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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area of Residence and Language Literate In (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

Footnotes: Note: Planning areas refer to areas demarcated in the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Master Plan 2019.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17591

Last updated 2 days ago (7 Sep 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyPlanningAreaofResidenceandLanguageLiterateInCensusofPopulation2020.csv (32 rows, 4.4 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Not Literate
Numeric
Literate
Numeric
(One Language Only) English Only
Numeric
(One Language Only) Chinese Only
Numeric
(One Language Only) Malay Only
Text
(One Language Only) Tamil Only
Text
(One Language Only) Non-Official Language Only
Numeric
(Two Languages Only) English & Chinese Only
Numeric
(Two Languages Only) English & Malay Only
Numeric
(Two Languages Only) English & Tamil Only
Numeric
(Two Languages Only) English & Non-Official Language Only
Numeric
(Two Languages Only) Other Two Languages Only
Numeric
(Three or More Languages) English, Chinese & Malay Only
Numeric
(Three or More Languages) English, Malay & Tamil Only
Text
(Three or More Languages) Other Three or More Languages
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.1%
(Null)6.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.1%
(Null)0.0%
Total3459093992123359881362469438279457539600599815841804657441233087820881071324241551690295
Ang Mo Kio1436167054136561164642582713684963396559096785580206020455928352530
Bedok238734716523156829023297654302322386105756351864274617761669865698208
Bishan7680016917511011916794534699964108542442610140410327143092238
Bukit Batok1391733719135453136211676124183868662281193376268359040059037893613
Bukit Merah1285855842122742139842066819387843116004791505216283227235317753234
Bukit Panjang12011235261165861060016146164724114357077174114088210226236485692650
Bukit Timah62963554624091252930747245413582226266492490512071762863
Choa Chu Kang167886340716447914065194142701426204751512908681683586477655810223623
Clementi7930024687683190961002912022781413890978092282185315428023341943
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_18f1b1597c10ef1c347d56e8f66f3d68"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area of Residence and Language Literate In (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_18f1b1597c10ef1c347d56e8f66f3d68/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)