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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Economic Status 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/6758

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInEconomicStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (20 rows, 3.2 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active - Total) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active - Total) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active - Total) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active - Working) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active - Working) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active - Working) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active - Unemployed) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active - Unemployed) Males
Text
(Economically Active - Unemployed) Females
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Total
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Males
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) 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)10.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total31057481517428158832119817141123855857860189804210795638184808367244292393801124034393573730461
Not Literate128661297859887524799117491305023500109661253412997835161038611803685825
Literate29770881487642148944619569151112105844810187454310685978059468237343509388641020173375537644636
One Language Only87821442191445630048116928630919486046081627451118630520353117978556397045135605261440
Chinese Only4855112177592677532437371406941030432339291349769895398095718409124177477064164710
English Only32919418516314403121684113475482086207411129139782719430561538151123545040961945
Malay Only4727814908323701517483996775143607988637281441140332104650925595
Tamil Only109393367757235811946163534181892152616254109735814215937
Non-Official Language Only529271745751837515132116985151183138na13834552013254
Two Languages Only189626896623993002913219787407125812661265869711670554199561102904227068574290225528348762
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dataset_id = "d_e6f75e1391e0526fd5b51f7e4f623acf"
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 by Language Literate In, Economic Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_e6f75e1391e0526fd5b51f7e4f623acf/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)