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Economy

Resident Households by Predominant Household Language and Highest Qualification of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 04/04/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising unrelated persons and those headed by students.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9078

Last updated 17 days ago (23 Aug 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyPredominantHouseholdLanguageandHighestQualificationofHeadofHouseholdCensusofPopulation2000.csv (13 rows, 1.1 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Qualification
Numeric
Primary
Numeric
Lower Secondary
Numeric
Secondary
Numeric
Upper Secondary
Numeric
Polytechnic
Numeric
Other Diploma
Numeric
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%
(Null)0.0%
Total827747148846110576105614203466754214271740216100890
English20119248136212131265858324764184992010455091
Mandarin2808303798144133456447082827863158031079627783
Chinese Dialects2041268196136080226263246810690544455719286
Hokkien95980429471809310841136164127197518682513
Teochew411471785373654466620920909988731292
Cantonese514321525780455746101623447204223884346
Other Chinese Dialects15567590425771573248110254294421136
Malay105063182941861419299336399578210219761561
Indian Languages346505587540548177776240581816836160
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b09978b03689cc3e057d8e30145d96db"
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 Households by Predominant Household Language and Highest Qualification of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b09978b03689cc3e057d8e30145d96db/view

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Created on

26 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)