Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2010)

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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 22/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: Note: 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/8515

Last updated 23 days ago (17 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyAgeGroupHighestQualificationAttainedSexandEthnicGroupCensusofPopulation2010.csv (16 rows, 18.6 KB)

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And Other Diploma) Females Numeric	[Total] (University) Total Text	[Total] (University) Males Text	[Total] (University) Females Text	[Chinese] (Total) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (No Qualification) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (No Qualification) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (No Qualification) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Primary) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Primary) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Primary) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Lower Secondary) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Lower Secondary) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Lower Secondary) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Secondary) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Secondary) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Secondary) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Polytechnic) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Polytechnic) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Polytechnic) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (University) Total Text	[Chinese] (University) Males Text	[Chinese] (University) Females Text	[Malays] (Total) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Total) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Total) Females Numeric	[Malays] (No Qualification) Total Numeric	[Malays] (No Qualification) Males Numeric	[Malays] (No Qualification) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Primary) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Primary) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Primary) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Lower Secondary) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Lower Secondary) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Lower Secondary) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Secondary) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Secondary) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Secondary) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females Numeric	[Malays] (Polytechnic) Total Text	[Malays] (Polytechnic) Males Text	[Malays] (Polytechnic) Females Text	[Malays] (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Total Text	[Malays] (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Males Text	[Malays] (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Females Text	[Malays] (University) Total Text	[Malays] (University) Males Text	[Malays] (University) Females Text	[Indians] (Total) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Females Numeric	[Indians] (No Qualification) Total Numeric	[Indians] (No Qualification) Males Numeric	[Indians] (No Qualification) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Primary) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Primary) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Primary) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Lower Secondary) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Lower Secondary) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Lower Secondary) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Secondary) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Secondary) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Secondary) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Polytechnic) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Polytechnic) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Polytechnic) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Males Text	[Indians] (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Females Numeric	[Indians] (University) Total Text	[Indians] (University) Males Text	[Indians] (University) Females Text	[Others] (Total) Total Numeric	[Others] (Total) Males Numeric	[Others] (Total) Females Numeric	[Others] (No Qualification) Total Text	[Others] (No Qualification) Males Text	[Others] (No