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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Economic Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

Last updated: 17 Jun 2025, 22:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 22/03/2016

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' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/publications-and-methodology).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8512

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedEconomicStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (9 rows, 1.7 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Females
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Total
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Males
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) 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)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total2779524135472314248001963994111641884757618803221072126808196836724429239380815530238305577224
No Qualification4244431598062646371379628146656496131264774085385666994059264028648178340208141
Primary1931819194010124210497865548394301000666236837698491231801732882032639261811
Lower Secondary28252314289413962917891911199766922169968106827631418951517037821036043089772707
Secondary526359242851283508382927203633179294364838194385170453180899248884214343239218104214
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)30756217493913262324757515295394622235846146479893661173064745256599862198638000
Polytechnic2502131486571015562222291353768685321356813095382614866144224239279851328214703
Professional Qualification And Other Diploma16114467190939541346075951075097129343571717217252642340292526537768018858
University6340983264463076525547963059352488615354302965352388951936694009966793022051158790

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Economically Active- Total) TotalEconomicallyActive_Total_TotalNumericNumber-
(Economically Active- Total) MalesEconomicallyActive_Total_MalesNumericNumber-
(Economically Active- Total) FemalesEconomicallyActive_Total_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Economically Active- Working) TotalEconomicallyActive_Working_TotalNumericNumber-
(Economically Active- Working) MalesEconomicallyActive_Working_MalesNumericNumber-
(Economically Active- Working) FemalesEconomicallyActive_Working_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6b9d96a277c3c73d4d5a9868c9938bdc"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Economic Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 14, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6b9d96a277c3c73d4d5a9868c9938bdc/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)