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Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Level of Education Attending and Sex (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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17433

Last updated 4 days ago (5 Sep 2026)

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ResidentStudentsAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInLevelofEducationAttendingandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (19 rows, 3.3 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Primary) Total
Text
(Primary) Males
Text
(Primary) Females
Text
(Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Secondary) Females
Text
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total
Text
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males
Text
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females
Text
(Polytechnic Diploma) Total
Text
(Polytechnic Diploma) Males
Text
(Polytechnic Diploma) Females
Text
(Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Total
Text
(Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Males
Text
(Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Females
Text
(University) Total
Text
(University) Males
Text
(University) Females
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)47.4%
(Null)57.9%
(Null)52.6%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)26.3%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)15.8%
Total31865815852916012958434923574456382863617156663300212664272676378123486411593529662981026854676555920
Not Literate443227217370205165732152------------
Literate3182141583021599122141447074383382643611956663300212664272676378123486411593529662981026854676555920
One Language Only301121909611016163110529270526840024975342415516093449216011840942898777148592912
English Only291391873810401144104408906514837584811334714646010445415551644908736762447762848
Chinese Only67225841412-12213791351094761833845146251211086939
Malay Only1837311066-1112190493019---99-88-
Tamil Only711159---301119------41-41---
Non-Official Language Only471532---99-7-7------31625
Two Languages Only271728132862138865513318621603187630284490442553223512637003220331498925442405015875183897848539
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_aff313eecb64275353090c2a83c2f04f"
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 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Level of Education Attending and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_aff313eecb64275353090c2a83c2f04f/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)