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Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 05 Oct 2025, 19:01 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

Footnotes: Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17415

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ResidentEverMarriedFemalesAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedNumberofChildrenBornandEthnicGroupCensusofPopulation2020.csv (9 rows, 3.6 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
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[Total] (Number of Children Born) None
Numeric
[Total] (Number of Children Born) 1 Child
Numeric
[Total] (Number of Children Born) 2 Children
Numeric
[Total] (Number of Children Born) 3 Children
Numeric
[Total] (Number of Children Born) 4 Children
Numeric
[Total] (Number of Children Born) 5 or More Children
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
[Chinese] (Number of Children Born) None
Numeric
[Chinese] (Number of Children Born) 1 Child
Numeric
[Chinese] (Number of Children Born) 2 Children
Numeric
[Chinese] (Number of Children Born) 3 Children
Numeric
[Chinese] (Number of Children Born) 4 Children
Numeric
[Chinese] (Number of Children Born) 5 Children
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
[Malays] (Number of Children Born) None
Numeric
[Malays] (Number of Children Born) 1 Child
Numeric
[Malays] (Number of Children Born) 2 Children
Numeric
[Malays] (Number of Children Born) 3 Children
Numeric
[Malays] (Number of Children Born) 4 Children
Numeric
[Malays] (Number of Children Born) 5 Children
Numeric
(Indians) Total
Numeric
[Indians] (Number of Children Born) None
Numeric
[Indians] (Number of Children Born) 1 Child
Numeric
[Indians] (Number of Children Born) 2 Children
Numeric
[Indians] (Number of Children Born) 3 Children
Numeric
[Indians] (Number of Children Born) 4 Children
Numeric
[Indians] (Number of Children Born) 5 Children
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
[Others] (Number of Children Born) None
Numeric
[Others] (Number of Children Born) 1 Child
Numeric
[Others] (Number of Children Born) 2 Children
Numeric
[Others] (Number of Children Born) 3 Children
Numeric
[Others] (Number of Children Born) 4 Children
Numeric
[Others] (Number of Children Born) 5 Children
Numeric
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Total1255805163330255420462096238484789285754793847812553119666035754317411148000366331656882002924744411903997023467162881073481191321404465181819355743746442925858126121684562101887880
No Qualification1998427783209175022852417292293926916003560111663142548427332213629976257011127181840436505521369951058146510592509271216992137352518014091128467180160
Primary8664951751182930838247119193490363680373390392505018102538123741429990212632965433829601872665334784221571956829522201819368666631423136
Lower Secondary11696392082093245533283149058391886431686416674361082056448691351189551479204349004989334821958051579104231752284736235352628611721351476104137
Secondary23325121243457129718249997140155103167056151063537076290333265703126143232398960801165811520680631801728016153113692041621038432568453311492314989469230
Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary)1145331347824635455732252063092019758847901171903307114150294762525051397846696852582625371188997711301839425720115761633622469937139353224843
Polytechnic Diploma7027014787186162560388691807586521181038813988204526258879154121233045318831441833660253464110831103152158521013913882713384861945841
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma9953516414257123856714904314579377901128092131930717109371797321103711658194331302269101335776131269153835171061193343651677911120363714281
University3347617524487066128572367526171955255375627206644993308280394288571159563851374044972691929247425535424108672246434222928420878324860118303259966353

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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
[Total] (Number of Children Born) NoneTotal_NumberofChildrenBorn_NoneNumericNumber-
[Total] (Number of Children Born) 1 ChildTotal_NumberofChildrenBorn_1ChildNumericNumber-
[Total] (Number of Children Born) 2 ChildrenTotal_NumberofChildrenBorn_2ChildrenNumericNumber-
[Total] (Number of Children Born) 3 ChildrenTotal_NumberofChildrenBorn_3ChildrenNumericNumber-
[Total] (Number of Children Born) 4 ChildrenTotal_NumberofChildrenBorn_4ChildrenNumericNumber-
[Total] (Number of Children Born) 5 or More ChildrenTotal_NumberofChildrenBorn_5orMoreChildrenNumericNumber-
(Chinese) TotalChinese_TotalNumericNumber-
[Chinese] (Number of Children Born) NoneChinese_NumberofChildrenBorn_NoneNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_64712b1a12a5f90d148b11928184f076"
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 Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved October 21, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_64712b1a12a5f90d148b11928184f076/view

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Created on

22 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)