Qualification) Females Text	[Others] (Primary) Total Numeric	[Others] (Primary) Males Text	[Others] (Primary) Females Numeric	[Others] (Lower Secondary) Total Numeric	[Others] (Lower Secondary) Males Numeric	[Others] (Lower Secondary) Females Numeric	[Others] (Secondary) Total Numeric	[Others] (Secondary) Males Numeric	[Others] (Secondary) Females Numeric	[Others] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total Numeric	[Others] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males Numeric	[Others] (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females Numeric	[Others] (Polytechnic) Total Text	[Others] (Polytechnic) Males Text	[Others] (Polytechnic) Females Text	[Others] (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Total Numeric	[Others] (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Males Numeric	[Others] (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Females Numeric	[Others] (University) Total Text	[Others] (University) Males Text	[Others] (University) Females Text
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Total	2779524	1354723	1424800	424443	159806	264637	193181	91940	101242	282523	142894	139629	526359	242851	283508	307562	174939	132623	250213	148657	101556	161144	67190	93954	634098	326446	307652	2107603	1020777	1086826	349688	135290	214398	146823	70798	76025	214934	110607	104327	384440	175048	209391	209040	116634	92407	200553	118456	82098	125420	49126	76294	476705	244818	231887	336206	162237	173969	51805	17428	34377	30670	14984	15686	42083	21008	21074	91140	43208	47932	64473	38659	25815	26264	14590	11674	12576	5101	7475	17194	7258	9936	238967	125098	113869	19921	6699	13223	13539	5778	7760	20253	9889	10365	41196	20690	20507	26714	16354	10360	18362	12621	5741	15291	8591	6701	83690	44477	39212	96747	46611	50136	3028	389	2639	2149	379	1771	5254	1390	3863	9583	3905	5679	7334	3293	4041	5034	2990	2044	7856	4372	3484	56509	29893	26616
15 - 19	43223	26255	16968	759	416	342	708	428	280	2846	1585	1261	11894	6758	5135	21163	13991	7172	4938	2596	2342	916	480	436	na	na	na	28898	18356	10542	371	209	161	382	246	136	1598	924	674	6564	3909	2655	15379	10524	4855	4019	2216	1802	585	328	257	na	na	na	9722	5145	4577	282	126	156	231	126	106	932	457	475	3691	1902	1788	3850	2268	1582	597	214	383	138	51	87	na	na	na	3692	2209	1482	106	81	25	56	37	18	242	152	90	1271	741	530	1596	978	619	254	131	123	166	89	77	na	na	na	912	545	367	na	na	na	39	19	20	73	52	22	367	206	161	337	221	116	67	34	33	27	12	15	na	na	na
20 - 24	160265	86080	74185	1450	702	748	1568	765	803	4626	2185	2441	23846	13726	10120	41592	28730	12862	54798	32466	22332	8299	2988	5310	24086	4518	19569	106700	58046	48654	672	372	300	623	320	303	2139	1145	993	13105	8116	4989	22611	16890	5720	42109	25499	16609	5641	2103	3538	19802	3600	16201	36051	19149	16902	428	252	176	692	364	328	1835	767	1068	7649	3885	3764	14615	9010	5605	8077	4180	3896	1538	544	994	1218	147	1071	13905	7341	6564	167	72	95	141	75	67	397	214	183	2503	1444	1059	3787	2416	1371	3748	2297	1451	829	259	569	2333	564	1769	3609	1544	2065	184	6	178	112	6	105	255	59	197	589	281	308	580	413	166	865	490	376	291	82	209	733	206	527
25 - 29	249427	118221	131206	2035	735	1301	2489	1092	1396	7520	2946	4574	29719	14869	14849	29737	17729	12008	46658	24999	21660	16996	6228	10767	114272	49623	64650	177473	85082	92391	953	430	523	1227	663	564	4287	1980	2307	17509	8859	8650	14964	9119	5845	35600	19032	16568	12401	4423	7979	90531	40575	49956	35611	17524	18087	639	221	418	778	316	462	1962	657	1305	8397	4297	4101	10977	6530	4447	6578	3267	3311	2345	783	1563	3935	1454	2480	26136	11621	14515	201	71	130	312	99	213	820	288	532	3071	1502	1569	3180	1819	1361	3501	2123	1378	1678	754	924	13373	4965	8408	10207	3995	6212	242	12	230	172	15	157	450	21	430	741	211	530	617	262	355	979	577	403	572	269	302	6433	2628	3805
30 - 34	289314	136762	152552	3947	1491	2456	4807	2106	2700	12012	4541	7471	37345	17136	20209	27838	15136	12702	40870	22633	18237	25992	9323	16669	136504	64395	72109	207476	98384	109092	2139	1022	1117	2830	1436	1395	7846	3319	4526	25958	11957	14002	17097	9050	8047	32321	17396	14925	19669	6455	13214	99615	47748	51867	28669	13265	15404	1187	330	857	1270	502	768	2424	775	1649	7216	3241	3975	7125	4086	3039	3845	2155	1690	2056	702	1354	3546	1473	2073	36041	17740	18301	320	126	194	554	168	385	1191	403	788	3492	1704	1787	2747	1672	1075	3772	2569	1203	3157	1657	1500	20807	9439	11368	17127	7373	9754	301	13	288	152	na	152	551	43	508	679	233	445	869	328	541	932	512	419	1109	509	600	12535	5735	6801
