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Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Difficulty in Performing Basic Activities and Age Group (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/17620

Last updated 2 days ago (7 Sep 2026)

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ResidentStudentsAged5YearsandOverbyLevelofEducationAttendingDifficultyinPerformingBasicActivitiesandAgeGroupCensusofPopulation2020.csv (8 rows, 1.4 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) 5 - 9 Years
Text
(Total) 10 - 14 Years
Text
(Total) 15 Years & Over
Text
(Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) Total
Numeric
(Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 5 - 9 Years
Text
(Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 10 - 14 Years
Text
(Without A Lot of Difficulty in Performing Any Basic Activity) 15 Years & Over
Text
(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) Total
Numeric
(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 5 - 9 Years
Text
(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 10 - 14 Years
Text
(Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity) 15 Years & Over
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)62.5%
(Null)62.5%
(Null)12.5%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)62.5%
(Null)62.5%
(Null)12.5%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)62.5%
(Null)62.5%
(Null)12.5%
Total7198391964082047743186587164451953182035403175873395109012331071
Pre-Primary5599355993--5560755607--386386--
Primary2459311404151049325842441821397101041573151749705775269
Secondary174298-9984174456173444-9938374061853-458395
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)56663--5666356539--56539124--124
Polytechnic Diploma72676--7267672538--72538138--138
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma11593--1159311561--1156132--32
University102685--102685102573--102573112--112
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_0b4be68078186d6fc7f0a52d0e8dc42c"
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 Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Difficulty in Performing Basic Activities and Age Group (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0b4be68078186d6fc7f0a52d0e8dc42c/view

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Created on

22 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)