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Economy

Resident Households by Ethnic Group, Labour Force Status and Sex of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 07 Jun 2025, 19:01 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/17531

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyEthnicGroupLabourForceStatusandSexofHouseholdReferencePersonCensusofPopulation2020.csv (5 rows, 1 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Labour Force - Total) Total
Numeric
(Labour Force - Total) Males
Numeric
(Labour Force - Total) Females
Numeric
(Labour Force - Employed) Total
Numeric
(Labour Force - Employed) Males
Numeric
(Labour Force - Employed) Females
Numeric
(Labour Force - Unemployed) Total
Numeric
(Labour Force - Unemployed) Males
Numeric
(Labour Force - Unemployed) Females
Numeric
(Outside the Labour Force) Total
Numeric
(Outside the Labour Force) Males
Numeric
(Outside the Labour Force) 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%
Total137255999413337842711091428463092628321062486813464249022466563284513811263418147823115595
Chinese106204676163130041584567563762020805581167261372919794434002238911011121637112401192360
Malays1517411117234001712513498474266601191439437524768599140991892266071325013357
Indians121222930802814210492284541203819969480714189805228382714011630085397761
Others37551276989853334112567577363197724647733014351028407413920232117

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Labour Force - Total) TotalLabourForce_Total_TotalNumericNumber-
(Labour Force - Total) MalesLabourForce_Total_MalesNumericNumber-
(Labour Force - Total) FemalesLabourForce_Total_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Labour Force - Employed) TotalLabourForce_Employed_TotalNumericNumber-
(Labour Force - Employed) MalesLabourForce_Employed_MalesNumericNumber-
(Labour Force - Employed) FemalesLabourForce_Employed_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_5c1b7f454248e9bb20bc5959eea5928b"
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 Households by Ethnic Group, Labour Force Status and Sex of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5c1b7f454248e9bb20bc5959eea5928b/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)