Unemployed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020)

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Unemployed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020)

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/17556

Last updated 3 days ago (6 Sep 2026)

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UnemployedResidentsAged15YearsandOverbyAgeGroupMaritalStatusSexandEthnicGroupCensusofPopulation2020.csv (10 rows, 6.3 KB)

Number Text	[Total] (Total) Total Numeric	[Total] (Total) Males Numeric	[Total] (Total) Females Numeric	[Total] (Single) Total Numeric	[Total] (Single) Males Numeric	[Total] (Single) Females Numeric	[Total] (Married) Total Numeric	[Total] (Married) Males Numeric	[Total] (Married) Females Numeric	[Total] (Widowed) Total Text	[Total] (Widowed) Males Text	[Total] (Widowed) Females Text	[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Total Text	[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Males Text	[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Females Text	[Chinese] (Total) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Single) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Single) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Single) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Married) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Married) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Married) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Widowed) Total Text	[Chinese] (Widowed) Males Text	[Chinese] (Widowed) Females Text	[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Total Text	[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Males Text	[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Females Text	[Malays] (Total) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Total) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Total) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Single) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Single) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Single) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Married) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Married) Males Text	[Malays] (Married) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Widowed) Total Text	[Malays] (Widowed) Males Text	[Malays] (Widowed) Females Text	[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Total Text	[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Males Text	[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Females Text	[Indians] (Total) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Single) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Single) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Single) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Married) Total Text	[Indians] (Married) Males Text	[Indians] (Married) Females Text	[Indians] (Widowed) Total Text	[Indians] (Widowed) Males Text	[Indians] (Widowed) Females Text	[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Total Text	[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Males Text	[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Females Text	[Others] (Total) Total Numeric	[Others] (Total) Males Numeric	[Others] (Total) Females Numeric	[Others] (Single) Total Numeric	[Others] (Single) Males Numeric	[Others] (Single) Females Numeric	[Others] (Married) Total Text	[Others] (Married) Males Text	[Others] (Married) Females Text	[Others] (Widowed) Total Text	[Others] (Widowed) Males Text	[Others] (Widowed) Females Text	[Others] (Divorced/Separated) Total Text	[Others] (Divorced/Separated) Males Text	[Others] (Divorced/Separated) 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)30.0%	(Null)40.0%	(Null)30.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)20.0%	(Null)10.0%	(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)30.0%	(Null)70.0%	(Null)30.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)20.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)60.0%	(Null)60.0%	(Null)60.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)20.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)60.0%	(Null)70.0%	(Null)60.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)30.0%	(Null)20.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)30.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)60.0%	(Null)100.0%	(Null)60.0%	(Null)20.0%	(Null)50.0%	(Null)20.0%
Total	135127	67705	67422	64303	32546	31757	59725	31175	28550	2378	467	1911	8720	3517	5203	92879	47659	45220	45499	23463	22036	40083	21641	18442	1817	342	1475	5480	2213	3267	21390	10533	10857	10544	5175	5369	8629	4463	4166	264	81	183	1953	815	1139	16177	7498	8679	6770	3154	3616	8144	3904	4240	235	44	191	1027	395	632	4681	2015	2666	1490	754	736	2869	1167	1702	62	-	62	259	94	165
15 - 19	6432	2392	4040	6373	2387	3986	59	5	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	3909	1422	2487	3895	1417	2478	14	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468	468	1000	1423	468	955	45	-	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	793	389	403	793	389	403	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	262	113	150	262	113	150	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20 - 24	20706	8123	12583	20184	8019	12164	446	104	342	-	-	-	77	-	77	13595	5511	8084	13439	5462	7977	144	49	95	-	-	-	12	-	12	4128	1539	2588	3846	1493	2353	243	46	196	-	-	-	39	-	39	2363	781	1582	2297	773	1524	40	8	32	-	-	-	26	-	26	621	291	329	601	291	310	19	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-
25 - 29	17572	10082	7490	14925	9319	5606	2433	742	1691	-	-	-	214	21	193	11322	7057	4265	10236	6718	3518	1019	328	692	-	-	-	67	12	55	3734	1852	1882	2658	1515	1143	984	328	656	-	-	-	93	9	84	2210	1067	1143	1805	980	825	355	87	269	-	-	-	49	-	49	306	106	200	226	106	120	75	-	75	-	-	-	5	-	5
30 - 34	10986	5183	5803	5693	3363	2331	4858	1636	3222	21	-	21	414	184	230	6589	3345	3244	4002	2367	1635	2418	875	1544	21	-	21	148	103	45	2361	1016	1345	990	601	389	1137	358	780	-	-	-	234	58	176	1600	690	910	624	347	277	953	320	633	-	-	-	23	23	-	436	132	304	77	48	30	350	84	266	-	-	-	9	-	9
35 - 39	10216	4761	5455	3391	1991	1400	6092	2485	3607	52	10	43	681	275	406	6458	3183	3275	2549	1509	1040	3638	1578	2060	10	-	10	261	96	165	1785	899	885	479	311	168	1063	463	601	-	-	-	243	126	117	1387	496	891	268	101	167	937	342	595	27	10	17	155	43	112	586	182	404	95	70	26	453	102	352	16	-	16	22	11	11
40 - 44	10974	4700	6274	3156	1751	1405	6704	2603	4100	25	9	16	1088	336	752	7164	3199	3966	2518	1328	1190	4071	1673	2398	25	9	16	549	188	362	1515	766	749	358	281	76	853	394	459	-	-	-	304	91	213	1734	550	1184	224	120	104	1314	373	941	-	-	-	196	57	139	561	185	376	56	21	35	466	163	302	-	-	-	39	-	39
45 - 49	12151	5591	6560	2988	1502	1486	7636	3453	4183	150	41	109	1378	596	782	8453	3964	4488	2464	1217	1247	5054	2414	2640	68	-	68	867	333	534	1453	695	758	260	149	111	812	374	438	83	41	42	298	131	167	1594	703	891	203	113	90	1229	474	755	-	-	-	163	116	46	652	229	422	61	23	38	540	191	350	-	-	-	51	16	34
50 - 54	12650	6876	5774	2437	1369	1068	8289	4766	3523	249	13	235	1675	727	948	9046	4871	4174	1840	995	845	5914	3380	2534	173	-	173	1119	497	622	1651	934	717	318	204	115	986	552	434	34	13	21	312	164	147	1404	765	638	231	132	99	981	588	393	17	-	17	174	45	129	550	305	245	48	39	9	407	246	161	25	-	25	70	20	50
55 & Over	33440	19998	13442	5156	2845	2312	23209	15382	7827	1881	394	1487	3194	1377	1816	26343	15106	11237	4555	2449	2106	17810	11339	6470	1521	333	1188	2457	985	1472	3296	2364	933	213	153	60	2505	1948	557	147	27	120	431	235	196	3093	2057	1036	325	198	127	2336	1714	622	191	34	157	240	111	130	708	471	236	63	44	19	558	381	177	22	-	22	64	46	18

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Total	Total_Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Males	Total_Total_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Females	Total_Total_Females	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Single) Total	Total_Single_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Single) Males	Total_Single_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Single) Females	Total_Single_Females	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Married) Total	Total_Married_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Married) Males	Total_Married_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Married) Females	Total_Married_Females	Numeric	Number	-

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Unemployed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_9bc922761b98615a490d41e309965d99/view

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