Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020)

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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020)

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/17417

Last updated 4 days ago (5 Sep 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyAgeGroupHighestQualificationAttainedSexandEthnicGroupCensusofPopulation2020.csv (16 rows, 18.9 KB)

Number Text	[Total] (Total) Total Numeric	[Total] (Total) Males Numeric	[Total] (Total) Females Numeric	[Total] (No Qualification) Total Numeric	[Total] (No Qualification) Males Numeric	[Total] (No Qualification) Females Numeric	[Total] (Primary) Total Numeric	[Total] (Primary) Males Numeric	[Total] (Primary) Females Numeric	[Total] (Lower Secondary) Total Numeric	[Total] (Lower Secondary) Males Numeric	[Total] (Lower Secondary) Females Numeric	[Total] (Secondary) Total Numeric	[Total] (Secondary) Males Numeric	[Total] (Secondary) Females Numeric	[Total] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total Numeric	[Total] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males Numeric	[Total] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females Numeric	[Total] (Polytechnic Diploma) Total Numeric	[Total] (Polytechnic Diploma) Males Numeric	[Total] (Polytechnic Diploma) Females Numeric	[Total] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Total Numeric	[Total] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Males Numeric	[Total] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Females Numeric	[Total] (University) Total Text	[Total] (University) Males Text	[Total] (University) Females Text	[Chinese] (Total) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (No Qualification) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (No Qualification) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (No Qualification) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Primary) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Primary) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Primary) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Lower Secondary) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Lower Secondary) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Lower Secondary) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Secondary) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Secondary) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Secondary) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Polytechnic Diploma) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Polytechnic Diploma) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Polytechnic Diploma) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (University) Total Text	[Chinese] (University) Males Text	[Chinese] (University) Females Text	[Malays] (Total) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Total) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Total) Females Numeric	[Malays] (No Qualification) Total Numeric	[Malays] (No Qualification) Males Numeric	[Malays] (No Qualification) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Primary) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Primary) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Primary) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Lower Secondary) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Lower Secondary) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Lower Secondary) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Secondary) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Secondary) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Secondary) Females Text	[Malays] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females Text	[Malays] (Polytechnic Diploma) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Polytechnic Diploma) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Polytechnic Diploma) Females Text	[Malays] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Females Numeric	[Malays] (University) Total Text	[Malays] (University) Males Text	[Malays] (University) Females Text	[Indians] (Total) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Females Numeric	[Indians] (No Qualification) Total Numeric	[Indians] (No Qualification) Males Numeric	[Indians] (No Qualification) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Primary) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Primary) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Primary) Females Text	[Indians] (Lower Secondary) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Lower Secondary) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Lower Secondary) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Secondary) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Secondary) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Secondary) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Polytechnic