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Economy

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

Last updated: 07 Jun 2025, 23:01 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/17616

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyLevelofDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivityinSpecificDomainAgeGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (35 rows, 5.1 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Text
(Total) Males
Text
(Total) Females
Text
(Below 25 Years) Total
Text
(Below 25 Years) Males
Text
(Below 25 Years) Females
Text
(25 - 44 Years) Total
Text
(25 - 44 Years) Males
Text
(25 - 44 Years) Females
Text
( 45 - 64 Years) Total
Text
( 45 - 64 Years) Males
Text
( 45 - 64 Years) Females
Text
(65 Years & Over) Total
Text
(65 Years & Over) Males
Text
(65 Years & Over) Females
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
(Null)17.1%
Total38660471871849199419886576444360942215511828295622136206171198452583108615344619001282919336082
Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity1/37684231830717193770686104744067242037511775845593876181971180226573950606275549567256708292858
No Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity1/34198771666400175347783740842661241079611371405386775984631056586514643541943388743186467202276
Some Difficulty in Performing At Least One Basic Activity1/3485461643171842292364014060958040444207091973412364059307643321608237024190582
Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity1/9762441132564924717293717805245282624191822691589068694352621043224
Seeing
Without A Lot of Difficulty38460851862863198322286493544323542170011811815614266197561193852580843613009606116277359328757
No Difficulty36511871773623187756585505643821341684311576995497546079451125240547247577993513192238408274784
Some Difficulty19489789240105657987950224857234821167111811686133359635016929243895153973
Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty1996289871097682937445516487878614600226523351288555607325

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalTextNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesTextNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesTextNumber-
(Below 25 Years) TotalBelow25Years_TotalTextNumber-
(Below 25 Years) MalesBelow25Years_MalesTextNumber-
(Below 25 Years) FemalesBelow25Years_FemalesTextNumber-
(25 - 44 Years) Total25_44Years_TotalTextNumber-
(25 - 44 Years) Males25_44Years_MalesTextNumber-
(25 - 44 Years) Females25_44Years_FemalesTextNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_753e2c1b53422dfd6fc7d9cbe7b71448"
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 5 Years and Over by Level of Difficulty in Performing Basic Activity in Specific Domain, Age Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 1, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_753e2c1b53422dfd6fc7d9cbe7b71448/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)