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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Marital Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 04/11/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: 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/6754

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInMaritalStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (20 rows, 2.9 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Single) Total
Numeric
(Single) Males
Numeric
(Single) Females
Numeric
(Married) Total
Numeric
(Married) Males
Numeric
(Married) Females
Numeric
(Widowed) Total
Text
(Widowed) Males
Text
(Widowed) Females
Text
(Divorced/Separated) Total
Numeric
(Divorced/Separated) Males
Text
(Divorced/Separated) 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%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total31057481517428158832110004675270904733771844606928352916254157556248541327021031203713265988
Not Literate1286612978598875152958940635556953170403991351505277448731490710313876
Literate29770881487642148944698517151815046702117876539113128763411060512208083971982133610062112
One Language Only8782144219144563001535518831365238612008304991307017760791469161388365761391822658
Chinese Only48551121775926775348898298621903536399417043019356452614102334238020007723312773
English Only3291941851631440319984255774440682051011207158438610817268681311343459887446
Malay Only47278149083237038722069180231730107812094890041452755226736052067
Tamil Only10939336775726364282087132257345592811274253636091268
Non-Official Language Only529271745753031791244052492356083446788102na102
Two Languages Only1896268966239930029774623405282369342103831753399850431926733659220141565952036836227
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_601a49b31efcfbe587b5d624a2b6193b"
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 Language Literate In, Marital Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_601a49b31efcfbe587b5d624a2b6193b/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)