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

Description

General Household Survey 2015 counts of resident population aged 15 and over by religion, ethnic group, and sex (in thousands). SingStat CSV supports religious demography, ethnic–faith intersections, and gendered religious affiliation patterns in 2015 Singapore.

Official description

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/8228

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Thousands (Total) Total (Total) Males (Total) Females (Chinese) Total (Chinese) Males (Chinese) Females (Malays) Total (Malays) Males (Malays) Females (Indians) Total (Indians) Males (Indians) Females (Others) Total (Others) Males (Others) Females
Total 3275.900000 1589.600000 1686.300000 2517.5 1215.8 1301.6 389 188.3 200.7 270.200000 137.1 133.100000 99.3 48.4 50.9
No Religion 604.500000 317.200000 287.300000 586.4 305.5 280.9 1.1 0.4 0.7 3.700000 2.7 1.000000 13.3 8.6 4.7
With Religion 2671.400000 1272.400000 1399.000000 1931 910.3 1020.7 387.9 187.9 200 266.500000 134.4 132.100000 86 39.8 46.2
Buddhism 1087.300000 522.400000 564.900000 1064.7 514.4 550.3 0.2 na 0.2 1.800000 1 0.800000 20.5 7 13.6
Taoism1/ 326.400000 160.700000 165.600000 325.5 160.7 164.7 na na na 0.100000 na 0.100000 0.8 na 0.8
Islam 459.800000 226.000000 233.800000 8.6 4.6 4 385.8 187.4 198.5 57.500000 30.3 27.200000 7.8 3.8 4
Hinduism 162.500000 81.300000 81.200000 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 na 0.1 161.800000 80.9 80.900000 0.4 0.3 0.1
Sikhism 11.500000 5.200000 6.300000 na na na na na na 11.500000 5.2 6.300000 na na na
Christianity 616.100000 272.800000 343.300000 526.2 227.7 298.5 1.5 0.4 1.1 32.700000 16.5 16.200000 55.6 28.2 27.5
Catholic 220.900000 98.100000 122.800000 164.3 70.1 94.2 0.6 na 0.6 18.600000 9.7 9.000000 37.4 18.3 19.1
Other Christians 395.200000 174.700000 220.500000 361.9 157.6 204.4 0.9 0.4 0.5 14.100000 6.8 7.300000 18.3 9.9 8.4
Other Religions 7.900000 4.000000 3.900000 5.8 2.8 3 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.000000 0.6 0.500000 0.9 0.6 0.3

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Column Type Categorical
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(Total) Total Numeric No
(Total) Males Numeric No
(Total) Females Numeric No
(Chinese) Total Text No
(Chinese) Males Text No
(Chinese) Females Text No
(Malays) Total Text No
(Malays) Males Text No
(Malays) Females Text No
(Indians) Total Numeric No
(Indians) Males Text No
(Indians) Females Numeric No
(Others) Total Text No
(Others) Males Text No
(Others) Females Text No