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Economy

Resident Households by Marital Status, Ethnic Group and Sex of Household Reference Person (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/17530

Last updated 3 days ago (6 Sep 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyMaritalStatusEthnicGroupandSexofHouseholdReferencePersonCensusofPopulation2020.csv (5 rows, 901 B)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Numeric
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) 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%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total1372559994133378427106204676163130041515174111172340017121222930802814237551276989853
Single2323571052571271001999818881311116815949818977601103655215516539127352656
Married9415368312491102877122696285038376610911096593125179246882482998627688236704018
Widowed910051967571330703711538954982112652570869580001497650413692201149
Divorced/Separated107661379526971079425289275049915416437111045971735816137310210732029
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_f5924502a169e7ae66a1b39e0876353c"
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 Households by Marital Status, Ethnic Group and Sex of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f5924502a169e7ae66a1b39e0876353c/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)