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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area and Language Literate In (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 24/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: Note: Planning areas refer to areas demarcated in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan 2008.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8627

Last updated 22 days ago (18 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyPlanningAreaandLanguageLiterateInCensusofPopulation2010.csv (37 rows, 4.9 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Not Literate
Text
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
Text
Two Languages Only- English & Non-Official Language Only
Numeric
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)2.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)13.5%
(Null)13.5%
(Null)2.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)2.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)2.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)10.8%
(Null)0.0%
Total310574812866129770884855113291944727810939529213057053901241045708297212898966601642389524
Ang Mo Kio153174100141431603051116269174859519765641105005786293767842598613178
Bedok2470211024523677536837313414960545503951253881545196937118168628678283
Bishan78118226675852919012151377256503903652382522193815722124252301
Bukit Batok12071539651167501688810794211031123851861157915069392348248135303940
Bukit Merah133561104101231512713113933139712062775506581435569341849827198112984
Bukit Panjang1058203854101967178157800162020416747461155342895196644329315072625
Bukit Timah5603376155272380312720681259281122455573243911616231163175
Changi1755541701126171367637954416420141066168
Choa Chu Kang14122740151372121996210707213631220262600216515423401356450827373822
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_4f8798e1ec5067db54e708eb7e3c8060"
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 Planning Area and Language Literate In (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_4f8798e1ec5067db54e708eb7e3c8060/view

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Created on

24 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)