Diploma) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Polytechnic Diploma) Males Text	[Indians] (Polytechnic Diploma) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Females Numeric	[Indians] (University) Total Text	[Indians] (University) Males Text	[Indians] (University) Females Text	[Others] (Total) Total Numeric	[Others] (Total) Males Numeric	[Others] (Total) Females Numeric	[Others] (No Qualification) Total Numeric	[Others] (No Qualification) Males Text	[Others] (No Qualification) Females Text	[Others] (Primary) Total Numeric	[Others] (Primary) Males Text	[Others] (Primary) Females Text	[Others] (Lower Secondary) Total Numeric	[Others] (Lower Secondary) Males Numeric	[Others] (Lower Secondary) Females Numeric	[Others] (Secondary) Total Numeric	[Others] (Secondary) Males Numeric	[Others] (Secondary) Females Numeric	[Others] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total Numeric	[Others] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males Numeric	[Others] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females Numeric	[Others] (Polytechnic Diploma) Total Numeric	[Others] (Polytechnic Diploma) Males Numeric	[Others] (Polytechnic Diploma) Females Text	[Others] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Total Numeric	[Others] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Males Numeric	[Others] (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Females Numeric	[Others] (University) Total Text	[Others] (University) Males Text	[Others] (University) Females Text
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Total	3140436	1505031	1635405	333821	120584	213237	173912	80080	93832	258136	128526	129611	505564	227613	277952	341886	190827	151059	301963	181148	120815	217970	87668	130302	1007183	488586	518598	2380906	1135530	1245375	273162	102302	170860	131163	61891	69271	195303	99210	96093	363502	162297	201206	218499	118428	100071	222833	134713	88120	166078	63111	102967	810366	393578	416788	400750	192152	208598	39970	12745	27225	28250	12723	15527	39975	18945	21030	93578	42930	50648	83437	49470	33967	51342	29067	22275	23428	9965	13462	40769	16306	24464	264711	134905	129806	16585	5088	11497	11980	5050	6930	18142	9287	8855	38458	18629	19829	31792	18985	12807	21585	13651	7934	20738	11079	9659	105431	53137	52293	94069	42443	51626	4104	449	3655	2519	415	2104	4717	1084	3633	10025	3757	6268	8158	3944	4215	6203	3717	2486	7726	3513	4213	50617	25564	25053
15 - 19	28227	19158	9069	672	453	219	562	293	270	1572	981	591	6244	3674	2569	15553	11374	4179	3082	1969	1113	543	414	128	-	-	-	18815	13314	5501	319	213	107	255	150	105	573	408	166	3095	1918	1177	11783	8774	3009	2460	1569	891	329	283	46	-	-	-	5271	2901	2369	151	107	44	216	60	157	732	387	345	1984	956	1028	1724	1072	652	389	264	125	74	55	19	-	-	-	2948	2054	894	153	84	68	83	83	-	225	151	74	847	595	252	1383	1001	383	142	82	59	115	58	57	-	-	-	1194	889	305	49	49	-	8	-	8	41	35	6	318	206	112	663	527	136	91	54	37	23	17	6	-	-	-
20 - 24	134440	72956	61483	1115	633	482	907	521	386	3197	1915	1283	15023	8931	6093	29479	21399	8080	53097	33274	19823	6448	3129	3319	25173	3155	22017	87172	47378	39794	676	398	278	404	236	168	1574	971	603	6868	4316	2552	16111	12544	3566	36518	24254	12264	3957	1990	1966	21065	2669	18396	31863	17214	14649	233	139	94	462	259	203	1196	662	534	5991	3247	2744	9767	6241	3526	11362	5907	5455	1394	600	794	1457	160	1297	11489	6172	5318	111	62	50	30	16	15	360	222	138	1706	1080	627	2787	1951	837	3603	2191	1412	862	406	456	2029	245	1784	3915	2192	1723	94	34	60	11	11	-	67	60	7	458	288	170	813	663	151	1614	923	691	236	133	103	621	81	540
25 - 29	268873	128712	140161	1762	802	960	1432	818	614	4610	2267	2343	15888	8456	7432	29022	18130	10892	47583	27140	20442	18381	7783	10598	150195	63316	86879	194155	92970	101185	838	496	342	772	530	242	2478	1493	986	8379	4689	3690	11809	7576	4233	28902	16986	11917	12388	5568	6820	128588	55632	72956	48065	23655	24410	453	196	257	501	220	281	1414	573	842	5674	2776	2899	13565	8254	5311	13704	7395	6309	3625	1368	2257	9129	2873	6255	21469	10149	11320	147	75	72	77	58	18	403	163	240	1447	856	591	3162	2003	1159	3984	2158	1826	1829	682	1147	10421	4154	6267	5185	1938	3247	324	35	290	83	10	73	314	39	276	387	135	252	487	297	190	993	602	391	539	164	375	2057	657	1401
30 - 34	295980	140178	155802	2685	1076	1610	1903	807	1096	6875	2938	3938	20777	9772	11005	29005	17692	11313	37574	21159	16415	25762	9943	15819	171399	76792	94606	219722	104139	115583	1290	584	705	831	435	396	3911	1900	2011	11858	5890	5968	12299	7843	4456	24620	13844	10776	18691	6968	11723	146222	66673	79549	43991	21887	22104	562	322	240	604	287	318	1859	689	1169	5909	2625	3284	12914	7600	5313	8957	5032	3925	4101	1716	2385	9086	3616	5470	23559	11365	12193	282	143	138	165	85	79	590	302	288	2140	1038	1102	2915	1853	1063	3151	1771	1380	2159	951	1208	12157	5221	6935	8709	2787	5922	552	26	526	304	-	304	516	46	470	870	219	651	877	396	481	846	511	335	810	307	503	3934	1282	2652
