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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Marital Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)

Last updated: 04 Nov 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8227

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_cca3f7516cc8a76cfbcbce5fcefbfa1c"
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. (2023). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Marital Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2015) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 23, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_cca3f7516cc8a76cfbcbce5fcefbfa1c/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

01 Nov 2023

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Marital Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)

Last updated: 04 Nov 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8227

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Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyReligionMaritalStatusandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (12 rows, 1.7 KB)

Thousands Text	(Total) Total Numeric	(Total) Males Numeric	(Total) Females Numeric	(Single) Total Numeric	(Single) Males Numeric	(Single) Females Numeric	(Married) Total Numeric	(Married) Males Numeric	(Married) Females Numeric	(Widowed) Total Numeric	(Widowed) Males Text	(Widowed) Females Numeric	(Divorced/Separated) Total Numeric	(Divorced/Separated) Males Text	(Divorced/Separated) 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)16.7%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)0.0%
Total	3275.9	1589.6	1686.3	1034.5	533.2	501.3	1945.6	984.7	960.9	172.1	28.9	143.2	123.6	42.7	80.9
No Religion	604.5	317.2	287.3	236.5	128.9	107.6	331.1	175.4	155.7	14.8	4.2	10.6	22.2	8.7	13.4
With Religion	2671.4	1272.4	1399	798.1	404.3	393.8	1614.5	809.4	805.2	157.3	24.8	132.6	101.4	34	67.5
Buddhism	1087.3	522.4	564.9	310	160.6	149.4	669.7	336.6	333.2	64.6	10.3	54.3	42.9	14.9	28
Taoism1/	326.4	160.7	165.6	87.6	45.4	42.2	202.8	107.3	95.4	26.9	4.2	22.8	9	3.8	5.2
Islam	459.8	226	233.8	155.1	84.3	70.8	258.2	129.9	128.3	25.5	5.2	20.4	21	6.6	14.4
Hinduism	162.5	81.3	81.2	36.1	18.8	17.3	113.5	60.2	53.4	7.9	0.9	7	5	1.5	3.5
Sikhism	11.5	5.2	6.3	3.2	1.5	1.7	6.8	3.5	3.4	1	na	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.3
Christianity	616.1	272.8	343.3	203.6	92.4	111.2	358.7	169.3	189.4	31	4.1	26.8	22.8	6.9	15.9
Catholic	220.9	98.1	122.8	70.6	33.5	37.1	129.3	60	69.3	11.7	1.5	10.2	9.3	3.1	6.2

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Thousands	Thousands	Text	Thousands	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Total) Males	Total_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Total) Females	Total_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Single) Total	Single_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Single) Males	Single_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Single) Females	Single_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Married) Total	Married_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Married) Males	Married_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Married) Females	Married_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-

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