Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (Census of Population 2010)
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Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 9 records. Fields include Number, (Chinese) English, (Chinese) Mandarin, (Chinese) Chinese Dialects (16 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-16.
Description
Census of Population 2010 CSV on Singapore residents aged 15 and over by highest qualification attained, ethnic group, and language most frequently spoken at home. Columns break out English, Mandarin, dialects, Malay, Tamil, and other languages for Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Other groups. Sociolinguists link education and home language across ethnic communities. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/5986.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 29/09/2015 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2010 Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Data exclude residents who were students. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2010, Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, 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/5986
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Data
| Number | (Chinese) English | (Chinese) Mandarin | (Chinese) Chinese Dialects | (Chinese) Others* | (Malays) English | (Malays) Malay | (Malays) Others* | (Indians) English | (Indians) Malay | (Indians) Tamil | (Indians) Other Indian Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 554755.000000 | 933448.000000 | 473838.000000 | 8631.000000 | 46543.000000 | 279239.000000 | 1307.000000 | 84024.000000 | 17855.000000 | 87216.000000 | 32220.000000 |
| No Qualification | 7227.000000 | 106790.000000 | 202447.000000 | 968.000000 | 858.000000 | 48157.000000 | 175.000000 | 1656.000000 | 3480.000000 | 10730.000000 | 1655.000000 |
| Primary | 7707.000000 | 77362.000000 | 52188.000000 | 379.000000 | 1072.000000 | 28671.000000 | 82.000000 | 2537.000000 | 2097.000000 | 7305.000000 | 637.000000 |
| Lower Secondary | 27131.000000 | 119718.000000 | 53963.000000 | 612.000000 | 3346.000000 | 37416.000000 | 139.000000 | 6139.000000 | 2325.000000 | 9148.000000 | 1290.000000 |
| Secondary | 113581.000000 | 183776.000000 | 64281.000000 | 900.000000 | 13028.000000 | 75961.000000 | 217.000000 | 18238.000000 | 4468.000000 | 13969.000000 | 2289.000000 |
| Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) | 63888.000000 | 106144.000000 | 27698.000000 | 625.000000 | 10229.000000 | 53311.000000 | 54.000000 | 11412.000000 | 2873.000000 | 8916.000000 | 2114.000000 |
| Polytechnic | 65251.000000 | 106519.000000 | 20507.000000 | 461.000000 | 6175.000000 | 19647.000000 | 74.000000 | 7409.000000 | 1427.000000 | 6123.000000 | 1647.000000 |
| Professional Qualification And Other Diploma | 50548.000000 | 52161.000000 | 13696.000000 | 408.000000 | 4240.000000 | 7917.000000 | 57.000000 | 6681.000000 | 519.000000 | 4975.000000 | 1824.000000 |
| University | 219422.000000 | 180978.000000 | 39058.000000 | 4277.000000 | 7595.000000 | 8158.000000 | 510.000000 | 29951.000000 | 667.000000 | 26050.000000 | 20765.000000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Chinese) English | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Mandarin | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Chinese Dialects | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Others* | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) English | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) Malay | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) Others* | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) English | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Malay | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Tamil | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Other Indian Languages | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Others* | Numeric | No |
| (Others) English | Numeric | No |
| (Others) Malay | Numeric | No |
| (Others) Others* | Numeric | No |