Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group (General Household Survey 2005)

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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude residents who were students. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2005, Statistical Release 1: Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics' (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/8689

Last updated 21 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyAgeGroupHighestQualificationAttainedSexandEthnicGroupGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (14 rows, 16.4 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] (Upper Secondary) Total Numeric	[Total] (Upper Secondary) Males Numeric	[Total] (Upper Secondary) Females Numeric	[Total] (Polytechnic) Total Numeric	[Total] (Polytechnic) Males Numeric	[Total] (Polytechnic) Females Numeric	[Total] (Other Diploma) Total Numeric	[Total] (Other Diploma) Males Numeric	[Total] (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] (Upper Secondary) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Upper Secondary) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Upper Secondary) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Polytechnic) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Polytechnic) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Polytechnic) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Other Diploma) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Other Diploma) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Other Diploma) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (University) Total Text	[Chinese] (University) 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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 Numeric	[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] (Upper Secondary) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Upper Secondary) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Upper Secondary) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Polytechnic) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Polytechnic) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Polytechnic) Females Text	[Indians] (Other Diploma) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Other Diploma) Males Numeric	[Indians] (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 Numeric	[Others] (Primary) Total Numeric	[Others] (Primary) Males Numeric	[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] (Upper Secondary) Total Numeric	[Others] (Upper Secondary) Males Numeric	[Others] (Upper Secondary) Females Numeric	[Others] (Polytechnic) Total Text	[Others] (Polytechnic) Males Text	[Others] (Polytechnic) Females Text	[Others] (Other Diploma) Total Text	[Others] (Other Diploma) Males Text	[Others] (Other Diploma) Females Text	[Others] 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Total	2500913	1220737	1280176	410033	149614	260419	271602	131362	140240	277632	143760	133872	534987	257274	277713	256278	139452	116826	205066	120199	84867	121124	51059	70065	424191	228017	196174	1945656	946191	999465	335527	125118	210409	205224	100561	104663	212330	111440	100890	388387	182244	206143	187070	100372	86698	173209	101645	71563	100117	40652	59465	343791	184158	159634	306048	147603	158446	50370	16297	34073	43196	20835	22360	42147	21270	20877	94162	47979	46183	41841	24188	17653	16019	8695	7324	7787	3624	4163	10528	4714	5813	195443	101609	93834	21269	7627	13642	19982	9041	10941	19308	9917	9391	43150	22747	20403	21607	12641	8966	11913	7759	4154	9243	4716	4527	48971	27162	21810	53765	25334	28431	2868	573	2295	3200	925	2276	3847	1133	2714	9287	4303	4984	5760	2251	3509	3925	2100	1825	3977	2067	1910	20900	11983	8917
15 - 19	39610	22639	16971	762	348	414	1357	739	618	5230	2527	2703	15394	7962	7432	13914	9578	4336	2440	1306	1135	514	180	333	na	na	na	25511	15795	9716	415	193	222	497	313	183	2854	1485	1369	8973	4760	4213	10450	7751	2699	2030	1177	853	291	116	175	na	na	na	10113	4742	5370	308	142	166	693	309	384	1911	825	1087	4617	2268	2348	2297	1095	1202	192	90	102	94	13	81	na	na	na	3437	1787	1651	26	13	13	154	103	51	391	186	205	1585	792	793	987	616	371	166	26	141	128	52	77	na	na	na	550	315	235	13	na	13	13	13	na	74	31	43	218	142	77	180	116	64	51	13	38	na	na	na	na	na	na
20 - 24	152785	80512	72273	2142	1072	1070	2568	1465	1103	9594	5330	4263	31840	18388	13452	31631	21977	9654	49489	26545	22944	5961	1874	4087	19562	3862	15700	107655	57211	50443	1005	656	350	1229	818	411	5635	3419	2217	18301	10935	7365	18999	14102	4898	41180	22555	18625	4437	1411	3025	16868	3316	13552	29448	15331	14118	807	341	466	1009	501	508	2733	1359	1374	8944	4719	4225	9102	5636	3467	5194	2377	2817	897	296	601	763	102	661	13170	6826	6344	252	76	177	226	114	111	1071	475	595	4089	2471	1618	3086	1950	1135	2310	1228	1081	476	122	354	1661	389	1272	2512	1144	1368	77	na	77	104	31	73	155	77	77	506	262	244	443	289	154	805	385	420	151	44	107	271	56	215
