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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area of Residence and Religion (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 07 May 2026, 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

Footnotes: Note: Planning areas refer to areas demarcated in the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Master Plan 2019.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17592

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyPlanningAreaofResidenceandReligionCensusofPopulation2020.csv (32 rows, 2.8 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Religion
Numeric
Buddhism
Numeric
Taoism1/
Numeric
Islam
Numeric
Hinduism
Numeric
Sikhism
Text
(Christianity) Catholic
Numeric
(Christianity) Other Christians
Numeric
Other Religions
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total34590936925281074159303960539251172963120512426814116749827
Ang Mo Kio1436163014149544172791095266613421214316339214
Bedok238734471936992718890406601032110582087429299511
Bishan768001924721950530433823217146860714759189
Bukit Batok139173263434159112344230599228377812517726380
Bukit Merah128585299344222411813122486308656816716675560
Bukit Panjang120112229373769313519203255239365707712715242
Bukit Timah62963177331110330157362063227795019824312
Choa Chu Kang167886298265166217284348259963319860515082320
Clementi793001841723091639990333398356560812695303
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a58564fbed922609a0f79af96069dd9b"
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 Planning Area of Residence and Religion (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 4, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a58564fbed922609a0f79af96069dd9b/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)