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Economy

Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 04/04/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude heads who were students.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9085

Last updated 17 days ago (23 Aug 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHighestQualificationAttainedEthnicGroupandSexofHeadofHouseholdCensusofPopulation2000.csv (9 rows, 1.3 KB)

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%
Total913524752389161134719587589315130272108488921371635172808606921211612641102462395
No Qualification17348511624857237144485973594712618491125465945990160343866608309299
Primary1203461009591938792404778601454317858153912468941872902128666418248
Lower Secondary1149619929815663851227361111511190991680023009634807715571105811294
Secondary2209261863693455716341513621027204354243147439501886516192267332232493729
Upper Secondary8162570028115976284053177966310666966210046718601770114011172228
Polytechnic45380425672813405133790326102408232781203219438942639333
Other Diploma445573625583013685829488736924512119331407636544221172993179
University1122451006651158093951837061024520901818272121641148567940403656384
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_0733d02c854553889f2ffdf04830fe20"
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 Highest Qualification Attained, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0733d02c854553889f2ffdf04830fe20/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)