35 - 39	317293	152782	164511	9039	3704	5334	8796	3556	5240	20389	7685	12704	52255	23069	29186	37992	19108	18884	31924	18378	13546	30310	11046	19264	126589	66235	60353	231327	108886	122441	6235	2932	3304	6080	2758	3322	15221	6003	9218	37180	16329	20851	26110	12570	13540	25919	14188	11731	23856	7667	16189	90726	46441	44285	31128	14292	16836	1852	616	1236	1777	576	1201	2930	993	1937	9479	4281	5198	7315	4015	3300	2484	1490	994	2015	795	1220	3275	1526	1749	35418	20420	14998	562	144	418	622	206	415	1601	565	1035	4344	2070	2274	3502	2142	1361	2662	2127	535	2943	1800	1143	19182	11366	7816	19420	9184	10237	389	13	376	317	17	301	637	123	513	1252	390	863	1065	381	684	859	574	285	1496	784	712	13405	6902	6503
40 - 44	303499	148131	155368	17697	8689	9009	15366	6727	8638	30715	13074	17641	67309	27042	40267	36264	18301	17963	25667	15386	10281	22347	8797	13551	88134	50115	38019	222396	106442	115954	12806	6718	6088	10807	4873	5934	23100	10085	13015	48472	19043	29430	25249	11870	13378	21304	12372	8932	17027	6035	10992	63630	35445	28185	36309	17141	19168	3465	1437	2028	3028	1335	1693	4884	2086	2798	12385	5242	7143	6481	3837	2644	2029	1370	659	1697	679	1018	2340	1153	1187	29210	16943	12268	1005	482	523	1180	482	699	1912	772	1140	5239	2407	2832	3349	2154	1195	1862	1376	486	2163	1272	890	12499	7997	4502	15584	7606	7978	422	52	370	351	38	313	819	130	689	1212	350	862	1184	439	745	472	268	204	1460	810	650	9665	5520	4145
45 - 49	319624	159287	160337	31105	14740	16364	28245	13264	14981	46145	23146	22999	84984	35645	49340	32551	16994	15557	17686	11411	6275	18515	8081	10434	60392	36005	24387	239016	118170	120846	23685	11671	12014	20810	9737	11074	34650	17703	16947	61678	25304	36374	23066	11364	11702	15057	9609	5448	14593	5773	8821	45476	27009	18467	43798	21300	22498	5122	2176	2946	5159	2579	2579	7608	3745	3863	16069	6997	9072	5927	3682	2244	1268	876	391	1254	621	634	1392	623	769	25781	14021	11760	1978	853	1125	2019	902	1117	3279	1545	1734	6058	2874	3183	2779	1689	1089	1010	735	275	1642	1014	627	7017	4407	2610	11030	5797	5233	320	40	280	258	46	212	608	153	454	1180	469	711	780	259	521	351	190	161	1026	673	353	6508	3967	2541
50 - 54	303583	151897	151686	45317	19978	25340	37340	17770	19570	45202	24064	21139	82309	35973	46336	30859	16001	14858	12923	9238	3685	14094	6653	7442	35538	22220	13318	237416	118365	119051	36290	16889	19402	29160	13947	15214	34565	18180	16385	63357	27067	36291	23653	11874	11780	11197	7985	3212	11558	5196	6363	27633	17228	10405	37563	18529	19035	6036	2120	3915	5625	2731	2895	6923	3927	2997	12401	5865	6536	4296	2535	1761	919	638	281	670	365	305	694	349	346	21558	11180	10377	2714	931	1783	2350	1051	1299	3278	1802	1476	5533	2550	2983	2189	1257	932	626	489	137	1097	661	436	3769	2439	1330	7046	3823	3224	277	38	239	204	41	162	436	155	281	1018	492	527	720	335	385	181	126	55	769	431	338	3441	2204	1236
55 - 59	252846	127236	125609	49343	18865	30478	32808	14658	18150	46429	25703	20725	62612	29269	33344	22089	12513	9576	7660	5937	1723	9592	5511	4081	22313	14781	7532	204346	102863	101483	40938	16522	24416	25957	11753	14204	37224	20583	16640	49743	22728	27016	17728	9753	7975	6746	5163	1583	8176	4549	3628	17835	11814	6021	27483	13208	14275	5878	1616	4262	4415	1994	2421	5881	3303	2578	7915	4018	3897	2380	1557	823	267	236	31	313	218	95	434	267	167	16439	8512	7927	2357	663	1694	2276	849	1427	2983	1642	1341	4128	2171	1957	1530	937	592	443	393	50	586	405	181	2137	1451	685	4578	2653	1924	170	65	106	160	62	98	341	175	166	826	352	474	452	266	186	204	146	58	516	339	177	1908	1248	659

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Total	Total_Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Males	Total_Total_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Females	Total_Total_Females	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (No Qualification) Total	Total_NoQualification_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (No Qualification) Males	Total_NoQualification_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (No Qualification) Females	Total_NoQualification_Females	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Primary) Total	Total_Primary_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Primary) Males	Total_Primary_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Primary) Females	Total_Primary_Females	Numeric	Number	-

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dataset_id = "d_f0e4667efecd332e1f532dfd2241d183"
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 Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f0e4667efecd332e1f532dfd2241d183/view

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