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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 22/03/2016

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/8516

Last updated 23 days ago (17 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedResidentialStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (9 rows, 1.1 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Singapore Citizens) Total
Numeric
(Singapore Citizens) Males
Numeric
(Singapore Citizens) Females
Numeric
(Permanent Residents) Total
Numeric
(Permanent Residents) Males
Numeric
(Permanent Residents) 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%
Total277952413547231424800235539111616021193788424133193121231012
No Qualification42444315980626463740827615532925294716167447711690
Primary1931819194010124217985488047918071332738939434
Lower Secondary282523142894139629248477130787117690340461210621940
Secondary526359242851283508479635226765252870467241608630638
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)307562174939132623274283159822114461332791511718161
Polytechnic25021314865710155621978313235587428304301630214128
Professional Qualification And Other Diploma16114467190939541208305102769802403151616324152
University634098326446307652424252217470206783209845108976100869
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dataset_id = "d_4f6c253281c895d16f6f777b3e08eb32"
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 Highest Qualification Attained, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_4f6c253281c895d16f6f777b3e08eb32/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)