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Economy

Married Couples in Resident Households by Religion of Husband and Wife (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 06 Dec 2025, 22:00 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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17541

Data explorer

MarriedCouplesinResidentHouseholdsbyReligionofHusbandandWifeCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 1.3 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
(Religion of Husband) No Religion
Numeric
(Religion of Husband) Buddhism
Numeric
(Religion of Husband) Taoism1/
Numeric
(Religion of Husband) Islam
Numeric
(Religion of Husband) Hinduism
Numeric
(Religion of Husband) Sikhism
Text
[Religion of Husband] (Christianity) Catholic
Numeric
[Religion of Husband] (Christianity) Other Christians
Numeric
(Religion of Husband) Other Religions
Text
(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)8.3%
Total97733319089231296294730145474550023312631961091242642
No Religion1746701276322521772195435409662866781355
With Religion8026636326028774487511144931544613216569101023432286
Buddhism318012291112654411163428188312251674978396
Taoism1/8632866246627708684956-893113873
Islam14682610616951771438264258236315938
Hinduism522675181531718350169236639226127
Sikhism28892530104125224585618-
Christianity1934912540014398461952925643004969095648342
Catholic7320610923752121883491936208462153713152

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
TotalTotalNumericNumber-
(Religion of Husband) No ReligionReligionofHusband_NoReligionNumericNumber-
(Religion of Husband) BuddhismReligionofHusband_BuddhismNumericNumber-
(Religion of Husband) Taoism1/ReligionofHusband_Taoism1NumericNumber-
(Religion of Husband) IslamReligionofHusband_IslamNumericNumber-
(Religion of Husband) HinduismReligionofHusband_HinduismNumericNumber-
(Religion of Husband) SikhismReligionofHusband_SikhismTextNumber-
[Religion of Husband] (Christianity) CatholicReligionofHusband_Christianity_CatholicNumericNumber-
[Religion of Husband] (Christianity) Other ChristiansReligionofHusband_Christianity_OtherChristiansNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_95b8089865ff5e690a684e7305ae90f7"
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). Married Couples in Resident Households by Religion of Husband and Wife (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 24, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_95b8089865ff5e690a684e7305ae90f7/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)