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Economy

Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 05 Mar 2026, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17432

Data explorer

ResidentStudentsAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (19 rows, 2.4 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Text
(Chinese) Males
Text
(Chinese) Females
Text
(Malays) Total
Text
(Malays) Males
Text
(Malays) Females
Text
(Indians) Total
Text
(Indians) Males
Text
(Indians) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Text
(Others) Males
Text
(Others) Females
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)26.3%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)26.3%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)26.3%
(Null)31.6%
(Null)26.3%
Total3186581585291601292259751134321125444699724211227863434515636187091134152506091
Not Literate44322721732316216147163160491114-14
Literate3182141583021599122256521132701123824695024195227543428515587186981132752506077
One Language Only301121909611016205791405265271624846777454622622285336219361427
English Only291391873810401198831378860951441773668447622512225334019261413
Chinese Only672258414672258414---------
Malay Only18373110---18373110------
Tamil Only711159------711159---
Non-Official Language Only47153224618------22913
Two Languages Only27172813286213886519592095485100434424312222820203272521249614755612626523473

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) TotalChinese_TotalTextNumber-
(Chinese) MalesChinese_MalesTextNumber-
(Chinese) FemalesChinese_FemalesTextNumber-
(Malays) TotalMalays_TotalTextNumber-
(Malays) MalesMalays_MalesTextNumber-
(Malays) FemalesMalays_FemalesTextNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_594d4ef61b34c951873b18140dad8065"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_594d4ef61b34c951873b18140dad8065/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)