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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/09/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Data exclude residents who were students. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2010, Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion' (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/5986

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedEthnicGroupandLanguageMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeCensusofPopulation2010.csv (9 rows, 1.4 KB)

Number
Text
(Chinese) English
Numeric
(Chinese) Mandarin
Numeric
(Chinese) Chinese Dialects
Numeric
(Chinese) Others*
Numeric
(Malays) English
Numeric
(Malays) Malay
Numeric
(Malays) Others*
Numeric
(Indians) English
Numeric
(Indians) Malay
Numeric
(Indians) Tamil
Numeric
(Indians) Other Indian Languages
Numeric
(Indians) Others*
Numeric
(Others) English
Numeric
(Others) Malay
Numeric
(Others) Others*
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%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total554755933448473838863146543279239130784024178558721632220121750548346429997
No Qualification722710679020244796885848157175165634801073016551268674631499
Primary7707773625218837910722867182253720977305637207362441076
Lower Secondary271311197185396361233463741613961392325914812908529595481396
Secondary11358118377664281900130287596121718238446813969228916864479721474
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)6388810614427698625102295331154114122873891621147547934741535
Polytechnic65251106519205074616175196477474091427612316479825292551586
Professional Qualification And Other Diploma50548521611369640842407917576681519497518248547041851955
University219422180978390584277759581585102995166726050207655592751332319477
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a36e224266e3435d1aafe8f2335a511f"
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 Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a36e224266e3435d1aafe8f2335a511f/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)