Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Level of Education Attending and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)

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Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Level of Education Attending and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)

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

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2015' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8211

Last updated 5 days ago (4 Sep 2026)

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ResidentStudentsAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInLevelofEducationAttendingandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (19 rows, 2.8 KB)

Thousands Text	(Total) Total Numeric	(Total) Males Numeric	(Total) Females Numeric	(Secondary And Below) Total Numeric	(Secondary And Below) Males Numeric	(Secondary And Below) Females Numeric	(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total Numeric	(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males Numeric	(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females Numeric	(Polytechnic) Total Numeric	(Polytechnic) Males Numeric	(Polytechnic) Females Numeric	(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Total Numeric	(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Males Numeric	(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Females Numeric	(University) Total Numeric	(University) Males Numeric	(University) 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%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Total	327.3	163	164.4	87.5	46.1	41.4	58.7	30.4	28.3	79.8	41.6	38.2	10.4	4.7	5.6	90.9	40.1	50.8
Not Literate	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Literate	327.1	162.8	164.3	87.2	45.9	41.3	58.7	30.4	28.3	79.8	41.6	38.2	10.4	4.7	5.6	90.9	40.1	50.8
One Language Only	38.9	24.5	14.4	16.5	9.5	7	6	4.2	1.8	8.6	6	2.6	0.9	0.7	0.3	6.8	4.1	2.7
English Only	37	23.3	13.7	15.6	8.9	6.7	5.7	3.9	1.8	8.1	5.8	2.2	0.9	0.7	0.3	6.8	4.1	2.7
Chinese Only	1.4	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0	0.4	0.2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malay Only	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tamil Only	0.1	0.1	0	0.1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-Official Language Only	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Two Languages Only	280.2	134.9	145.3	69	35.7	33.3	51.3	25.7	25.6	70.1	35.2	34.9	9.2	4	5.2	80.5	34.3	46.2

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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	-
(Secondary And Below) Total	SecondaryAndBelow_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Secondary And Below) Males	SecondaryAndBelow_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Secondary And Below) Females	SecondaryAndBelow_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total	Post_Secondary_Non_Tertiary_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males	Post_Secondary_Non_Tertiary_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females	Post_Secondary_Non_Tertiary_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Level of Education Attending and Sex (General Household Survey 2015) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1863a2f5bba877a9cc28f61fff7ccb1f/view

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