Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife, and Ethnic Group of Husband (Census of Population 2010)

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Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife, and Ethnic Group of Husband (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 19/10/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/6522

Last updated 3 months ago (16 May 2026)

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MarriedCouplesinResidentHouseholdsbyHighestQualificationAttainedofHusbandandWifeandEthnicGroupofHusbandCensusofPopulation2010.csv (10 rows, 4.6 KB)

Number Text	(Total) Total Numeric	(Total) No Qualification Numeric	(Total) Primary Numeric	(Total) Lower Secondary Numeric	(Total) Secondary Numeric	(Total) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric	(Total) Polytechnic Numeric	(Total) Professional Qualification And Other Diploma Numeric	(Total) University Numeric	(Total) Students Numeric	(Chinese) Total Numeric	(Chinese) No Qualification Numeric	(Chinese) Primary Numeric	(Chinese) Lower Secondary Numeric	(Chinese) Secondary Numeric	(Chinese) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric	(Chinese) Polytechnic Numeric	(Chinese) Professional Qualification And Other Diploma Numeric	(Chinese) University Numeric	(Chinese) Students Numeric	(Malays) Total Numeric	(Malays) No Qualification Text	(Malays) Primary Text	(Malays) Lower Secondary Numeric	(Malays) Secondary Numeric	(Malays) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric	(Malays) Polytechnic Numeric	(Malays) Professional Qualification And Other Diploma Numeric	(Malays) University Numeric	(Malays) Students Text	(Indians) Total Numeric	(Indians) No Qualification Text	(Indians) Primary Numeric	(Indians) Lower Secondary Text	(Indians) Secondary Numeric	(Indians) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric	(Indians) Polytechnic Numeric	(Indians) Professional Qualification And Other Diploma Numeric	(Indians) University Numeric	(Indians) Students Text	(Others) Total Numeric	(Others) No Qualification Text	(Others) Primary Text	(Others) Lower Secondary Text	(Others) Secondary Text	(Others) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Text	(Others) Polytechnic Text	(Others) Professional Qualification And Other Diploma Numeric	(Others) University Numeric	(Others) Students Text
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Total	880812	110516	67341	108464	165810	92368	69989	47227	217774	1323	660397	93903	51591	83500	119721	61979	55445	34625	158599	1033	102313	12169	11222	16089	29228	19263	6382	3191	4698	71	87620	4146	4293	7797	14308	9331	6710	6372	34558	105	30482	297	235	1078	2554	1794	1451	3039	19919	114
No Qualification	135959	72069	16900	23125	14764	5983	1383	887	836	12	111857	62541	13277	18493	10998	4163	1169	640	562	12	17113	7175	2681	3137	2662	1254	89	101	12	na	6503	2193	922	1405	993	518	125	139	208	na	487	159	19	90	110	47	na	7	54	na
Primary	74096	10330	22007	16145	16012	5756	1704	963	1173	6	57112	8747	17205	12534	11893	3926	1363	659	779	6	10876	1066	3364	2343	2696	1167	157	57	25	na	5717	503	1387	1193	1324	623	171	208	308	na	392	13	51	74	99	40	14	40	61	na
Lower Secondary	104201	13068	10821	30911	24286	11404	5215	3567	4905	25	79608	11029	8202	24365	17641	7800	4254	2815	3496	6	14451	1454	1808	3912	4218	2313	427	233	80	6	8547	551	738	2271	2159	1138	455	364	864	6	1595	34	73	363	268	152	79	155	464	6
Secondary	197490	11097	12840	25537	70427	29908	16977	11421	19137	145	145681	8453	9437	18554	50644	20188	14062	9007	15205	132	32139	1928	2459	4836	13078	6704	1651	860	612	13	15978	671	873	1893	5552	2617	1067	1101	2204	na	3691	45	72	254	1154	399	197	454	1117	na
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)	80233	2523	3093	6801	18247	19012	8941	6050	15497	68	57456	1959	2117	4924	12393	12469	7091	4398	12049	55	13170	396	733	1311	3848	4545	1160	605	567	6	7114	149	230	446	1741	1564	567	664	1745	6	2493	19	13	119	265	435	122	383	1137	na
Polytechnic	46930	441	490	1648	6130	5631	13918	2812	15652	208	37732	370	420	1307	4546	3700	11528	2223	13449	187	4643	44	57	202	960	1314	1325	260	482	na	3328	19	13	107	527	544	838	215	1059	7	1227	7	na	32	98	74	227	113	662	14
Professional Qualification And Other Diploma	59177	598	757	2626	8759	7035	7497	11441	20334	130	47256	478	596	2150	6600	5130	6261	8985	16939	116	4320	88	76	202	1139	1178	619	588	424	6	5156	33	85	209	832	587	499	1145	1759	8	2445	na	na	65	188	140	119	723	1211	na
University	180335	384	408	1606	6985	7488	14014	9902	138912	638	122146	319	319	1128	4878	4527	9448	5775	95313	440	5378	19	44	126	582	719	916	461	2476	34	34851	26	39	273	1154	1734	2962	2522	26065	78	17960	21	6	80	371	508	688	1144	15056	86
Students	2391	6	25	64	200	152	340	184	1328	92	1550	6	18	45	128	76	269	124	806	78	223	na	na	19	45	70	38	25	19	6	427	na	6	na	27	6	27	14	346	na	191	na	na	na	na	na	6	21	157	7

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) No Qualification	Total_NoQualification	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Primary	Total_Primary	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Lower Secondary	Total_LowerSecondary	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Secondary	Total_Secondary	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)	Total_Post_Secondary_Non_Tertiary	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Polytechnic	Total_Polytechnic	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Professional Qualification And Other Diploma	Total_ProfessionalQualificationAndOtherDiploma	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) University	Total_University	Numeric	Number	-

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife, and Ethnic Group of Husband (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_df88af4ff3830f00f208f80613a14df2/view

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