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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over With Below Polytechnic Qualification by Type of Vocational Qualification Acquired, Ethnic Group and Sex (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/8692

Last updated 21 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverWithBelowPolytechnicQualificationbyTypeofVocationalQualificationAcquiredEthnicGroupandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (6 rows, 1.1 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Numeric
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) 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%
Total17728178298799429381346536626414720122273537131355142181127255626966456025488941416074
Did Not Acquire Vocational Qualification1530180680893849286118048052954465093722045794458125999107028492295779822214766214552
Acquired Vocational Qualification24263714898693651166056968706918653079368971618220228134666762327417521522
Basic Certificate86584586682791557711364502126220728162174510717753341843967667300
Advanced Certificate133769819005186990347537433660530530198941063611111740937021781855926
Diploma/Advanced Diploma*22284841813867179986678113191822786103619397231217526230295
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_46ab4a62a94366aa107c7f8ac7155750"
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 With Below Polytechnic Qualification by Type of Vocational Qualification Acquired, Ethnic Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_46ab4a62a94366aa107c7f8ac7155750/view

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