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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/09/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Data exclude residents who were students. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2010, Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/5988

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeHighestQualificationAttainedandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (13 rows, 3.4 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(No Qualification) Total
Numeric
(No Qualification) Males
Numeric
(No Qualification) Females
Numeric
(Primary) Total
Numeric
(Primary) Males
Numeric
(Primary) Females
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total
Numeric
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males
Numeric
(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Total
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Males
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Females
Numeric
(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Total
Numeric
(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Males
Numeric
(Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Females
Numeric
(University) Total
Numeric
(University) Males
Numeric
(University) Females
Numeric
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Total2604303126609813382043870981447662423331821148555196563266213133676132538499769230537269232294143167754126388239707142122975851499576258187376585301299111286190
English735870366753369117106084294631412052571163423957518213213621512936515386140903224900541318813634893232431661742863437540284480146810137670
Mandarin9377904487104890801078494318464665780773339244685120628576596296918440783540100867106477595524692510675560752460035228819034332541813099159789712
Chinese Dialects47505522719624785820286775808127059525002801824482541133204522068644583365630802277491678310966205281363968891371759617756391222128717836
Hokkien234341117482116859108509427406576828170161621200827228172031002529816168911292512910837345379352639729554748211226351360876046005
Teochew9266543320493464347316035274381026454134850962958173812123066496581147992967183235922308128422209541266638333303053
Cantonese11606152385636763719412671245221100249456057141647288687618085817799088221439838236316414621705514238531291556483747190
Other Chinese Dialects31987140101797813692436293303063149715663091173713544250209221581819104477512687894791235509726356819791588
Malay305568149356156212528851775135134313541529716057408302075020080820623994642116570923512521966215691219593748836360052361093946916248
Indian Languages12018059709604711244936338816798531094876105244889563416365782685391108667524334781356192194681441882626471442369223452
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response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_cfb6258aefa953d00ed441941c97246b/view

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24 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)