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Economy

Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained, Ethnic Group and Sex of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 06 Mar 2026, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Note: Data pertain to households with reference persons who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17532

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHighestQualificationAttainedEthnicGroupandSexofHouseholdReferencePersonCensusofPopulation2020.csv (9 rows, 1.4 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Numeric
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
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%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total1369268992270376998105954876019529935315145011154239908120836928612797637434276729761
No Qualification125186747355045110628064485417961207970555025635530863269471109362
Primary7813156247218846030044181161191189883783520525033801870683308375
Lower Secondary1258329433431498981447423523909177301308446468820638724331138628510
Secondary236511160960755511753311188555647739958281241183318059119896069316319921172
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)14332010772035600947306935225378323752621061651376710453331424481705743
Polytechnic Diploma11438994484199058970173543161571432712145218286717360131116901435254
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma9553360818347157302044312287088903629826051052181472374308820611028
University45036734297310739436204227123290810141801024739324939342059733424752194345317

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) TotalChinese_TotalNumericNumber-
(Chinese) MalesChinese_MalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) FemalesChinese_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) TotalMalays_TotalNumericNumber-
(Malays) MalesMalays_MalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) FemalesMalays_FemalesNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_c4854288d88abfb55faf5e7d5bd415b9"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained, Ethnic Group and Sex of Household Reference Person (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_c4854288d88abfb55faf5e7d5bd415b9/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)