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

Last updated: 17 Mar 2026, 20:00 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' (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/8511

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyPlaceofBirthHighestQualificationAttainedandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (12 rows, 3.2 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(No Qualification) Total
Text
(No Qualification) Males
Text
(No Qualification) Females
Text
(Primary) Total
Numeric
(Primary) Males
Numeric
(Primary) Females
Text
(Lower Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Females
Text
(Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total
Numeric
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males
Numeric
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Total
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Males
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Females
Numeric
(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Total
Numeric
(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Males
Numeric
(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Females
Numeric
(University) Total
Numeric
(University) Males
Numeric
(University) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(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%
Total277952413547231424800424443159806264637193181919401012422825231428941396295263592428512835083075621749391326232502131486571015561611446719093954634098326446307652
Singapore204238410337111008673314184127555186629148906772837162320988611527094616435866208941226926249818147994101823207063125105819591076784553262146368983186032182951
Outside Singapore7371403210124161271102593225278008442761465729618726372762445013904933391056583577442694530799431502355319597534662165831809265115140414124701
Malaysia34544714554919989957339163164102330567100202054647965198592810660584234983708627331140451328619529106618868277461008317663743874106633321
Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao1466236050586118359071223623671622129303291116254539708614044534786971439756048793959635586038949125066986453422378421558
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh And Sri Lanka1050195751947500606422753789290511641740484218932949643628463590654739902557726159491313676646982068641983470429494
Indonesia45511137873172483241258706629343972538431278835244242836340632749662308186765512122094517157818462837010092
Other Asian Countries74948304534449624511012350159110014913565376318942199023316460413213283417622561921491621062811494262329126135
European Countries11295801732782281488na138776148925223791357333943029313616701238432762755682059
USA And Canada318221361046nanana66na88na8949402592005911979401391073225621687875

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(No Qualification) TotalNoQualification_TotalTextNumber-
(No Qualification) MalesNoQualification_MalesTextNumber-
(No Qualification) FemalesNoQualification_FemalesTextNumber-
(Primary) TotalPrimary_TotalNumericNumber-
(Primary) MalesPrimary_MalesNumericNumber-
(Primary) FemalesPrimary_FemalesTextNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_84e6f0aaac646bcc17773c0545179d25"
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 Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Place of Birth, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_84e6f0aaac646bcc17773c0545179d25/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)