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Married Couples in Resident Households by Religion of Husband and Wife (General Household Survey 2015)

Last updated: 02 Aug 2025, 23:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 23/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8612

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MarriedCouplesinResidentHouseholdsbyReligionofHusbandandWifeGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (12 rows, 1.2 KB)

Thousands Text	Total Numeric	(Religion Of Husband) No Religion Numeric	(Religion Of Husband) Buddhism Text	(Religion Of Husband) Taoism1/ Text	(Religion Of Husband) Islam Text	(Religion Of Husband) Hinduism Text	(Religion Of Husband) Sikhism Text	(Religion Of Husband) Christianity- Catholic Text	(Religion Of Husband) Christianity- Other Christians Text	(Religion Of Husband) Other Religions Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)16.7%	(Null)25.0%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)41.7%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)16.7%	(Null)25.0%
Total	939	166.4	313.5	99.8	132.1	57.2	3.7	58.1	105.7	2.5
No Religion	150	110.7	19.8	7.5	0.4	0.6	0.1	4.6	6.1	0.2
With Religion	789	55.7	293.7	92.3	131.7	56.6	3.6	53.5	99.6	2.3
Buddhism	318.4	24.8	272.4	10.7	0.1	0.5	na	4.1	5.3	0.5
Taoism1/	90.5	5.4	6.3	76.8	na	na	na	1.1	0.9	na
Islam	132.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	130.9	0.4	na	0.2	0.4	na
Hinduism	55.6	0.6	0.4	na	0.1	53.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.1
Sikhism	3.5	0.1	na	na	na	0.3	3.1	0.1	na	na
Christianity	185.9	24	14	4.5	0.6	1.8	0.1	47.8	92.8	0.3
Catholic	69.1	10	7.1	2	0.4	1.5	0.1	45.3	2.6	0.1

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Thousands	Thousands	Text	Thousands	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Religion Of Husband) No Religion	ReligionOfHusband_NoReligion	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Religion Of Husband) Buddhism	ReligionOfHusband_Buddhism	Text	Thousands	-
(Religion Of Husband) Taoism1/	ReligionOfHusband_Taoism1	Text	Thousands	-
(Religion Of Husband) Islam	ReligionOfHusband_Islam	Text	Thousands	-
(Religion Of Husband) Hinduism	ReligionOfHusband_Hinduism	Text	Thousands	-
(Religion Of Husband) Sikhism	ReligionOfHusband_Sikhism	Text	Thousands	-
(Religion Of Husband) Christianity- Catholic	ReligionOfHusband_Christianity_Catholic	Text	Thousands	-
(Religion Of Husband) Christianity- Other Christians	ReligionOfHusband_Christianity_OtherChristians	Text	Thousands	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_2d492ad4b5c76c6bfa4ca5a3a7f3fa60"
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. (2023). Married Couples in Resident Households by Religion of Husband and Wife (General Household Survey 2015) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 5, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2d492ad4b5c76c6bfa4ca5a3a7f3fa60/view

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Created on

12 Nov 2023

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

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