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Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Ethnic Group (Others) (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17457

Last updated 4 days ago (5 Sep 2026)

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ResidentStudentsAged5YearsandOverbyLanguageMostSecondMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeLevelofEducationAttendingandEthnicGroupOthersCensusofPopulation2020.csv (9 rows, 801 B)

Number
Text
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Pre-Primary
Numeric
(Others) Primary
Numeric
(Others) Secondary
Numeric
(Others) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)
Numeric
(Others) Polytechnic Diploma
Numeric
(Others) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma
Numeric
(Others) University
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%
Total27689210696958081191425495622781
English23487185184757149141918924542247
English Only731761126042344392407231728
English & Mandarin61616052773164034734735414
English & Malay2662275101165816925460235
English & Other Language2/734736020872507512883127870
Mandarin25250101388181620
Malay74074241681191253973
Other Languages2/321013187882536751454440
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a61cdf9d3e5534912b85f3380d209272"
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 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Ethnic Group (Others) (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a61cdf9d3e5534912b85f3380d209272/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)