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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17448

Last updated 4 days ago (5 Sep 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageMostSecondMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeHighestQualificationAttainedandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (39 rows, 8.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(No Qualification) Total
Numeric
(No Qualification) Males
Numeric
(No Qualification) Females
Numeric
(Primary) Total
Numeric
(Primary) Males
Text
(Primary) Females
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total
Numeric
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males
Numeric
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females
Numeric
(Polytechnic Diploma) Total
Numeric
(Polytechnic Diploma) Males
Numeric
(Polytechnic Diploma) 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
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Total287449013861651488325291021104985186035158101724088569323563811675611888146345721029425316331898317931213967128654217245711408519843280430118003922316449522472794
English12161496005976155521501465998415184858942954349748236742607418217680198101978134493749005959314977289098606731000684171458354566394275472290922
English Only161639858867575322731077119622329851247519626302566221801005712123159629283667914946972452221184060365804870104609440915
English & Mandarin6480503166543313964310199523165945304329021903191739859793393383345506601383343626702879385202835910516762036831308339672162778176894
English & Chinese Dialect119914610935882127321321141133011670163193704637473332112140051810611642590657369169669924701145249176535401372193718200
English & Malay160710763028440833711547182545342133240110216444557723311714945181723298318431145512761114882127291422055588662346581436120297
English & Tamil6324530911323351616512110420639841079450822592249109965330566694035570383265453505304064222856356621692989411798
English & Other Indian Language323631612916234371902812498916079531148427021411129125951385120915491000550202210141008220801082911251
English & Other Language3022713622166053395728315937123631220411173061611141771888883201312617522436965147121146957811568
Mandarin1/952414447546504868105649402196543072469318234064510796151729562331585477126887278964255118745238896225331336309675382405843479254204123948130255
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dataset_id = "d_2e9c62442419e2bdbf1d14308c99c81a"
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 Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2e9c62442419e2bdbf1d14308c99c81a/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)