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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area and Language Literate In (General Household Survey 2015)

Last updated: 03 Aug 2025, 23:00 SGT

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: Note: Planning areas refer to areas demarcated in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan 2014.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8325

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyPlanningAreaandLanguageLiterateInGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (30 rows, 3.3 KB)

Thousands
Text
Total
Numeric
Not Literate
Numeric
Literate
Numeric
(One Language Only) English Only
Numeric
(One Language Only) Chinese Only
Numeric
(One Language Only) Malay Only
Numeric
(One Language Only) Tamil Only
Numeric
(One Language Only) Non-Official Language Only
Numeric
(Two Languages Only) English & Chinese Only
Numeric
(Two Languages Only) English & Malay Only
Numeric
(Two Languages Only) English & Tamil Only
Numeric
(Two Languages Only) English & Non-Official Language Only
Numeric
(Two Languages Only) Other Two Languages Only
Numeric
Three Or More Languages
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%
016.7%
0.146.7%
0.220.0%
0.310.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total3275.91043171.8324.8472.239.89.63.71528.7420.8121.769.611.8169
Ang Mo Kio157.27.6149.718.730.91.90.70.370.212.85.52.60.55.5
Bedok235.98.9227.131.5344.90.30.39737.45.55.10.310.8
Bishan76.31.674.612.68.700041.53.74.10.80.32.9
Bukit Batok120.13.111710.916.41.30.30.159.2154.32.20.66.5
Bukit Merah132.57.512513.123.91.50.70.161.98.94.83.90.35.9
Bukit Panjang119.63.61167.816.91.60.10.26119.12.81.60.64.3
Bukit Timah59.10.358.811.53.800033.82.50.61.704.9
Choa Chu Kang149.33146.310.419.41.60.50.170.823.46.24.20.69.2
Clementi72.73.169.58.811.31.10.10.133.87.521.60.23

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
ThousandsThousandsTextThousands-
TotalTotalNumericThousands-
Not LiterateNotLiterateNumericThousands-
LiterateLiterateNumericThousands-
(One Language Only) English OnlyOneLanguageOnly_EnglishOnlyNumericThousands-
(One Language Only) Chinese OnlyOneLanguageOnly_ChineseOnlyNumericThousands-
(One Language Only) Malay OnlyOneLanguageOnly_MalayOnlyNumericThousands-
(One Language Only) Tamil OnlyOneLanguageOnly_TamilOnlyNumericThousands-
(One Language Only) Non-Official Language OnlyOneLanguageOnly_Non_OfficialLanguageOnlyNumericThousands-
(Two Languages Only) English & Chinese OnlyTwoLanguagesOnly_EnglishandChineseOnlyNumericThousands-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a4cf4987cc7eba7c10764d6b9b801dc0"
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. (2023). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area and Language Literate In (General Household Survey 2015) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 13, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a4cf4987cc7eba7c10764d6b9b801dc0/view

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Created on

21 Nov 2023

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)