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Economy

Resident Households by Predominant Household Language and Highest Qualification Attained of Head of Household (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 22/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households, households comprising only unrelated persons and households headed by students.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8588

Last updated 22 days ago (18 Aug 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyPredominantHouseholdLanguageandHighestQualificationAttainedofHeadofHouseholdCensusofPopulation2010.csv (13 rows, 1.2 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Qualification
Numeric
Primary
Numeric
Lower Secondary
Numeric
Secondary
Numeric
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)
Numeric
Polytechnic
Numeric
Professional Qualification And Other Diploma
Numeric
University
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%
Total986928137801766181204121940571001467269856080229116
English317518768872492099965849335233143427888122889
Mandarin3497544982034777555176963435967267171630061023
Chinese Dialects1557086052218742218692276091405511492312242
Hokkien7492333063100481090398753859204014733660
Teochew297991271336244015455115998767901631
Cantonese40320110884012570467312959212921615536
Other Chinese Dialects1066736591057124616027234664991415
Malay1035331567712826176282957217025478426703349
Indian Languages48633396829684298599341423602342420237
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_06674ad7cc22bb6d016107a030c11668"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Predominant Household Language and Highest Qualification Attained of Head of Household (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_06674ad7cc22bb6d016107a030c11668/view

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Created on

24 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)