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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group, Level of Difficulty in Performing Basic Activities and Sex (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/17615

Last updated 2 days ago (7 Sep 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyAgeGroupLevelofDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivitiesandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (14 rows, 2.3 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Activity - No Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Total
Numeric
(Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Activity - No Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Males
Numeric
(Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Activity - No Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Females
Numeric
(Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Activity - Some Difficulty in Performing At Least One Basic Activity) Total
Numeric
(Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Activity - Some Difficulty in Performing At Least One Basic Activity) Males
Numeric
(Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Activity - Some Difficulty in Performing At Least One Basic Activity) Females
Numeric
(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Total
Numeric
(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Males
Numeric
(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 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%
Total386604718718491994198341987716664001753477348546164317184229976244113256492
5 - 92018411039909785119519199993951985418322821901231769463
10 - 1420511310429910081419741699485979316348390524431348909439
15 - 192180301116631063662113651076441037215545335221931120667453
20 - 242407811236571171252334351194901139456329357427541017593425
25 - 292871031420271450752783001372721410287587413734501216618598
30 - 342984991414961570032880101361411518699146456645801344790554
35 - 3929862313948415913928709113342915366110369538149881163673490
40 - 4429860513920515940028374013183515190513342662567171523745778
45 - 493117301509341607952891441398101493342048299911049121041133971
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_cf6063bc06d088c6b7241e86fc8c9335"
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 Age Group, Level of Difficulty in Performing Basic Activities and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_cf6063bc06d088c6b7241e86fc8c9335/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)