35 - 39	297810	139207	158603	3350	986	2364	2361	820	1540	10601	4237	6364	28781	13488	15293	27187	15271	11916	36900	20209	16691	27500	10669	16831	161131	73528	87603	217045	102803	114242	1620	609	1011	1122	485	637	6515	2899	3616	17828	8693	9135	13755	7502	6253	26709	14559	12151	20303	7572	12732	129193	60485	68708	38604	18931	19673	689	280	409	741	241	500	2420	793	1628	7515	3490	4025	10008	6111	3897	6506	3629	2877	3583	1470	2113	7142	2918	4223	29896	13471	16425	250	97	154	305	77	229	904	472	432	2336	1092	1244	2556	1426	1130	3111	1702	1409	2774	1292	1482	17659	7314	10345	12265	4001	8263	791	-	791	192	18	175	761	73	688	1102	213	889	868	232	635	573	319	255	840	336	504	7137	2811	4327
40 - 44	298066	138990	159076	4704	1826	2877	4793	1895	2899	13192	5127	8065	34073	15541	18532	25664	13850	11814	33681	18581	15100	32083	10933	21150	149876	71238	78638	220460	101954	118506	2824	1292	1532	2788	1374	1413	9552	4064	5488	23814	11300	12514	15452	7798	7654	26831	14203	12627	24370	7331	17039	114831	54592	60239	28968	13646	15323	1122	334	789	1420	440	980	2125	663	1462	6444	2760	3684	6759	4098	2660	3649	2200	1449	2987	1143	1844	4463	2008	2455	34226	17421	16805	366	174	193	389	80	309	1012	343	669	2811	1204	1608	2780	1781	999	2487	1759	727	3731	2037	1694	20650	10044	10606	14411	5969	8442	391	27	364	197	-	197	503	57	446	1004	277	727	674	173	501	715	419	296	995	422	573	9932	4593	5338
45 - 49	311477	150793	160684	9340	3759	5581	9009	3520	5489	19646	8243	11403	49389	21627	27762	35936	18410	17527	27412	15939	11473	32628	11867	20761	128118	67429	60688	231764	110078	121686	6525	2980	3545	6106	2598	3507	14904	6561	8343	35409	15385	20023	24245	12022	12223	22180	12377	9802	25730	8505	17225	96667	49649	47017	32157	14931	17227	1931	521	1410	2075	710	1365	2883	1041	1842	9036	4001	5035	7282	4058	3224	2535	1545	990	2630	1056	1575	3784	1999	1785	32322	18614	13708	601	227	374	511	180	331	1400	604	796	4027	2000	2026	3382	1945	1437	2281	1749	532	2939	1845	1094	17182	10062	7119	15234	7171	8063	283	31	252	318	32	286	460	37	422	918	240	678	1028	385	643	415	267	148	1329	461	867	10485	5718	4767
50 - 54	294231	143456	150775	18405	8913	9493	15025	6213	8812	27686	12634	15052	64452	26443	38009	35739	17301	18438	22514	13786	8728	23727	9049	14678	86683	49118	37565	218503	105539	112965	13634	6913	6721	10712	4598	6114	20526	9682	10844	45564	18476	27088	24751	11498	13253	19195	11497	7698	18637	6497	12141	65484	36378	29106	37118	16909	20208	2937	1283	1654	2900	1135	1765	4794	2159	2634	12924	5359	7565	7070	3741	3330	1854	1202	652	1891	780	1112	2747	1252	1495	27029	15245	11783	1417	710	707	1155	456	698	1868	716	1152	4902	2219	2684	3182	1782	1400	1171	947	225	2258	1362	896	11075	7053	4023	11581	5763	5819	417	6	411	258	24	235	498	77	421	1062	390	672	735	280	456	293	140	154	940	411	529	7377	4436	2942
55 - 59	306328	149732	156596	30381	13204	17177	27976	13372	14604	43094	22111	20983	78983	32538	46446	34540	16330	18210	15701	10652	5049	17224	6674	10550	58429	34850	23578	230515	111747	118767	23477	10873	12604	20374	9622	10752	32014	16587	15427	57825	23419	34405	24474	10949	13525	13483	8902	4581	13470	4625	8845	45398	26769	18628	42563	20041	22522	4661	1664	2997	5252	2565	2686	7688	3834	3854	14686	6187	8498	5949	3420	2528	1160	937	223	1443	730	713	1725	702	1022	25022	13302	11720	2031	648	1383	2047	1115	932	2914	1534	1379	5500	2539	2961	3423	1690	1734	749	582	167	1464	784	681	6894	4411	2483	8228	4641	3587	212	18	193	304	70	234	478	156	322	973	392	581	694	271	423	309	231	78	846	535	311	4412	2968	1444

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Total	Total_Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Males	Total_Total_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Females	Total_Total_Females	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (No Qualification) Total	Total_NoQualification_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (No Qualification) Males	Total_NoQualification_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (No Qualification) Females	Total_NoQualification_Females	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Primary) Total	Total_Primary_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Primary) Males	Total_Primary_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Primary) Females	Total_Primary_Females	Numeric	Number	-

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dataset_id = "d_71520533dcf7622daee7f7d853876878"
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 Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_71520533dcf7622daee7f7d853876878/view

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