Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group (General Household Survey 2015)

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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 2015)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2015' (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/8203

Last updated 5 days ago (4 Sep 2026)

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ResidentStudentsAged5YearsandOverbyLevelofEducationAttendingAgeGroupSexandEthnicGroupGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (8 rows, 5.3 KB)

Thousands Text	[Total] (Total) Total Numeric	[Total] (Total) Males Numeric	[Total] (Total) Females Numeric	[Total] (5 - 9 Years) Total Numeric	[Total] (5 - 9 Years) Males Numeric	[Total] (5 - 9 Years) Females Numeric	[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Total Numeric	[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Males Numeric	[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Females Numeric	[Total] (15 - 19 Years) Total Numeric	[Total] (15 - 19 Years) Males Numeric	[Total] (15 - 19 Years) Females Numeric	[Total] (20 Years & Over) Total Numeric	[Total] (20 Years & Over) Males Numeric	[Total] (20 Years & Over) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (5 - 9 Years) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (5 - 9 Years) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (5 - 9 Years) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (10 - 14 Years) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (10 - 14 Years) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (10 - 14 Years) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (15 - 19 Years) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (15 - 19 Years) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (15 - 19 Years) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (20 Years & Over) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (20 Years & Over) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (20 Years & Over) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Total) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Total) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Total) Females Numeric	[Malays] (5 - 9 Years) Total Numeric	[Malays] (5 - 9 Years) Males Numeric	[Malays] (5 - 9 Years) Females Numeric	[Malays] (10 - 14 Years) Total Numeric	[Malays] (10 - 14 Years) Males Numeric	[Malays] (10 - 14 Years) Females Numeric	[Malays] (15 - 19 Years) Total Numeric	[Malays] (15 - 19 Years) Males Numeric	[Malays] (15 - 19 Years) Females Numeric	[Malays] (20 Years & Over) Total Numeric	[Malays] (20 Years & Over) Males Numeric	[Malays] (20 Years & Over) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Females Numeric	[Indians] (5 - 9 Years) Total Numeric	[Indians] (5 - 9 Years) Males Numeric	[Indians] (5 - 9 Years) Females Numeric	[Indians] (10 - 14 Years) Total Numeric	[Indians] (10 - 14 Years) Males Numeric	[Indians] (10 - 14 Years) Females Numeric	[Indians] (15 - 19 Years) Total Numeric	[Indians] (15 - 19 Years) Males Numeric	[Indians] (15 - 19 Years) Females Numeric	[Indians] (20 Years & Over) Total Numeric	[Indians] (20 Years & Over) Males Numeric	[Indians] (20 Years & Over) Females Numeric	[Others] (Total) Total Numeric	[Others] (Total) Males Numeric	[Others] (Total) Females Numeric	[Others] (5 - 9 Years) Total Numeric	[Others] (5 - 9 Years) Males Numeric	[Others] (5 - 9 Years) Females Numeric	[Others] (10 - 14 Years) Total Numeric	[Others] (10 - 14 Years) Males Numeric	[Others] (10 - 14 Years) Females Numeric	[Others] (15 - 19 Years) Total Numeric	[Others] (15 - 19 Years) Males Numeric	[Others] (15 - 19 Years) Females Numeric	[Others] (20 Years & Over) Total Numeric	[Others] (20 Years & Over) Males Numeric	[Others] (20 Years & Over) Females Numeric
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Total	765.3	389.5	375.9	214.9	113.2	101.7	223.1	113.3	109.8	220.3	109	111.3	107.1	54	53	540.2	276.8	263.4	145.4	77.5	67.9	150	76.6	73.4	157.5	78.3	79.2	87.2	44.4	42.8	117.3	59.5	57.9	32.8	17.5	15.3	36.5	18.7	17.8	36.6	17.9	18.7	11.4	5.4	6	79.3	38.9	40.4	26.6	12.8	13.9	27.1	13.4	13.7	19	9.4	9.6	6.5	3.3	3.2	28.6	14.3	14.2	10.1	5.4	4.6	9.5	4.6	4.8	7.1	3.3	3.8	1.9	0.9	1
Pre-Primary	57.4	30.1	27.4	57.4	30.1	27.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39.3	20.7	18.6	39.3	20.7	18.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4.8	4.2	9	4.8	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3	3.1	3.2	6.3	3.1	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	1.4	1.3	2.8	1.4	1.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Primary	262.3	136.8	125.5	157.5	83.1	74.4	104.2	53.2	51	0.6	0.5	0.2	0	0	0	175.7	92.5	83.2	106.1	56.8	49.3	69.1	35.3	33.8	0.5	0.4	0	0	0	0	40.4	21.1	19.3	23.8	12.7	11.1	16.6	8.4	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	34.3	17	17.3	20.4	9.7	10.7	13.9	7.3	6.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.9	6.1	5.7	7.3	4	3.3	4.5	2.1	2.4	0.1	0	0.1	0	0	0
Secondary	205.7	105.7	100	0	0	0	118.9	60.1	58.8	86.6	45.4	41.2	0.2	0.2	0	140.7	73.5	67.2	0	0	0	80.8	41.3	39.6	59.7	32.1	27.6	0.2	0.1	0	35.7	18.3	17.4	0	0	0	19.9	10.2	9.7	15.7	8	7.7	0.1	0.1	0	20.9	9.9	11	0	0	0	13.1	6.1	7.1	7.7	3.8	4	0	0	0	8.4	4	4.4	0	0	0	5	2.5	2.5	3.5	1.5	1.9	0	0	0
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)	58.7	30.4	28.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	55.7	28.6	27	3.1	1.8	1.3	39.7	20.6	19.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	38.1	19.6	18.4	1.7	1	0.7	11.1	5.6	5.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.2	5.1	5.1	0.9	0.6	0.4	6.4	3.4	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3.1	2.9	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.4	0.8	0.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.1	0	0.1
Polytechnic	79.8	41.6	38.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	63.6	32.1	31.6	16.2	9.6	6.6	59	30.9	28.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	48.9	24.6	24.2	10.1	6.3	3.8	13.2	6.6	6.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.1	4.4	4.7	4	2.2	1.8	5.5	3	2.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2.2	1.8	1.5	0.8	0.7	2.2	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.2
Professional Qualification And Other Diploma	10.4	4.7	5.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	2.2	3	5.2	2.5	2.7	6.3	3	3.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	1.4	1.6	3.4	1.6	1.8	2.5	1	1.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	0.4	0.9	1.2	0.6	0.6	1	0.5	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
University	90.9	40.1	50.8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.6	0.2	8.4	82.3	39.9	42.4	79.4	35.5	43.9	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.5	0.1	7.3	71.9	35.4	36.5	5.4	2	3.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0.2	5.2	2	3.2	4.9	2.1	2.8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	0	0.7	4.1	2	2.1	1.3	0.5	0.8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0.2	1.2	0.5	0.6

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Thousands	Thousands	Text	Thousands	-
[Total] (Total) Total	Total_Total_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
[Total] (Total) Males	Total_Total_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
[Total] (Total) Females	Total_Total_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-
[Total] (5 - 9 Years) Total	Total_5_9Years_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
[Total] (5 - 9 Years) Males	Total_5_9Years_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
[Total] (5 - 9 Years) Females	Total_5_9Years_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-
[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Total	Total_10_14Years_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Males	Total_10_14Years_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Females	Total_10_14Years_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-

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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 2015) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a163709ce243e0d0d398d841b26f5049/view

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