Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020)

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Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17416

Last updated 4 days ago (5 Sep 2026)

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ResidentStudentsAged5YearsandOverbyLevelofEducationAttendingAgeGroupSexandEthnicGroupCensusofPopulation2020.csv (8 rows, 5.7 KB)

Number Text	[Total] (Total) Total Numeric	[Total] (Total) Males Numeric	[Total] (Total) Females Numeric	[Total] (5 - 9 Years) Total Text	[Total] (5 - 9 Years) Males Text	[Total] (5 - 9 Years) Females Text	[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Total Text	[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Males Text	[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Females Text	[Total] (15 - 19 Years) Total Text	[Total] (15 - 19 Years) Males Text	[Total] (15 - 19 Years) Females Text	[Total] (20 Years & Over) Total Text	[Total] (20 Years & Over) Males Text	[Total] (20 Years & Over) Females Text	[Chinese] (Total) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (5 - 9 Years) Total Text	[Chinese] (5 - 9 Years) Males Text	[Chinese] (5 - 9 Years) Females Text	[Chinese] (10 - 14 Years) Total Text	[Chinese] (10 - 14 Years) Males Text	[Chinese] (10 - 14 Years) Females Text	[Chinese] (15 - 19 Years) Total Text	[Chinese] (15 - 19 Years) Males Text	[Chinese] (15 - 19 Years) Females Text	[Chinese] (20 Years & Over) Total Text	[Chinese] (20 Years & Over) Males Text	[Chinese] (20 Years & Over) Females Text	[Malays] (Total) Total Numeric	[Malays] (Total) Males Numeric	[Malays] (Total) Females Numeric	[Malays] (5 - 9 Years) Total Text	[Malays] (5 - 9 Years) Males Text	[Malays] (5 - 9 Years) Females Text	[Malays] (10 - 14 Years) Total Text	[Malays] (10 - 14 Years) Males Text	[Malays] (10 - 14 Years) Females Text	[Malays] (15 - 19 Years) Total Text	[Malays] (15 - 19 Years) Males Text	[Malays] (15 - 19 Years) Females Text	[Malays] (20 Years & Over) Total Text	[Malays] (20 Years & Over) Males Text	[Malays] (20 Years & Over) Females Text	[Indians] (Total) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Females Numeric	[Indians] (5 - 9 Years) Total Text	[Indians] (5 - 9 Years) Males Text	[Indians] (5 - 9 Years) Females Text	[Indians] (10 - 14 Years) Total Text	[Indians] (10 - 14 Years) Males Text	[Indians] (10 - 14 Years) Females Text	[Indians] (15 - 19 Years) Total Text	[Indians] (15 - 19 Years) Males Text	[Indians] (15 - 19 Years) Females Text	[Indians] (20 Years & Over) Total Text	[Indians] (20 Years & Over) Males Text	[Indians] (20 Years & Over) Females Text	[Others] (Total) Total Numeric	[Others] (Total) Males Numeric	[Others] (Total) Females Numeric	[Others] (5 - 9 Years) Total Text	[Others] (5 - 9 Years) Males Text	[Others] (5 - 9 Years) Females Text	[Others] (10 - 14 Years) Total Text	[Others] (10 - 14 Years) Males Text	[Others] (10 - 14 Years) Females Text	[Others] (15 - 19 Years) Total Text	[Others] (15 - 19 Years) Males Text	[Others] (15 - 19 Years) Females Text	[Others] (20 Years & Over) Total Text	[Others] (20 Years & Over) Males Text	[Others] (20 Years & Over) Females Text
