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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)

Updated 5 days ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 21/04/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Footnotes: Note: Data pertain to residents who are not attending educational institutions as full-time students. The data include those who are upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses while working.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9138

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyReligionHighestQualificationAttainedandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (12 rows, 3 KB)

Thousands
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(No Qualification) Total
Numeric
(No Qualification) Males
Numeric
(No Qualification) Females
Numeric
(Primary) Total
Numeric
(Primary) Males
Numeric
(Primary) Females
Text
(Lower Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total
Numeric
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males
Numeric
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Total
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Males
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Females
Numeric
(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Total
Numeric
(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Males
Numeric
(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Females
Numeric
(University) Total
Numeric
(University) Males
Numeric
(University) Females
Numeric
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(Null)0.0%
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Total2948.51426.61521.9368.1132.3235.8203.495.1108.3236.5122.2114.3544.8242302.8304176.5127.5268.1164.8103.3215.787.8127.9807.9405.8402.1
No Religion527.1276.8250.333.315.31820.110.39.831.917.714.284.739.245.551.330.121.355.635.220.441.416.924.5208.7112.296.5
With Religion2421.51149.91271.6334.8117217.7183.384.898.5204.6104.5100.1460.1202.9257.2252.7146.4106.2212.5129.682.9174.370.9103.4599.2293.6305.6
Buddhism995.7477.2518.5160.858.4102.492.143.248.997.151.545.7196.988.6108.389.951.9388754.732.272.428.144.3199.5100.898.7
Taoism1/307.2150.9156.381.931.850.131.515.416.230.116.413.752.726.825.824.115.1924.615.49.313.95.48.548.324.623.7
Islam404.6198.620648.515.632.935.816.81942.822.420.398.844.654.274.446.627.942.424.917.623.710.613.13817.120.9
Hinduism148.174.273.98.72.16.77.93.44.58.74.24.522.510.412.212.87.75.111.67.74117464.831.833
Sikhism10.755.70.90.20.70.70.20.50.80.40.42.71.31.410.70.40.50.20.20.60.40.23.51.61.8
Christianity548.1240.2307.832.98.524.315.15.89.424.49.514.985.530.754.849.824.125.745.826.419.4521933242.6116.1126.4
Catholic198.787.8110.913.23.39.96.52.73.811.54.56.934.11321.217.498.414.48.75.818.27.111.183.439.543.9

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Data type
Unit of measure
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(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericThousands-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericThousands-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericThousands-
(No Qualification) TotalNoQualification_TotalNumericThousands-
(No Qualification) MalesNoQualification_MalesNumericThousands-
(No Qualification) FemalesNoQualification_FemalesNumericThousands-
(Primary) TotalPrimary_TotalNumericThousands-
(Primary) MalesPrimary_MalesNumericThousands-
(Primary) FemalesPrimary_FemalesTextThousands-
(Lower Secondary) TotalLowerSecondary_TotalNumericThousands-
(Lower Secondary) MalesLowerSecondary_MalesNumericThousands-
(Lower Secondary) FemalesLowerSecondary_FemalesNumericThousands-
(Secondary) TotalSecondary_TotalNumericThousands-
(Secondary) MalesSecondary_MalesNumericThousands-
(Secondary) FemalesSecondary_FemalesNumericThousands-
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) TotalPost_Secondary_Non_Tertiary_TotalNumericThousands-
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) MalesPost_Secondary_Non_Tertiary_MalesNumericThousands-
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) FemalesPost_Secondary_Non_Tertiary_FemalesNumericThousands-
(Polytechnic) TotalPolytechnic_TotalNumericThousands-
(Polytechnic) MalesPolytechnic_MalesNumericThousands-
(Polytechnic) FemalesPolytechnic_FemalesNumericThousands-
(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) TotalProfessionalQualificationAndOtherDiploma_TotalNumericThousands-
(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) MalesProfessionalQualificationAndOtherDiploma_MalesNumericThousands-
(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) FemalesProfessionalQualificationAndOtherDiploma_FemalesNumericThousands-
(University) TotalUniversity_TotalNumericThousands-
(University) MalesUniversity_MalesNumericThousands-
(University) FemalesUniversity_FemalesNumericThousands-
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (General Household Survey 2015) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved January 15, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ac05f38a4345c639acc600438f554827/view

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