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Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Travelling Time to School, Level of Education Attending and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude students studying from home and students who were overseas for at least 6 months.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17603

Last updated 2 days ago (7 Sep 2026)

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ResidentStudentsAged5YearsandOverbyTravellingTimetoSchoolLevelofEducationAttendingandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (6 rows, 1.7 KB)

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(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
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(Total) Females
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(Pre-Primary) Total
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(Pre-Primary) Males
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(Pre-Primary) Females
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(Primary) Total
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(Primary) Males
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(Primary) Females
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(Secondary) Total
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(Secondary) Males
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(Secondary) Females
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(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total
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(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males
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(Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females
Numeric
(Polytechnic Diploma) Total
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(Polytechnic Diploma) Males
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(Polytechnic Diploma) Females
Numeric
(Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Total
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(Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Males
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(Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Females
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(University) Total
Numeric
(University) Males
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(University) Females
Numeric
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Total70438335638234800155134285442659024379012501611877317248787767847205567429536261397104136849341921086050495811953964362051777
Up to 152553001314081238913907220097189741555818054575037464342349022944398421761808350919091600592361231612728293298
16 - 30203498104572989261266267665896674103387133540713673677234595162748999727616276910571712428114312851708079169165
31 - 45103269512315203820901041104913075665364223187216124157491482178207002186929314937826671247142120052903411018
46 - 60917604502946731107853054861083030307817246848287641418874746714222501151910731367716392039272121235614857
More than 60505562414226414233111122161591869755682899266964073068333910314500153131495660835249251148513440
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_e87b21cfebae1a77150eccded58ab116"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Travelling Time to School, Level of Education Attending and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_e87b21cfebae1a77150eccded58ab116/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)