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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area of Residence and Highest Qualification Attained (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 06 Jun 2026, 23:01 SGT

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: Notes: Planning areas refer to areas demarcated in the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Master Plan 2019. Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17568

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_90215b2256c68fe94a058cb931d29591"
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 of Residence and Highest Qualification Attained (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 23, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_90215b2256c68fe94a058cb931d29591/view

About this dataset

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feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

22 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 of Residence and Highest Qualification Attained (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 06 Jun 2026, 23:01 SGT

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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17568

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Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyPlanningAreaofResidenceandHighestQualificationAttainedCensusofPopulation2020.csv (32 rows, 2.7 KB)

Number Text	Total Numeric	No Qualification Numeric	Primary Numeric	Lower Secondary Numeric	Secondary Numeric	Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric	Polytechnic Diploma Numeric	Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Numeric	University 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%
Total	3140436	333821	173912	258136	505564	341886	301963	217970	1007183
Ang Mo Kio	132133	20625	9551	12060	21200	12397	10556	8508	37234
Bedok	218749	23987	13335	15887	36058	22719	17306	14389	75068
Bishan	69207	5379	2374	4739	9997	5993	5771	4458	30497
Bukit Batok	126128	12735	6954	10561	20076	13684	11727	8290	42101
Bukit Merah	119760	18587	8076	10320	17362	10705	8964	7289	38458
Bukit Panjang	106984	11486	6646	9501	18364	12113	11745	6300	30829
Bukit Timah	55430	1895	857	1587	4420	3999	2662	3244	36767
Choa Chu Kang	148660	14196	7722	12165	25014	20267	17694	10582	41019
Clementi	72644	8450	3885	5929	10273	6274	5491	4306	28038

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Number	-
No Qualification	NoQualification	Numeric	Number	-
Primary	Primary	Numeric	Number	-
Lower Secondary	LowerSecondary	Numeric	Number	-
Secondary	Secondary	Numeric	Number	-
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)	Post_Secondary_Non_Tertiary	Numeric	Number	-
Polytechnic Diploma	PolytechnicDiploma	Numeric	Number	-
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma	ProfessionalQualificationandOtherDiploma	Numeric	Number	-
University	University	Numeric	Number	-

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