Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2010)

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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2010)

Last updated: 17 Jun 2025, 22:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 22/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2010, Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/publications-and-methodology).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8517

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedMaritalStatusSexandEthnicGroupCensusofPopulation2010.csv (9 rows, 6.9 KB)

Number Text	[Total] (Total) Total Numeric	[Total] (Total) Males Numeric	[Total] (Total) Females Numeric	[Total] (Single) Total Numeric	[Total] (Single) Males Numeric	[Total] (Single) Females Numeric	[Total] (Married) Total Numeric	[Total] (Married) Males Numeric	[Total] (Married) Females Numeric	[Total] (Widowed) Total Numeric	[Total] (Widowed) Males Numeric	[Total] (Widowed) Females Numeric	[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Total Numeric	[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Males Numeric	[Total] (Divorced/Separated) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Single) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Single) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Single) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Married) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Married) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Married) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Widowed) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Widowed) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Widowed) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Total) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Total) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Total) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Single) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Single) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Single) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Married) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Married) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Married) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Widowed) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Widowed) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Widowed) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Single) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Single) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Single) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Married) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Married) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Married) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Widowed) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Widowed) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Widowed) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Females Numeric	[Others] (Total) Total Numeric	[Others] (Total) Males Numeric	[Others] (Total) Females Numeric	[Others] (Single) Total Numeric	[Others] (Single) Males Numeric	[Others] (Single) Females Numeric	[Others] (Married) Total Numeric	[Others] (Married) Males Numeric	[Others] (Married) Females Numeric	[Others] (Widowed) Total Numeric	[Others] (Widowed) Males Text	[Others] (Widowed) Females Numeric	[Others] (Divorced/Separated) Total Numeric	[Others] (Divorced/Separated) Males Numeric	[Others] (Divorced/Separated) Females Numeric
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No Qualification	424443	159806	264637	40937	25211	15725	259057	116199	142858	104983	12328	92655	19467	6068	13399	349688	135290	214398	34327	21493	12834	214984	98682	116302	85209	10106	75103	15168	5010	10158	51805	17428	34377	4520	2474	2046	30928	12579	18349	13408	1657	11751	2949	719	2231	19921	6699	13223	1901	1168	733	10880	4707	6174	5962	515	5446	1179	309	870	3028	389	2639	188	76	112	2265	232	2033	404	50	354	171	31	140
Primary	193181	91940	101242	22814	14774	8040	145691	70132	75559	14869	3231	11638	9808	3803	6005	146823	70798	76025	18187	11942	6246	111179	53862	57317	10598	2294	8304	6859	2701	4158	30670	14984	15686	3276	2009	1267	23106	11557	11548	2394	657	1737	1894	760	1134	13539	5778	7760	1202	756	445	9777	4474	5304	1661	253	1408	899	296	603	2149	379	1771	149	67	82	1629	239	1389	216	27	189	156	46	110
Lower Secondary	282523	142894	139629	35711	21022	14689	218336	112503	105833	13555	3301	10254	14921	6068	8853	214934	110607	104327	27957	16438	11519	166183	87006	79178	9955	2535	7420	10838	4628	6210	42083	21008	21074	5217	3059	2157	32288	16519	15769	1888	504	1384	2690	926	1764	20253	9889	10365	2076	1248	829	15674	7980	7694	1327	218	1109	1176	443	733	5254	1390	3863	461	277	184	4191	999	3192	385	44	341	217	71	146
Secondary	526359	242851	283508	110389	58859	51530	376267	172534	203732	13454	2624	10830	26250	8834	17416	384440	175048	209391	80809	41781	39028	275794	125264	150530	9746	1957	7788	18091	6046	12045	91140	43208	47932	19840	11206	8635	64287	30021	34266	1776	302	1474	5237	1679	3558	41196	20690	20507	7913	4857	3055	29390	14639	14751	1587	306	1281	2306	887	1419	9583	3905	5679	1827	1015	812	6795	2610	4185	345	59	286	616	221	394
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)	307562	174939	132623	113318	72951	40367	179182	96597	82585	4665	1365	3300	10396	4026	6371	209040	116634	92407	75303	48164	27138	123152	64648	58503	3535	1055	2480	7051	2766	4284	64473	38659	25815	27582	17743	9840	34330	19953	14377	436	150	286	2125	813	1312	26714	16354	10360	8852	5928	2924	16343	9920	6423	578	124	454	942	382	560	7334	3293	4041	1581	1115	466	5358	2076	3282	116	37	79	278	64	214
Polytechnic	250213	148657	101556	119719	71038	48681	124869	74993	49875	926	431	495	4700	2195	2505	200553	118456	82098	96428	57243	39185	99457	58986	40471	786	375	411	3882	1852	2030	26264	14590	11674	14103	7705	6398	11685	6708	4977	37	13	25	439	165	274	18362	12621	5741	7199	4875	2324	10863	7601	3261	81	44	37	220	101	119	5034	2990	2044	1989	1215	774	2864	1698	1166	22	na	22	159	77	82
Professional Qualification And Other Diploma	161144	67190	93954	40788	15427	25361	112370	49896	62474	1955	402	1553	6031	1465	4566	125420	49126	76294	32884	11679	21205	86219	36041	50178	1540	325	1215	4777	1081	3696	12576	5101	7475	3899	1662	2237	7986	3293	4693	130	12	118	562	134	427	15291	8591	6701	2734	1430	1304	11904	7014	4890	237	52	186	416	96	320	7856	4372	3484	1272	656	615	6261	3549	2713	47	13	34	276	154	122
University	634098	326446	307652	195051	86811	108241	424622	233873	190749	3091	1145	1946	11334	4617	6717	476705	244818	231887	167196	73543	93653	298274	166975	131299	2277	802	1475	8958	3498	5460	17194	7258	9936	6067	2221	3847	10733	4910	5824	82	37	45	311	91	221	83690	44477	39212	11295	6179	5116	71035	37712	33323	508	221	287	851	365	486	56509	29893	26616	10492	4868	5625	44579	24276	20303	224	85	139	1214	664	550

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Total	Total_Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Males	Total_Total_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Females	Total_Total_Females	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Single) Total	Total_Single_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Single) Males	Total_Single_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Single) Females	Total_Single_Females	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Married) Total	Total_Married_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Married) Males	Total_Married_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Married) Females	Total_Married_Females	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_bd55e8424376c557b5b05068e3ba56e9"
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 Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2010) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bd55e8424376c557b5b05068e3ba56e9/view

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedMaritalStatusSexandEthnicGroupCensusofPopulation2010.csv (9 rows, 6.9 KB)

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