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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by DGP Zone and Language Literate In (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 01/04/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9029

Last updated 18 days ago (22 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyDGPZoneandLanguageLiterateInCensusofPopulation2000.csv (34 rows, 4.5 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Not Literate
Numeric
Literate
Numeric
One Language Only- Chinese Only
Numeric
One Language Only- English Only
Numeric
One Language Only- Malay Only
Text
One Language Only- Tamil Only
Text
One Language Only- Non-Official Language Only
Text
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
Text
Two Languages Only- Other Two Languages Only
Text
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)2.9%
(Null)8.8%
(Null)8.8%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)2.9%
(Null)8.8%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.8%
(Null)0.0%
Total24946301858652308765580369353801627211529331198775102833426407413809573126840837413784
Ang Mo Kio1485251396113456340646203312384102514754235884738383002791450506577
Bedok208809151731936364589933234786760928367068312952459113850316992851297
Bukit Batok972016314908882248212349386356797325241204031066402811987340610
Bukit Merah123170152251079453383215750183117691214301953674008394201705554393
Bukit Panjang7306652526781419029725521463451052612894061679317198728222257
Bishan695853653659321225015050601344622922044072174389127645302361
Bukit Timah4642012264519452711476410156112055917914998079960780550
Changi712696438612326161015811972nana11175
Choa Chu Kang1036535481981732331510741278651274395721550028353352341332423514
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_48f5108ddcd0989601283c33f44b7673"
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 DGP Zone and Language Literate In (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_48f5108ddcd0989601283c33f44b7673/view

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Created on

26 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)