25 - 29	235693	111856	123837	3399	1382	2017	5190	2421	2769	12449	5504	6945	39004	18695	20309	24128	13855	10273	47075	25250	21825	16900	5953	10947	87548	38796	48752	184297	88365	95932	1952	985	967	2927	1578	1349	8394	3947	4447	26836	12546	14290	15204	8657	6547	39082	21171	17911	14032	4993	9039	75869	34488	41381	27667	13338	14328	1087	282	805	1675	631	1044	2744	1050	1694	8349	4375	3973	6088	3694	2394	4141	2035	2106	1220	418	802	2364	853	1511	19415	8534	10881	273	114	159	507	186	321	1027	455	571	3245	1518	1728	2328	1370	959	2781	1498	1283	1300	434	866	7954	2959	4995	4315	1619	2696	86	na	86	81	26	56	285	52	233	574	256	318	508	135	374	1071	546	525	349	109	240	1360	496	864
30 - 34	288013	136343	151669	6757	2814	3943	12584	5021	7563	18885	7645	11240	56534	25417	31117	33309	15817	17492	33283	18785	14498	25161	8732	16429	101499	52113	49387	219035	103686	115348	4350	2068	2283	8277	3677	4601	13880	5704	8176	39863	17311	22552	23358	10803	12554	27795	15470	12325	20749	6652	14097	80762	42002	38761	31539	14827	16712	1444	508	935	2710	902	1808	3015	1243	1772	10850	5356	5494	6188	3166	3022	2781	1626	1155	1781	747	1033	2770	1278	1493	28775	14567	14208	640	225	415	1110	404	706	1473	647	826	4570	2315	2256	3008	1531	1477	2220	1472	747	1944	1019	925	13811	6954	6856	8664	3263	5401	323	13	310	487	39	449	518	52	466	1251	435	816	756	318	438	487	216	271	687	313	374	4156	1878	2278
35 - 39	302752	146204	156548	13666	6594	7072	21773	9534	12240	30007	12194	17813	74543	32114	42429	36433	17227	19206	25877	14891	10986	20173	7763	12411	80279	45888	34391	225961	107944	118017	9810	5010	4800	14964	6729	8235	22499	9146	13353	52576	22072	30504	26233	11995	14238	22372	12537	9835	16525	5919	10606	60984	34538	26446	38171	17998	20173	2568	1147	1421	4470	1977	2493	5075	2118	2957	15143	7022	8121	5700	3051	2648	1498	913	584	1448	689	759	2269	1081	1189	28351	15842	12509	991	411	581	1758	763	995	2042	905	1137	5443	2531	2912	3462	1919	1543	1624	1208	416	1584	905	679	11447	7200	4247	10269	4420	5849	296	26	271	582	64	517	391	26	365	1382	489	892	1039	262	777	383	233	150	616	250	366	5579	3069	2510
40 - 44	319390	161666	157725	21814	10094	11719	38659	18628	20031	44476	21881	22595	88156	40090	48066	33538	15798	17741	19040	12671	6369	16126	7325	8801	57582	35179	22403	240846	120801	120045	16575	8021	8554	27704	13370	14334	33878	16841	17037	63039	28191	34848	24507	10768	13739	16253	10611	5642	13047	5565	7481	45843	27432	18411	43205	21592	21614	3296	1423	1872	7280	3723	3557	7329	3598	3731	16671	7702	8969	5227	3117	2110	1129	818	311	1107	630	478	1166	581	585	27024	14831	12193	1626	586	1040	3262	1457	1805	2816	1268	1548	7283	3716	3567	2935	1619	1317	1255	1011	244	1301	742	559	6546	4432	2114	8315	4442	3873	318	64	253	413	77	335	452	173	279	1163	481	682	868	293	575	404	232	172	671	387	283	4027	2734	1293
45 - 49	300309	150628	149681	33979	14724	19255	49159	23270	25889	43260	22895	20364	84099	37962	46137	31109	15511	15598	13105	9214	3891	13042	6388	6654	32556	20664	11892	235060	116990	118070	27370	12312	15058	37883	18017	19866	33231	17679	15552	63605	27735	35871	24161	11615	12546	11375	7893	3482	11212	5249	5962	26222	16490	9732	37739	18740	19000	4463	1648	2815	7407	3531	3876	6687	3518	3169	13594	6645	6948	3774	2171	1603	720	528	192	475	309	166	619	389	230	21507	11867	9639	1877	700	1177	3564	1632	1932	2891	1608	1284	5796	2978	2818	2422	1513	909	820	667	153	839	502	337	3297	2267	1029	6003	3031	2972	270	64	205	304	90	214	450	90	359	1104	604	500	752	212	540	190	126	64	516	327	189	2418	1517	901
50 - 54	256794	128298	128496	41198	14340	26858	42997	18828	24169	46128	25247	20881	66245	32631	33614	23033	12955	10078	7359	5472	1887	8752	4754	3998	21082	14071	7011	206869	103576	103293	33926	12614	21312	34562	15251	19311	36334	20003	16331	51671	24543	27128	18851	10594	8257	6634	4944	1690	7451	3991	3459	17440	11636	5804	28355	13749	14607	4982	1181	3801	5371	2249	3122	6480	3542	2938	8793	5071	3722	2038	1164	874	198	155	43	232	180	51	262	206	56	17173	8443	8730	2119	481	1638	2854	1187	1667	2891	1496	1395	4619	2457	2162	1738	1013	725	320	230	89	577	269	308	2056	1310	746	4397	2529	1868	171	64	107	210	142	68	424	206	217	1162	560	602	406	183	223	207	143	65	493	313	180	1323	918	405
55 - 59	201217	99574	101643	53162	18462	34700	36751	17171	19580	32098	18821	13277	42502	21615	20887	14268	8355	5913	4273	3350	923	6404	3441	2963	11758	8358	3400	165984	81882	84103	44782	16387	28395	29155	13865	15289	26251	15359	10893	34496	16723	17773	12278	6914	5365	3831	2998	832	5651	2956	2694	9540	6679	2860	19855	9525	10330	5780	1433	4346	4760	2196	2563	3601	2176	1424	4326	2740	1586	849	619	231	77	64	13	257	180	77	205	116	89	12271	6358	5913	2404	565	1839	2601	1019	1582	1882	1118	764	3016	1778	1238	732	578	153	225	225	na	351	197	153	1060	877	183	3107	1809	1298	197	77	120	235	90	145	364	168	196	664	374	290	408	244	164	140	63	77	146	107	38	953	686	267

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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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response = requests.get(url)
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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 (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_891b67a70a44188c7dc15e55af6ac025/view

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