Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over Born Outside Singapore by Highest Qualification Attained Year of First Arrival and Sex (Census of Population 2000)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 9 records. Fields include Number, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (25 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-21.
Description
Census of Population 2000 counts of Singapore resident population aged 15 and over who were born outside Singapore, cross-tabulated by highest qualification attained, year of first arrival, and sex. Arrival-year bands run from before 1941 through 1991–2000. Excludes residents who were students. Demographers and education researchers profile foreign-born residents’ schooling by cohort of arrival. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8889.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 30/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2000 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude residents who were students. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: 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/8889
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Before 1941) Total | (Before 1941) Males | (Before 1941) Females | (1941 - 1950) Total | (1941 - 1950) Males | (1941 - 1950) Females | (1951 - 1960) Total | (1951 - 1960) Males |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 512728.000000 | 224866.000000 | 287862.000000 | 51609.000000 | 23523.000000 | 28086.000000 | 60733.000000 | 30176.000000 | 30557.000000 | 81488.000000 | 38431.000000 |
| No Qualification | 134412.000000 | 43998.000000 | 90414.000000 | 38463.000000 | 14696.000000 | 23768.000000 | 33815.000000 | 13193.000000 | 20622.000000 | 31892.000000 | 9827.000000 |
| Primary | 62783.000000 | 25692.000000 | 37091.000000 | 5934.000000 | 3989.000000 | 1945.000000 | 9652.000000 | 5930.000000 | 3722.000000 | 14821.000000 | 7688.000000 |
| Lower Secondary | 51238.000000 | 21812.000000 | 29426.000000 | 2093.000000 | 1513.000000 | 580.000000 | 4396.000000 | 2803.000000 | 1593.000000 | 9059.000000 | 5624.000000 |
| Secondary | 84906.000000 | 36261.000000 | 48645.000000 | 3025.000000 | 1957.000000 | 1067.000000 | 6663.000000 | 4130.000000 | 2533.000000 | 13426.000000 | 7384.000000 |
| Upper Secondary | 41573.000000 | 19050.000000 | 22523.000000 | 1034.000000 | 680.000000 | 354.000000 | 2737.000000 | 1717.000000 | 1019.000000 | 5444.000000 | 3315.000000 |
| Polytechnic | 16719.000000 | 10118.000000 | 6601.000000 | 48.000000 | 39.000000 | 10.000000 | 450.000000 | 400.000000 | 49.000000 | 915.000000 | 724.000000 |
| Other Diploma | 27193.000000 | 11995.000000 | 15198.000000 | 470.000000 | 250.000000 | 220.000000 | 1227.000000 | 726.000000 | 502.000000 | 2005.000000 | 1091.000000 |
| University | 93904.000000 | 55940.000000 | 37964.000000 | 542.000000 | 399.000000 | 143.000000 | 1793.000000 | 1277.000000 | 516.000000 | 3927.000000 | 2778.000000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Before 1941) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Before 1941) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Before 1941) Females | Numeric | No |
| (1941 - 1950) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1941 - 1950) Males | Numeric | No |
| (1941 - 1950) Females | Numeric | No |
| (1951 - 1960) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1951 - 1960) Males | Numeric | No |
| (1951 - 1960) Females | Numeric | No |
| (1961 - 1970) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1961 - 1970) Males | Numeric | No |
| (1961 - 1970) Females | Numeric | No |
| (1971 - 1980) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1971 - 1980) Males | Numeric | No |
| (1971 - 1980) Females | Numeric | No |
| (1981 - 1990) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1981 - 1990) Males | Numeric | No |
| (1981 - 1990) Females | Numeric | No |
| (1991 - 2000) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1991 - 2000) Males | Numeric | No |
| (1991 - 2000) Females | Numeric | No |