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Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Planning Area of Residence and Usual Mode of Transport to School (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 06 Aug 2025, 22:01 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 exclude students who were overseas for more than 6 months.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17589

Data explorer

ResidentStudentsAged5YearsandOverbyPlanningAreaofResidenceandUsualModeofTransporttoSchoolCensusofPopulation2020.csv (32 rows, 3 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Public Bus Only
Numeric
MRT/LRT Only
Numeric
MRT/LRT & Public Bus Only
Numeric
Other combinations of MRT/LRT or Public Bus
Text
Taxi/Private Hire Car Only
Text
Car Only
Numeric
Private Chartered Bus/Van Only
Numeric
Lorry/Pickup Only
Text
Motorcycle/Scooter Only
Text
Others
Text
No Transport Required
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)3.1%
(Null)3.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)15.6%
(Null)3.1%
(Null)0.0%
Total71520915700250406164678187664670964984404696431346002169044
Ang Mo Kio245596740142655232609530951527271112215535
Bedok4366798372484941979143481283615-635968299
Bishan1536928371345401017411830739313719542771
Bukit Batok2727173121891646334114134441800120100935566
Bukit Merah2201753211765488530621328672221-80564303
Bukit Panjang27319634018635458208010231591342461291436659
Bukit Timah166982547998238315522756971872-71412672
Choa Chu Kang384786500309011826181720131191982773351709361
Clementi1574743685682909228128299013631652723054

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
TotalTotalNumericNumber-
Public Bus OnlyPublicBusOnlyNumericNumber-
MRT/LRT OnlyMRT_LRTOnlyNumericNumber-
MRT/LRT & Public Bus OnlyMRT_LRTandPublicBusOnlyNumericNumber-
Other combinations of MRT/LRT or Public BusOthercombinationsofMRT_LRTorPublicBusTextNumber-
Taxi/Private Hire Car OnlyTaxi_PrivateHireCarOnlyTextNumber-
Car OnlyCarOnlyNumericNumber-
Private Chartered Bus/Van OnlyPrivateCharteredBus_VanOnlyNumericNumber-
Lorry/Pickup OnlyLorry_PickupOnlyTextNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_9eaccc6cc0f257cfd74d5c1ceb0fb663"
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 Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Planning Area of Residence and Usual Mode of Transport to School (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 11, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_9eaccc6cc0f257cfd74d5c1ceb0fb663/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)