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Total	719839	363499	356341	196408	100892	95516	204774	104078	100696	189802	92505	97297	128855	66024	62832	497547	252540	245007	133904	68407	65497	137668	70701	66966	127720	61973	65747	98255	51459	46797	112625	58361	54264	33245	17380	15865	32382	16770	15612	32969	17335	15634	14028	6876	7152	81890	39341	42549	21936	11255	10681	25609	12450	13159	21514	9820	11693	12831	5816	7016	27778	13256	14522	7322	3850	3472	9115	4156	4959	7599	3376	4223	3741	1874	1868
Pre-Primary	55993	28983	27010	55993	28983	27010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37398	19161	18237	37398	19161	18237	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10501	5557	4943	10501	5557	4943	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5967	3093	2875	5967	3093	2875	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2127	1172	955	2127	1172	955	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Primary	245931	126051	119880	140415	71909	68506	104932	53793	51140	328	212	116	256	137	119	167326	86244	81082	96506	49246	47260	70398	36729	33669	233	162	72	188	108	81	39542	20624	18917	22745	11823	10922	16743	8785	7958	19	-	19	36	17	19	29368	14510	14857	15969	8163	7806	13305	6299	7006	63	37	26	32	12	19	9695	4672	5024	5195	2678	2517	4487	1980	2506	13	13	-	-	-	-
Secondary	174298	88571	85727	-	-	-	99841	50285	49556	74241	38123	36118	215	162	53	115283	59061	56223	-	-	-	67269	33973	33297	47925	24999	22926	89	89	-	29101	15116	13984	-	-	-	15640	7986	7654	13389	7090	6299	72	41	31	21813	10627	11186	-	-	-	12304	6151	6153	9477	4457	5020	32	19	13	8101	3766	4334	-	-	-	4628	2176	2452	3451	1577	1874	22	13	9
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)	56663	30021	26642	-	-	-	-	-	-	50418	26225	24193	6245	3796	2449	35237	18496	16741	-	-	-	-	-	-	32348	16666	15682	2889	1830	1059	12910	7329	5581	-	-	-	-	-	-	10660	5946	4714	2250	1383	867	6602	3210	3391	-	-	-	-	-	-	5739	2828	2911	863	382	480	1914	986	928	-	-	-	-	-	-	1671	785	886	243	201	43
Polytechnic Diploma	72676	37812	34864	-	-	-	-	-	-	50974	25699	25275	21703	12113	9589	51090	26849	24241	-	-	-	-	-	-	37417	18884	18533	13673	7965	5708	12244	6149	6095	-	-	-	-	-	-	7482	3830	3653	4761	2319	2442	6785	3415	3370	-	-	-	-	-	-	4366	2114	2252	2419	1301	1118	2558	1400	1158	-	-	-	-	-	-	1708	871	837	850	529	321
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma	11593	5296	6298	-	-	-	-	-	-	4722	1988	2734	6871	3307	3563	6972	3292	3680	-	-	-	-	-	-	2513	1107	1406	4458	2185	2274	2396	1080	1315	-	-	-	-	-	-	1121	470	652	1275	611	664	1663	682	981	-	-	-	-	-	-	790	294	496	873	388	485	562	241	322	-	-	-	-	-	-	298	117	181	265	124	141
University	102685	46765	55920	-	-	-	-	-	-	9119	258	8862	93566	46508	47058	84241	39437	44804	-	-	-	-	-	-	7283	155	7128	76958	39282	37676	5932	2505	3427	-	-	-	-	-	-	298	-	298	5634	2505	3128	9692	3803	5889	-	-	-	-	-	-	1079	91	989	8613	3713	4900	2819	1019	1800	-	-	-	-	-	-	458	12	446	2361	1007	1354

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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] (5 - 9 Years) Total	Total_5_9Years_Total	Text	Number	-
[Total] (5 - 9 Years) Males	Total_5_9Years_Males	Text	Number	-
[Total] (5 - 9 Years) Females	Total_5_9Years_Females	Text	Number	-
[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Total	Total_10_14Years_Total	Text	Number	-
[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Males	Total_10_14Years_Males	Text	Number	-
[Total] (10 - 14 Years) Females	Total_10_14Years_Females	Text	Number	-

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f4312e4611f135d5a8638e8daf76f53e/view

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