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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Highest Qualification Attained (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. 

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8681

Last updated 22 days ago (18 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyAgeGroupMaritalStatusSexandHighestQualificationAttainedGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (14 rows, 9.5 KB)

Number
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[Total] (Total) Total
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[Total] (Total) Males
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[Total] (Total) Females
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[Total] (Single) Total
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[Total] (Single) Males
Numeric
[Total] (Single) Females
Numeric
[Total] (Married) Total
Numeric
[Total] (Married) Males
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[Total] (Married) Females
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[Total] (Widowed) Total
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[Total] (Widowed) Males
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[Total] (Widowed) Females
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[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Total
Numeric
[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Males
Text
[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Females
Numeric
[Below Secondary] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Below Secondary] (Total) Males
Numeric
[Below Secondary] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Below Secondary] (Single) Total
Numeric
[Below Secondary] (Single) Males
Numeric
[Below Secondary] (Single) Females
Numeric
[Below Secondary] (Married) Total
Numeric
[Below Secondary] (Married) Males
Text
[Below Secondary] (Married) Females
Numeric
[Below Secondary] (Widowed) Total
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[Below Secondary] (Widowed) Males
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[Below Secondary] (Widowed) Females
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[Below Secondary] (Divorced/Separated) Total
Numeric
[Below Secondary] (Divorced/Separated) Males
Text
[Below Secondary] (Divorced/Separated) Females
Numeric
[Secondary] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Secondary] (Total) Males
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[Secondary] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Secondary] (Single) Total
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[Secondary] (Single) Males
Numeric
[Secondary] (Single) Females
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[Secondary] (Married) Total
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[Secondary] (Married) Males
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[Secondary] (Married) Females
Numeric
[Secondary] (Widowed) Total
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[Secondary] (Widowed) Males
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[Secondary] (Widowed) Females
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[Secondary] (Divorced/Separated) Total
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[Secondary] (Divorced/Separated) Males
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[Secondary] (Divorced/Separated) Females
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[Post-Secondary*] (Total) Total
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[Post-Secondary*] (Total) Males
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[Post-Secondary*] (Total) Females
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[Post-Secondary*] (Single) Total
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[Post-Secondary*] (Single) Males
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[Post-Secondary*] (Single) Females
Numeric
[Post-Secondary*] (Married) Total
Numeric
[Post-Secondary*] (Married) Males
Numeric
[Post-Secondary*] (Married) Females
Numeric
[Post-Secondary*] (Widowed) Total
Text
[Post-Secondary*] (Widowed) Males
Text
[Post-Secondary*] (Widowed) Females
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[Post-Secondary*] (Divorced/Separated) Total
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[Post-Secondary*] (Divorced/Separated) Males
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[Post-Secondary*] (Divorced/Separated) Females
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[University] (Total) Total
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[University] (Total) Males
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[University] (Total) Females
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[University] (Single) Total
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[University] (Single) Males
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[University] (Single) Females
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[University] (Married) Total
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[University] (Married) Males
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[University] (Married) Females
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[University] (Widowed) Total
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[University] (Widowed) Males
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[University] (Widowed) Females
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[University] (Divorced/Separated) Total
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[University] (Divorced/Separated) Males
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[University] (Divorced/Separated) Females
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(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)21.4%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.1%
(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)7.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)21.4%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)21.4%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)21.4%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)7.1%
(Null)21.4%
(Null)28.6%
(Null)21.4%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
Total250091312207371280176591891325191266700169740884588885152013534921113114237762652854547719959268424736534531119603750774452668141631807336334311912316924102199391261466324463534987257274277713124217671495706838196718077920118892462184706319557716212395582468310710271758214934121779931553504791830921673875318137439441173644647272424191228017196174133137611857195128354616394411960216626311031584622563590
15 - 1939610226391697138834225491628473890648nanana38na38734936143735708936143475247na247nanana13na131539479627432149417897704442764362nanana26na261686811064580416804110385765642638nanananananananananananananananananananana
20 - 24152785805127227313538876610587781659336271296630na30775276499143037867643610225702731983779776300430na302696420531840183881345226298167659532521615013715nanana326122205870805039636685809794902631954592212804642nanana180908919562386215700178863792140941676701606nananananana
25 - 29235693111856123837134116775015661598728335246520490na902759830192921038930611732866562462418116292854877630na30714206508390041869520309186981179669031922365261269747na47103537466288103450584304551084309652011836232138942233813na13775199576875483879648752556692849427175316441025021393nanana23552183
30 - 342880131363431516697944246059333832019368792311401349315533861412206393538226154802274694556485297027017828718731107139416466949525653425417311171409988345265403071580424503193901031935689124691754433344841925708143491135964366284573590913739981543490105410149952113493873018016391137907024635375348715613431017334684
35 - 3930275214620415654852211287172349524036411370612665890614276492713639563265446283213712511952816837845025118897313533299023929141166174874543321144242912794694658485851623951345653332630729011191170982483398814260314138706770716572731907338202312620523878801506802794588834391133276535679265870389512691913na131070402668
40 - 4431939016166615772546906244692243725860113213312646722015711630116824493719010494850603543451712511629549681897368294506710652588074863188729768815640090480661220357136490718593296938890551103447354413062238687043579432911100174272574556284305902569540514026519987921206575823517922403756128554706485613174616815181701111278508770
45 - 493003091506281496813915119312198392437121253611183513985842314313462511383491263986088965509168651107957851001824652553657252550820176826277640508409937962461371047643676109691733230036873713142572373611532584572563111326143762423875238469722770819264564129435209688912073255620664118924185147827072738418828855718363120803295508
50 - 54256794128298128496289091323215678208941109664992766878972590512067443076371303235841571908139197945597410410147219568824810593421774942659483566245326313361479242727519654147286632548513611931168281310481765391442318015964466716153052327692093711832501109393120652068721082140717011239994414551792312846507820577128554203350
55 - 59201217995741016431845078821056816188986642752461184317611008290363288574712201154454675571041756004817963064555450753925211078145603521933842425022161520887449812803218346701943515235157633512411759565119324945151479798246469417692089413931696378322555980429650811758835834001071308763100197723229623194137438233205
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dataset_id = "d_54fbaf2806ad881dce62132436c38b54"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Highest Qualification Attained (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_54fbaf2806ad881dce62132436c38b54/view

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