Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by DGP Zone and Language Literate In (Census of Population 2000)
Description
Census 2000 literacy statistics for Singapore residents 15+ by Development Guide Plan (DGP) zone and language literate in, including monolingual and multilingual categories. The historical geographic breakdown supports long-run comparison with later censuses on language capabilities. Useful for education and social integration research across Singapore districts.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 01/04/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2000 Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9029
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | Total | Not Literate | Literate | One Language Only- Chinese Only | One Language Only- English Only | One Language Only- Malay Only | One Language Only- Tamil Only | One Language Only- Non-Official Language Only | Two Languages Only- English & Chinese Only | Two Languages Only- English & Malay Only | Two Languages Only- English & Tamil Only | Two Languages Only- English & Non-Official Language Only | Two Languages Only- Other Two Languages Only | Three Or More Languages- English, Chinese & Malay Only | Three Or More Languages- English, Malay & Tamil Only | Three Or More Languages- Other Three Or More Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2494630.000000 | 185865.000000 | 2308765.000000 | 580369.000000 | 353801.000000 | 62721 | 15293 | 3119 | 877510.000000 | 283342.000000 | 64074.000000 | 13809 | 5731 | 26840.000000 | 8374 | 13784.000000 |
| Ang Mo Kio | 148525.000000 | 13961.000000 | 134563.000000 | 40646.000000 | 20331.000000 | 2384 | 1025 | 147 | 54235.000000 | 8847.000000 | 3838.000000 | 300 | 279 | 1450.000000 | 506 | 577.000000 |
| Bedok | 208809.000000 | 15173.000000 | 193636.000000 | 45899.000000 | 33234.000000 | 7867 | 609 | 283 | 67068.000000 | 31295.000000 | 2459.000000 | 1138 | 503 | 1699.000000 | 285 | 1297.000000 |
| Bukit Batok | 97201.000000 | 6314.000000 | 90888.000000 | 22482.000000 | 12349.000000 | 3863 | 567 | 97 | 32524.000000 | 12040.000000 | 3106.000000 | 640 | 281 | 1987.000000 | 340 | 610.000000 |
| Bukit Merah | 123170.000000 | 15225.000000 | 107945.000000 | 33832.000000 | 15750.000000 | 1831 | 1769 | 121 | 43019.000000 | 5367.000000 | 4008.000000 | 394 | 201 | 705.000000 | 554 | 393.000000 |
| Bukit Panjang | 73066.000000 | 5252.000000 | 67814.000000 | 19029.000000 | 7255.000000 | 2146 | 345 | 105 | 26128.000000 | 9406.000000 | 1679.000000 | 317 | 198 | 728.000000 | 222 | 257.000000 |
| Bishan | 69585.000000 | 3653.000000 | 65932.000000 | 12250.000000 | 15050.000000 | 601 | 344 | 62 | 29220.000000 | 4407.000000 | 2174.000000 | 389 | 127 | 645.000000 | 302 | 361.000000 |
| Bukit Timah | 46420.000000 | 1226.000000 | 45194.000000 | 5271.000000 | 14764.000000 | 101 | 56 | 11 | 20559.000000 | 1791.000000 | 499.000000 | 807 | 99 | 607.000000 | 80 | 550.000000 |
| Changi | 712.000000 | 69.000000 | 643.000000 | 86.000000 | 123.000000 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 158.000000 | 119.000000 | 72.000000 | na | na | 11.000000 | 17 | 5.000000 |
| Choa Chu Kang | 103653.000000 | 5481.000000 | 98173.000000 | 23315.000000 | 10741.000000 | 2786 | 512 | 74 | 39572.000000 | 15500.000000 | 2835.000000 | 335 | 234 | 1332.000000 | 423 | 514.000000 |
| Clementi | 74586.000000 | 5541.000000 | 69045.000000 | 14897.000000 | 11594.000000 | 2308 | 423 | 120 | 27098.000000 | 8274.000000 | 2143.000000 | 623 | 157 | 740.000000 | 178 | 492.000000 |
