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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area of Residence and Highest Qualification Attained (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 06 Mar 2026, 23:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Notes: Planning areas refer to areas demarcated in the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Master Plan 2019. 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/17568

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyPlanningAreaofResidenceandHighestQualificationAttainedCensusofPopulation2020.csv (32 rows, 2.7 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Qualification
Numeric
Primary
Numeric
Lower Secondary
Numeric
Secondary
Numeric
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)
Numeric
Polytechnic Diploma
Numeric
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma
Numeric
University
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%
Total31404363338211739122581365055643418863019632179701007183
Ang Mo Kio13213320625955112060212001239710556850837234
Bedok2187492398713335158873605822719173061438975068
Bishan69207537923744739999759935771445830497
Bukit Batok12612812735695410561200761368411727829042101
Bukit Merah1197601858780761032017362107058964728938458
Bukit Panjang1069841148666469501183641211311745630030829
Bukit Timah5543018958571587442039992662324436767
Choa Chu Kang148660141967722121652501420267176941058241019
Clementi726448450388559291027362745491430628038

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
TotalTotalNumericNumber-
No QualificationNoQualificationNumericNumber-
PrimaryPrimaryNumericNumber-
Lower SecondaryLowerSecondaryNumericNumber-
SecondarySecondaryNumericNumber-
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)Post_Secondary_Non_TertiaryNumericNumber-
Polytechnic DiplomaPolytechnicDiplomaNumericNumber-
Professional Qualification and Other DiplomaProfessionalQualificationandOtherDiplomaNumericNumber-
UniversityUniversityNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_90215b2256c68fe94a058cb931d29591"
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 Planning Area of Residence and Highest Qualification Attained (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 3, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_90215b2256c68fe94a058cb931d29591/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)