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Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group (General Household Survey 2005)

Last updated: 19 Jun 2025, 21:01 SGT

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: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2005, Statistical Release 1: Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics' (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/8687

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ResidentStudentsAged5YearsandOverbyLevelofEducationAttendingAgeGroupSexandEthnicGroupGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (7 rows, 5.4 KB)

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[Total] (Total) Total
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[Total] (Total) Males
Numeric
[Total] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Total] (5 - 9 Years) Total
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[Total] (5 - 9 Years) Males
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[Total] (5 - 9 Years) Females
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[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Total
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[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Males
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[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Females
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[Total] (15 - 19 Years) Total
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[Total] (15 - 19 Years) Males
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[Total] (15 - 19 Years) Females
Text
[Total] (20 Years & Over) Total
Text
[Total] (20 Years & Over) Males
Text
[Total] (20 Years & Over) Females
Text
[Chinese] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Chinese] (Total) Males
Numeric
[Chinese] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Chinese] (5 - 9 Years) Total
Text
[Chinese] (5 - 9 Years) Males
Text
[Chinese] (5 - 9 Years) Females
Text
[Chinese] (10 - 14 Years) Total
Text
[Chinese] (10 - 14 Years) Males
Text
[Chinese] (10 - 14 Years) Females
Text
[Chinese] (15 - 19 Years) Total
Text
[Chinese] (15 - 19 Years) Males
Text
[Chinese] (15 - 19 Years) Females
Text
[Chinese] (20 Years & Over) Total
Text
[Chinese] (20 Years & Over) Males
Text
[Chinese] (20 Years & Over) Females
Text
[Malays] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Malays] (Total) Males
Numeric
[Malays] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Malays] (5 - 9 Years) Total
Text
[Malays] (5 - 9 Years) Males
Text
[Malays] (5 - 9 Years) Females
Text
[Malays] (10 - 14 Years) Total
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[Malays] (10 - 14 Years) Males
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[Malays] (10 - 14 Years) Females
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[Malays] (15 - 19 Years) Total
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[Malays] (15 - 19 Years) Males
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[Malays] (15 - 19 Years) Females
Text
[Malays] (20 Years & Over) Total
Text
[Malays] (20 Years & Over) Males
Text
[Malays] (20 Years & Over) Females
Text
[Indians] (Total) Total
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[Indians] (Total) Males
Numeric
[Indians] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Indians] (5 - 9 Years) Total
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[Indians] (5 - 9 Years) Males
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[Indians] (5 - 9 Years) Females
Text
[Indians] (10 - 14 Years) Total
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[Indians] (10 - 14 Years) Males
Text
[Indians] (10 - 14 Years) Females
Text
[Indians] (15 - 19 Years) Total
Text
[Indians] (15 - 19 Years) Males
Text
[Indians] (15 - 19 Years) Females
Text
[Indians] (20 Years & Over) Total
Text
[Indians] (20 Years & Over) Males
Text
[Indians] (20 Years & Over) Females
Text
[Others] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Others] (Total) Males
Numeric
[Others] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Others] (5 - 9 Years) Total
Text
[Others] (5 - 9 Years) Males
Text
[Others] (5 - 9 Years) Females
Text
[Others] (10 - 14 Years) Total
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[Others] (10 - 14 Years) Males
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[Others] (10 - 14 Years) Females
Text
[Others] (15 - 19 Years) Total
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[Others] (15 - 19 Years) Males
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[Others] (15 - 19 Years) Females
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[Others] (20 Years & Over) Total
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[Others] (20 Years & Over) Males
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[Others] (20 Years & Over) Females
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)14.3%
(Null)28.6%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)57.1%
(Null)28.6%
(Null)42.9%
(Null)28.6%
(Null)28.6%
(Null)28.6%
(Null)42.9%
Total778569402443376126245021127664117358264170138140126031199745101110986346963235529341035590172884652705521695798829181289185626965178910914575073453722985806130205278561351697024364926443562312721229498752638423491348091782116988612929113218691043599033113249861303311953236331269010943161538377777543321890244215279774575346099321228875037254924873033145915741110524586
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Primary31563916565514998517931293762855501356057140164205511319192212173382187401144951042451240476482259225942334934144893331229102129103265907231084279883282817152156752610313855122491035251392613306551643914216181369523861312397683355647739384444na717236363536430122642037287113721499nananananana
Secondary234889123897110992nanana1285656673961826105112564124870012117464651634428592377519nanana913934717644217713223827233050727475252465892484421744nanana23771125291124222466121091035735120614520897110559842nanana11235585753799542514743951205268396120741887nanana2165117798817838848991313na
Upper Secondary557472646129286nananananana4503021284237461071751775540425642016722398nananananana349891651418475757536523923775938303929nananananana6007288431241752946805454721442403nananananana3420167417461127470657876321556nananananana613212402263109154
Polytechnic610083125029758nananananana4479522839219561621384117802481922508523107nananananana3538218239171431281068465964824838074441nananananana599827643234225010441206374618781868nananananana280814731335938405533822479342nananananana60736324421411698
University455762127824298nananananana42972564040412792102220258405461932721219nananananana3727199352836820191281769219727021270nananananana235132221737689104824089631444nananananana3054426121039191184650286364nananananana30na30620286334

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Title
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Data type
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NumberNumberTextNumber-
[Total] (Total) TotalTotal_Total_TotalNumericNumber-
[Total] (Total) MalesTotal_Total_MalesNumericNumber-
[Total] (Total) FemalesTotal_Total_FemalesNumericNumber-
[Total] (5 - 9 Years) TotalTotal_5_9Years_TotalTextNumber-
[Total] (5 - 9 Years) MalesTotal_5_9Years_MalesTextNumber-
[Total] (5 - 9 Years) FemalesTotal_5_9Years_FemalesTextNumber-
[Total] (10 - 14 Years) TotalTotal_10_14Years_TotalTextNumber-
[Total] (10 - 14 Years) MalesTotal_10_14Years_MalesTextNumber-
[Total] (10 - 14 Years) FemalesTotal_10_14Years_FemalesTextNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_97f228e9a42b28f28a5401961e6bc3f0"
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 Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group (General Household Survey 2005) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 12, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_97f228e9a42b28f28a5401961e6bc3f0/view

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24 Oct 2024

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