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Resident Students Aged 10 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Level of Education Attending and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

Last updated: 17 Jun 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/10/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: 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/6556

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ResidentStudentsAged10YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInLevelofEducationAttendingandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (20 rows, 3 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Primary) Total
Numeric
(Primary) Males
Text
(Primary) Females
Numeric
(Secondary) Total
Text
(Secondary) Males
Text
(Secondary) Females
Text
(Upper Secondary) Total
Text
(Upper Secondary) Males
Text
(Upper Secondary) Females
Text
(Polytechnic) Total
Text
(Polytechnic) Males
Text
(Polytechnic) Females
Text
(University) Total
Text
(University) Males
Text
(University) Females
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)30.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)30.0%
(Null)25.0%
Total452403234609217795132896693606353619215710248589672446292067423954494242627423150332981581517483
Not Literate361821091509361821091509nananananananananananana
Literate448786232500216286129278672516202719215710248589672446292067423954494242627423150332981581517483
One Language Only59923333602656323157128081035022271127229549532627032623532030982222384820301818
Chinese Only668535613124395421241830205611549023391032362161131041196753
English Only5130228771225311806110073798819446111558291497725952382508929852104372919631766
Malay Only17949378571081570511694363331105510na10nanana
Tamil Only1026735432914543816nanana5na5nanana
Non-Official Language Only39231618126211210nanananananananana
Two Languages Only38499919745518754310548954180513091681778895279225387871780920979437472296920778287981354615253

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Primary) TotalPrimary_TotalNumericNumber-
(Primary) MalesPrimary_MalesTextNumber-
(Primary) FemalesPrimary_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Secondary) TotalSecondary_TotalTextNumber-
(Secondary) MalesSecondary_MalesTextNumber-
(Secondary) FemalesSecondary_FemalesTextNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_8d69742229338b66f7ab17e36acf9e14"
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 Students Aged 10 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Level of Education Attending and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8d69742229338b66f7ab17e36acf9e14/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)