicating) Total
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Communicating) Below 65 Years
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(Some Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Communicating) 65 Years & Over
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity1/) Total
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity1/) Below 65 Years
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity1/) 65 Years & Over
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Seeing) Total
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Seeing) Below 65 Years
Text
(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Seeing) 65 Years & Over
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Hearing) Total
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Hearing) Below 65 Years
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Hearing) 65 Years & Over
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Mobility) Total
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Mobility) Below 65 Years
Text
(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Mobility) 65 Years & Over
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Remembering) Total
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Remembering) Below 65 Years
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Remembering) 65 Years & Over
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Self-Care) Total
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Self-Care) Below 65 Years
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Self-Care) 65 Years & Over
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Communicating) Total
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Communicating) Below 65 Years
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(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Communicating) 65 Years & Over
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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(No Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity1/) TotalNoDifficultyinPerformingAnyBasicActivity1_TotalNumericNumber-
(No Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity1/) Below 65 YearsNoDifficultyinPerformingAnyBasicActivity1_Below65YearsNumericNumber-
(No Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity1/) 65 Years & OverNoDifficultyinPerformingAnyBasicActivity1_65YearsandOverNumericNumber-
(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Seeing) TotalNoDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivity_bySpecificDomain_Seeing_TotalNumericNumber-
(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Seeing) Below 65 YearsNoDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivity_bySpecificDomain_Seeing_Below65YearsNumericNumber-
(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Seeing) 65 Years & OverNoDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivity_bySpecificDomain_Seeing_65YearsandOverNumericNumber-
(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Hearing) TotalNoDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivity_bySpecificDomain_Hearing_TotalNumericNumber-
(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Hearing) Below 65 YearsNoDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivity_bySpecificDomain_Hearing_Below65YearsNumericNumber-
(No Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity, by Specific Domain - Hearing) 65 Years & OverNoDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivity_bySpecificDomain_Hearing_65YearsandOverNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_21d8b67788ed8ef5705aa4bd5ec66b4b"
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 5 Years and Over by Planning Area of Residence, Level of Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity in Specific Domain and Age Group (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 22, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_21d8b67788ed8ef5705aa4bd5ec66b4b/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.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)