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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Religion and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 06 Jul 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17462

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyTypeofDwellingReligionandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 3.5 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(No Religion) Total
Numeric
(No Religion) Males
Numeric
(No Religion) Females
Numeric
(Buddhism) Total
Numeric
(Buddhism) Males
Numeric
(Buddhism) Females
Numeric
(Taoism1/) Total
Numeric
(Taoism1/) Males
Numeric
(Taoism1/) Females
Numeric
(Islam) Total
Numeric
(Islam) Males
Numeric
(Islam) Females
Numeric
(Hinduism) Total
Numeric
(Hinduism) Males
Numeric
(Hinduism) Females
Numeric
(Sikhism) Total
Numeric
(Sikhism) Males
Numeric
(Sikhism) Females
Text
[Christianity] (Catholic) Total
Numeric
[Christianity] (Catholic) Males
Numeric
[Christianity] (Catholic) Females
Numeric
[Christianity] (Other Christians) Total
Numeric
[Christianity] (Other Christians) Males
Numeric
[Christianity] (Other Christians) Females
Numeric
(Other Religions) Total
Numeric
(Other Religions) Males
Numeric
(Other Religions) Females
Text
(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%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(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)8.3%
Total345909316635601795534692528356071336457107415951249356166630396014924715471353925126313427611717296386414865481205161965855242681106084136597411674179298232376982746235204
HDB Dwellings27319381317819141411948518525061723456889726243063346662925883212712513170751554525132026422613353366580669539113462244911608907045690433264806113512151294677329553818
1- and 2-Room Flats2/15429876886774122002412110791437236186491858611009568953206073429118316177287350237853862481376894303538591032643325994403204199
3-Room Flats515316239903275413846614166043001176752824579429454263258992836499708480885162025655126201303516608188422730210758165444372816955267741587648939
4-Room Flats1150237556712593525195856100315955414081161965602115561194845907760407210717103302107415534082694326464350117341767609122633534577957094128054430253311661367
5-Room and Executive Flats91208744431746777018464596532881132751591329671421927407636460376171443867081373574471832351523668356518211744657813032835453115042509466409722499371312
Condominiums and Other Apartments5003832366452637381491647516274002121365557446562127207132391396716314800283123229216290160021562834729522772272729550978414334554496236013031058
Landed Properties21927010488811438256327292012712652606244872811816797826385347150364135096929342335061363727635291221274916373483082205626252669340329
Bungalows28442133571508571263534359254792509297017708529187483703791023541482170137334541199625457430332741031549163
Semi-Detached Bungalows6612331269348531708992187870162337343889052292413281611856495372400111412864912432498579373448451482565178308923953

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(No Religion) TotalNoReligion_TotalNumericNumber-
(No Religion) MalesNoReligion_MalesNumericNumber-
(No Religion) FemalesNoReligion_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Buddhism) TotalBuddhism_TotalNumericNumber-
(Buddhism) MalesBuddhism_MalesNumericNumber-
(Buddhism) FemalesBuddhism_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_4afb641aa0308a1a807099964e11a4bd"
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 Aged 15 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Religion and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 17, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_4afb641aa0308a1a807099964e11a4bd/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)