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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude residents who were students. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2005, Statistical Release 1: Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics' (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/8688

Last updated 21 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedMaritalStatusSexandEthnicGroupGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (9 rows, 6.8 KB)

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[Total] (Total) Total
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[Total] (Total) Males
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[Total] (Total) Females
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[Total] (Single) Total
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[Total] (Single) Females
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[Total] (Married) Total
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[Total] (Widowed) Total
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[Total] (Widowed) Males
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[Total] (Widowed) Females
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[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Total
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[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Males
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[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Females
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[Chinese] (Total) Total
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[Chinese] (Total) Males
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[Chinese] (Total) Females
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[Chinese] (Single) Total
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[Chinese] (Single) Males
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[Chinese] (Single) Females
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[Chinese] (Married) Total
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[Chinese] (Married) Males
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[Chinese] (Married) Females
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[Chinese] (Widowed) Total
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[Chinese] (Widowed) Males
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[Chinese] (Widowed) Females
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[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Total
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[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Males
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[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Females
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[Malays] (Total) Total
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[Malays] (Total) Males
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[Malays] (Total) Females
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[Malays] (Single) Total
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[Malays] (Single) Males
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[Malays] (Single) Females
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[Malays] (Married) Total
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[Malays] (Married) Males
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[Malays] (Married) Females
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[Malays] (Widowed) Total
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[Malays] (Widowed) Males
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[Malays] (Widowed) Females
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[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Total
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[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Males
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[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Females
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[Indians] (Total) Total
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[Indians] (Total) Males
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[Indians] (Total) Females
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[Indians] (Single) Total
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[Indians] (Single) Females
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[Indians] (Married) Total
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[Indians] (Widowed) Total
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[Indians] (Widowed) Males
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[Indians] (Widowed) Females
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[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Total
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[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Males
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[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Females
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[Others] (Total) Total
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[Others] (Total) Males
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[Others] (Total) Females
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[Others] (Single) Total
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[Others] (Single) Males
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[Others] (Single) Females
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[Others] (Married) Total
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[Others] (Married) Males
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Total25009131220737128017659189132519126670016974088458888515201353492111311423776265285454771919456569461919994654782652590292192361305583648981656602105415168628855256394213193507530604814760315844668387394062898120748210131410616817986258615400121934297789619544310160993834355412142814113143876766336724310270145488155757209436625376525334284319698532843704046718960215071679210146919228351086
No Qualification4100331496142604193892823446154822604501100271504249470311272834311595248691108333552712511821040932916200391287621503192102122929753279179661481225237978455503701629734073425623841872306311176018871129941383116112489770171921269762713642154692761812870572671445784684510010692897802868573229521196115191843814805982657214113129
Primary2716021313621402403579723195126022085389983010870816220380412415110484533651520522410056110466328067183609707157842761428170011481281486677834324645884319620835223605330330620243309415823172722623747187521489591189199829041109412137138275615042716478781875199167692729663132009252276262147115255970218582414419613831107
Lower Secondary277632143760133872448782843616441212427108216104211820118476354121265261686621233011144010089034634222381239616276583588791766190157646138742403847044214721270208777079428327963212816136159927131165972227735149219308991793912732170410281467077446926986908969213795413847113327144342122222864747211731264247237109128
Secondary5349872572742777131242176714957068381967180779201188924621847063195577162123953883871822442061439108247625434572767271277901489376755165051051382451808643941624797946183216831286588186748533705337801218225993377611842592431502274720403981656974119308311615014681100530969614995919089287430349841636962674692531353790268na268458206252
Upper Secondary2562781394521168268425453091311631622948312979165328570225836445253039151870701003728669860979382622271711877559760590152711573213946041777282741841241881765315683977559082493513923110121926412810314256052160712641896664014289211214336802463112443920562628933757602251350911917644264249142228271372611118439145
Polytechnic20506612019984867982855682041465103705619464175957125132025051183132317320910164571563837154867735038869305180835122484219265208094111391601986957324835644303925739841193279491930217127891191377594154439527651630738449362447381326954451392521001825181994887119931082911nanana1137043
Other Diploma12112451059700653239511869205278448038017464631463422104127867522034100117406525946527578980617772692122995839253103231571722965731723778736244163231394113725148260025481721915315464899243471645271792773101970443822322219857141210641453977206719107123493633077163614406231301275077
University42419122801719617413313761185719512835461639441196021662631103158462256359034379118415815963411929454022652722183011278329046914355378994762176829941052847145813368814232265666332473416261313151311204897127162218106722389128314170023068186331406377409140269209001198389173433185015831688297987084611943524317207
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response = requests.get(url)
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_33ccf05360cbdc0e94c1e9d8e0effa41/view

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