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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over With Below Polytechnic Qualification by Age Group, Type of Vocational Qualification Acquired and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

Last updated: 19 Jun 2025, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2005, Statistical Release 1: Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics' (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/8691

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverWithBelowPolytechnicQualificationbyAgeGroupTypeofVocationalQualificationAcquiredandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 2.6 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Did Not Acquire Vocational Qualification) Total
Numeric
(Did Not Acquire Vocational Qualification) Males
Numeric
(Did Not Acquire Vocational Qualification) Females
Numeric
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Total) Total
Numeric
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Total) Males
Numeric
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Total) Females
Numeric
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Basic Certificate) Total
Numeric
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Basic Certificate) Males
Numeric
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Basic Certificate) Females
Numeric
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Advanced Certificate) Total
Numeric
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Advanced Certificate) Males
Numeric
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Advanced Certificate) Females
Numeric
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Diploma/Advanced Diploma*) Total
Numeric
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Diploma/Advanced Diploma*) Males
Text
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Diploma/Advanced Diploma*) 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%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
Total1772817829879942938153018068089384928624263714898693651865845866827915133769819005186922284841813867
15 - 19366692115315516317571819413564491229591952105773332438422226161513na13
20 - 247856648546300205261631615210012595016931901941102805130521047138127236792315478
25 - 298639242637437565857625700328762781616937108797109433027791848611827665922217801441
30 - 34131332576297370393932365095742437400211211627912927813047972120912075913532649162347
35 - 39179853789451009081430625685286211367902209314697133579053430520003117588245343012832148
40 - 44229529107595121934192659840201086393687023575132951638811830455817596106416955288611041782
45 - 49244335115300129036212625950111176143171020288114221385797794078151249571555327299381791
50 - 54221587104985116602200186910711091152140113914748799726774319794446156328819859841002
55 - 5918076585133956321693697852590844113966608478852173332188541952567162819837091275

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Did Not Acquire Vocational Qualification) TotalDidNotAcquireVocationalQualification_TotalNumericNumber-
(Did Not Acquire Vocational Qualification) MalesDidNotAcquireVocationalQualification_MalesNumericNumber-
(Did Not Acquire Vocational Qualification) FemalesDidNotAcquireVocationalQualification_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Total) TotalAcquiredVocationalQualification_Total_TotalNumericNumber-
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Total) MalesAcquiredVocationalQualification_Total_MalesNumericNumber-
(Acquired Vocational Qualification- Total) FemalesAcquiredVocationalQualification_Total_FemalesNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_cb0481d629bba3a7a7cfd51ec4a8ed82"
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 With Below Polytechnic Qualification by Age Group, Type of Vocational Qualification Acquired and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 17, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_cb0481d629bba3a7a7cfd51ec4a8ed82/view

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Created on

24 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)