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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 04/11/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude residents who were students. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2010, Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion' (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/6757

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInHighestQualificationAttainedandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (20 rows, 5 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(No Qualification) Total
Text
(No Qualification) Males
Text
(No Qualification) Females
Text
(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) 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
Text
(University) Total
Numeric
(University) Males
Text
(University) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.0%
(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)5.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total277952413547231424800424443159806264637193181919401012422825231428941396295263592428512835083075621749391326232502131486571015561611446719093954634098326446307652
Not Literate12841929636987831253832817297211267812691409147885914363803119122519666na6na6
Literate26511051325088132601729906013163516742619050390670998332823761428061395715262162427882834283075311749201326102501891486391015501611386718493954634092326446307646
One Language Only848299405270443029246221104015142206121914545216739312903763478655591402566505975197604273357526852306271991610711296841412115563901325058539548
Chinese Only48464121730826733219906387449111614942794265651623900964420745889608482576935079233881070812680442917892640554516753870699330543938
English Only3004031690291313741396972726696135487325622331538172041433474708379823672635316220691324725726178537873237651232411442818334700034833
Malay Only47119148633225525715755118163108263809701751641595357035571009254812056245812381331042086114720580125
Tamil Only109063367753954801589389225356981837125935590469721148624313011215412529743935465221244
Non-Official Language Only5230702452819951531842726336939791178624468835827644232811664922269637229408
Two Languages Only1614621825743788878495252583523690647073417130537141043732456779835352316322519029922758813099996589204058119914841441097844446865316464392233886230506
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_460ff1c4852f99a4e3a759670c8ccc88/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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