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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area and Language Literate In (Census of Population 2010)

Last updated: 18 Apr 2026, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 24/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: Note: Planning areas refer to areas demarcated in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan 2008.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8627

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_4f8798e1ec5067db54e708eb7e3c8060"
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 Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area and Language Literate In (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_4f8798e1ec5067db54e708eb7e3c8060/view

About this dataset

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feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area and Language Literate In (Census of Population 2010)

Last updated: 18 Apr 2026, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 24/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: Note: Planning areas refer to areas demarcated in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan 2008.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8627

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Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyPlanningAreaandLanguageLiterateInCensusofPopulation2010.csv (37 rows, 4.9 KB)

Number Text	Total Numeric	Not Literate Text	Literate Numeric	One Language Only- Chinese Only Numeric	One Language Only- English Only Numeric	One Language Only- Malay Only Text	One Language Only- Tamil Only Text	One Language Only- Non-Official Language Only Text	Two Languages Only- English & Chinese Only Numeric	Two Languages Only- English & Malay Only Numeric	Two Languages Only- English & Tamil Only Text	Two Languages Only- English & Non-Official Language Only Numeric	Two Languages Only- Other Two Languages Only Text	Three Or More Languages- English, Chinese & Malay Only Numeric	Three Or More Languages- English, Malay & Tamil Only Text	Three Or More Languages- Other Three Or More Languages Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)2.7%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)13.5%	(Null)13.5%	(Null)2.7%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)2.7%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)2.7%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)10.8%	(Null)0.0%
Total	3105748	128661	2977088	485511	329194	47278	10939	5292	1305705	390124	104570	82972	12898	96660	16423	89524
Ang Mo Kio	153174	10014	143160	30511	16269	1748	595	197	65641	10500	5786	2937	678	4259	861	3178
Bedok	247021	10245	236775	36837	31341	4960	545	503	95125	38815	4519	6937	1181	6862	867	8283
Bishan	78118	2266	75852	9190	12151	377	256	50	39036	5238	2522	1938	157	2212	425	2301
Bukit Batok	120715	3965	116750	16888	10794	2110	311	238	51861	15791	5069	3923	482	4813	530	3940
Bukit Merah	133561	10410	123151	27131	13933	1397	1206	277	55065	8143	5569	3418	498	2719	811	2984
Bukit Panjang	105820	3854	101967	17815	7800	1620	204	167	47461	15534	2895	1966	443	2931	507	2625
Bukit Timah	56033	761	55272	3803	12720	68	12	59	28112	2455	573	2439	116	1623	116	3175
Changi	1755	54	1701	126	171	36	7	6	379	544	164	20	14	106	61	68
Choa Chu Kang	141227	4015	137212	19962	10707	2136	312	202	62600	21651	5423	4013	564	5082	737	3822

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Number	-
Not Literate	NotLiterate	Text	Number	-
Literate	Literate	Numeric	Number	-
One Language Only- Chinese Only	OneLanguageOnly_ChineseOnly	Numeric	Number	-
One Language Only- English Only	OneLanguageOnly_EnglishOnly	Numeric	Number	-
One Language Only- Malay Only	OneLanguageOnly_MalayOnly	Text	Number	-
One Language Only- Tamil Only	OneLanguageOnly_TamilOnly	Text	Number	-
One Language Only- Non-Official Language Only	OneLanguageOnly_Non_OfficialLanguageOnly	Text	Number	-
Two Languages Only- English & Chinese Only	TwoLanguagesOnly_EnglishandChineseOnly	Numeric	Number	-

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