| Downtown Core | 3843.000000 | 346.000000 | 3497.000000 | 1301.000000 | 431.000000 | 16 | 50 | na | 1448.000000 | 86.000000 | 60.000000 | 20 | 19 | 25.000000 | 19 | 21.000000 |
| Geylang | 93854.000000 | 10110.000000 | 83744.000000 | 25344.000000 | 10054.000000 | 2884 | 721 | 167 | 30907.000000 | 10036.000000 | 1698.000000 | 358 | 218 | 786.000000 | 193 | 379.000000 |
| Hougang | 158118.000000 | 12535.000000 | 145583.000000 | 40870.000000 | 23314.000000 | 2446 | 738 | 232 | 59522.000000 | 11938.000000 | 3374.000000 | 359 | 342 | 1105.000000 | 561 | 783.000000 |
| Jurong East | 71764.000000 | 5204.000000 | 66560.000000 | 16797.000000 | 7281.000000 | 2391 | 401 | 77 | 26088.000000 | 9278.000000 | 2103.000000 | 424 | 136 | 930.000000 | 277 | 378.000000 |
| Jurong West | 155133.000000 | 10081.000000 | 145052.000000 | 39913.000000 | 13719.000000 | 5503 | 825 | 136 | 52796.000000 | 22010.000000 | 4558.000000 | 902 | 546 | 2873.000000 | 605 | 666.000000 |
| Kallang | 75543.000000 | 8457.000000 | 67087.000000 | 20568.000000 | 8813.000000 | 1504 | 1554 | 193 | 24779.000000 | 4324.000000 | 3403.000000 | 513 | 207 | 431.000000 | 324 | 474.000000 |
| Marine Parade | 34167.000000 | 2074.000000 | 32092.000000 | 5346.000000 | 8916.000000 | 654 | 88 | 46 | 11655.000000 | 3426.000000 | 473.000000 | 741 | 62 | 308.000000 | 84 | 294.000000 |
| Newton | 4244.000000 | 64.000000 | 4180.000000 | 377.000000 | 1788.000000 | 13 | na | na | 1300.000000 | 276.000000 | 26.000000 | 228 | 11 | 61.000000 | na | 101.000000 |
| Novena | 33156.000000 | 2388.000000 | 30768.000000 | 6539.000000 | 8127.000000 | 205 | 302 | 59 | 12065.000000 | 1268.000000 | 1076.000000 | 354 | 67 | 325.000000 | 95 | 287.000000 |
| Outram | 19380.000000 | 3155.000000 | 16224.000000 | 6693.000000 | 1594.000000 | 130 | 492 | 37 | 6250.000000 | 343.000000 | 328.000000 | 85 | 52 | 128.000000 | 14 | 77.000000 |
| Pasir Ris | 78372.000000 | 2960.000000 | 75412.000000 | 12612.000000 | 13346.000000 | 1553 | 145 | 54 | 30038.000000 | 14274.000000 | 1353.000000 | 465 | 127 | 647.000000 | 237 | 560.000000 |
| Queenstown | 79098.000000 | 8175.000000 | 70923.000000 | 18734.000000 | 13026.000000 | 2168 | 714 | 129 | 25630.000000 | 6213.000000 | 1881.000000 | 411 | 155 | 992.000000 | 409 | 462.000000 |
| Rochor | 13515.000000 | 1539.000000 | 11976.000000 | 3881.000000 | 1733.000000 | 67 | 541 | 30 | 4253.000000 | 285.000000 | 859.000000 | 47 | 32 | 93.000000 | 93 | 61.000000 |
| River Valley | 6543.000000 | 137.000000 | 6405.000000 | 772.000000 | 2122.000000 | 6 | na | 13 | 2486.000000 | 248.000000 | 45.000000 | 261 | na | 225.000000 | na | 227.000000 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| Total | Numeric | No |
| Not Literate | Numeric | No |
| Literate | Numeric | No |
| One Language Only- Chinese Only | Numeric | No |
| One Language Only- English Only | Numeric | No |
| One Language Only- Malay Only | Text | No |
| One Language Only- Tamil Only | Text | No |
| One Language Only- Non-Official Language Only | Text | No |
| Two Languages Only- English & Chinese Only | Numeric | No |
| Two Languages Only- English & Malay Only | Numeric | No |
| Two Languages Only- English & Tamil Only | Numeric | No |
| Two Languages Only- English & Non-Official Language Only | Text | No |
| Two Languages Only- Other Two Languages Only | Text | No |
| Three Or More Languages- English, Chinese & Malay Only | Numeric | No |
| Three Or More Languages- English, Malay & Tamil Only | Text | No |
| Three Or More Languages- Other Three Or More Languages | Numeric | No |