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Economy

Resident Population by Planning Area/Subzone of Residence, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 07 Jun 2025, 21:01 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/17561

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationbyPlanningAreaSubzoneofResidenceEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (388 rows, 39.1 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Text
(Total) Males
Text
(Total) Females
Text
(Chinese) Total
Text
(Chinese) Males
Text
(Chinese) Females
Text
(Malays) Total
Text
(Malays) Males
Text
(Malays) Females
Text
(Indians) Total
Text
(Indians) Males
Text
(Indians) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Text
(Others) Males
Text
(Others) Females
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)13.4%
(Null)28.6%
(Null)28.6%
(Null)28.6%
(Null)28.6%
(Null)28.6%
(Null)34.8%
(Null)37.9%
(Null)37.1%
(Null)29.4%
(Null)30.4%
(Null)30.7%
(Null)29.6%
(Null)29.9%
(Null)30.4%
Total4044210197756020666503006770146134015454305455002713302741703622701855701767101296705932070350
Ang Mo Kio - Total1622807757084700134350640507030011140548056601281063506470397016902280
Ang Mo Kio Town Centre48102260255041401950220014060803701702001608080
Cheng San2807013480146002324011120121201940960980228011501130610250370
Chong Boon2650012860136402186010590112701830920900224011301110580220360
Kebun Bahru226201066011970187108780993018208909301590780800510210300
Sembawang Hills685032103650610028503250704040460210250220110110
Shangri-La1596077808180123506020633017608509001480760730370160220
Tagore795037904160716034003760703040500250250220110110
Townsville21140993011210173608150921014407107301760840920590240350

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalTextNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesTextNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesTextNumber-
(Chinese) TotalChinese_TotalTextNumber-
(Chinese) MalesChinese_MalesTextNumber-
(Chinese) FemalesChinese_FemalesTextNumber-
(Malays) TotalMalays_TotalTextNumber-
(Malays) MalesMalays_MalesTextNumber-
(Malays) FemalesMalays_FemalesTextNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_e7ae90176a68945837ad67892b898466"
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 by Planning Area/Subzone of Residence, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 29, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_e7ae90176a68945837ad67892b898466/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)