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Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 04/11/2015

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' (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/6756

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

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ResidentStudentsAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (20 rows, 2.5 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Text
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Text
(Chinese) Males
Text
(Chinese) Females
Text
(Malays) Total
Text
(Malays) Males
Text
(Malays) Females
Text
(Indians) Total
Text
(Indians) Males
Text
(Indians) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Text
(Others) Males
Text
(Others) Females
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)30.0%
(Null)35.0%
(Null)30.0%
Total326225162704163521241902121214120688507622610824654262561213914117730532444061
Not Literate2421499216787803731637316nanana
Literate325983162555163428241735121126120608507252607724648262191210814111730532444061
One Language Only29915166441327123929137561017212596066533091154915421636733904
Chinese Only871450421871450421nanananananananana
English Only2879116134126572305213306974510945555393059154915101587724863
Malay Only15945114nanana15945114nananananana
Tamil Only32na32nananananana32na32nanana
Non-Official Language Only6215476na666nananana49841
Two Languages Only28164714049714115020936510433710502946475242392223620982971911262482422012623
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_da3872f90b893bc56c6952e9ec0644fd"
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 Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_da3872f90b893bc56c6952e9ec0644fd/view

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24 Oct 2024

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