Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020)
Description
Census of Population 2020 tabulation from the Singapore Department of Statistics cross-classifying resident population aged 15 years and over by highest qualification attained, marital status, sex and ethnic group. Marital categories cover single, married, widowed and divorced or separated, reported for the total resident population and separately for Chinese, Malays, Indians and other ethnic groups. Data exclude full-time students but include residents upgrading qualifications through part-time courses. Useful for education, marriage and ethnic disparity research.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Footnotes: Note: 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/17418
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Data
| Number | [Total] (Total) Total | [Total] (Total) Males | [Total] (Total) Females | [Total] (Single) Total | [Total] (Single) Males | [Total] (Single) Females | [Total] (Married) Total | [Total] (Married) Males | [Total] (Married) Females | [Total] (Widowed) Total | [Total] (Widowed) Males | [Total] (Widowed) Females | [Total] (Divorced/Separated) Total | [Total] (Divorced/Separated) Males | [Total] (Divorced/Separated) Females | [Chinese] (Total) Total | [Chinese] (Total) Males | [Chinese] (Total) Females | [Chinese] (Single) Total | [Chinese] (Single) Males | [Chinese] (Single) Females | [Chinese] (Married) Total | [Chinese] (Married) Males | [Chinese] (Married) Females | [Chinese] (Widowed) Total | [Chinese] (Widowed) Males | [Chinese] (Widowed) Females | [Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Total | [Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Males | [Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Females | [Malays] (Total) Total | [Malays] (Total) Males | [Malays] (Total) Females | [Malays] (Single) Total | [Malays] (Single) Males | [Malays] (Single) Females | [Malays] (Married) Total | [Malays] (Married) Males | [Malays] (Married) Females | [Malays] (Widowed) Total | [Malays] (Widowed) Males | [Malays] (Widowed) Females | [Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Total | [Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Males | [Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Females | [Indians] (Total) Total | [Indians] (Total) Males | [Indians] (Total) Females | [Indians] (Single) Total | [Indians] (Single) Males | [Indians] (Single) Females | [Indians] (Married) Total | [Indians] (Married) Males | [Indians] (Married) Females | [Indians] (Widowed) Total | [Indians] (Widowed) Males | [Indians] (Widowed) Females | [Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Total | [Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Males | [Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Females | [Others] (Total) Total | [Others] (Total) Males | [Others] (Total) Females | [Others] (Single) Total | [Others] (Single) Males | [Others] (Single) Females | [Others] (Married) Total | [Others] (Married) Males | [Others] (Married) Females | [Others] (Widowed) Total | [Others] (Widowed) Males | [Others] (Widowed) Females | [Others] (Divorced/Separated) Total | [Others] (Divorced/Separated) Males | [Others] (Divorced/Separated) Females |
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| Total | 3140436.000000 | 1505031.000000 | 1635405.000000 | 775711.000000 | 396112.000000 | 379599.000000 | 2031836.000000 | 1021909.000000 | 1009928.000000 | 183224.000000 | 32207.000000 | 151017.000000 | 149665.000000 | 54803.000000 | 94861.000000 | 2380906.000000 | 1135530.000000 | 1245375.000000 | 611655.000000 | 304758.000000 | 306897.000000 | 1519799.000000 | 765068.000000 | 754731.000000 | 140644.000000 | 24807.000000 | 115837.000000 | 108807.000000 | 40898.000000 | 67910.000000 | 400750.000000 | 192152.000000 | 208598.000000 | 98616.000000 | 55706.000000 | 42910.000000 | 252854.000000 | 124211.000000 | 128643.000000 | 25622.000000 | 4709.000000 | 20913.000000 | 23658.000000 | 7526.000000 | 16132.000000 | 264711.000000 | 134905.000000 | 129806.000000 | 49583.000000 | 27125.000000 | 22458.000000 | 187684.000000 | 100409.000000 | 87275.000000 | 14561.000000 | 2321.000000 | 12239.000000 | 12883.000000 | 5050.000000 | 7833.000000 | 94069.000000 | 42443.000000 | 51626.000000 | 15857.000000 | 8523.000000 | 7334.000000 | 71499.000000 | 32221.000000 | 39278.000000 | 2398.000000 | 370 | 2028.000000 | 4316.000000 | 1330.000000 | 2986.000000 |
| No Qualification | 333821.000000 | 120584.000000 | 213237.000000 | 32515.000000 | 19120.000000 | 13395.000000 | 188959.000000 | 84140.000000 | 104820.000000 | 95133.000000 | 11944.000000 | 83189.000000 | 17214.000000 | 5380.000000 | 11833.000000 | 273162.000000 | 102302.000000 | 170860.000000 | 26958.000000 | 16133.000000 | 10825.000000 | 155988.000000 | 71769.000000 | 84219.000000 | 77431.000000 | 10125.000000 | 67306.000000 | 12785.000000 | 4275.000000 | 8510.000000 | 39970.000000 | 12745.000000 | 27225.000000 | 3255.000000 | 1732.000000 | 1523.000000 | 21744.000000 | 8944.000000 | 12800.000000 | 11995.000000 | 1353.000000 | 10642.000000 | 2975.000000 | 716.000000 | 2260.000000 | 16585.000000 | 5088.000000 | 11497.000000 | 1993.000000 | 1076.000000 | 917.000000 | 8215.000000 | 3233.000000 | 4982.000000 | 5231.000000 | 407.000000 | 4825.000000 | 1146.000000 | 371.000000 | 774.000000 | 4104.000000 | 449.000000 | 3655.000000 | 308.000000 | 179.000000 | 129.000000 | 3012.000000 | 193.000000 | 2819.000000 | 476.000000 | 59 | 416.000000 | 308.000000 | 18.000000 | 290.000000 |
| Primary | 173912.000000 | 80080.000000 | 93832.000000 | 18982.000000 | 11799.000000 | 7183.000000 | 122374.000000 | 59616.000000 | 62758.000000 | 21326.000000 | 4507.000000 | 16819.000000 | 11229.000000 | 4158.000000 | 7071.000000 | 131163.000000 | 61891.000000 | 69271.000000 | 14942.000000 | 9350.000000 | 5592.000000 | 93444.000000 | 46397.000000 | 47047.000000 | 14780.000000 | 3088.000000 | 11692.000000 | 7996.000000 | 3056.000000 | 4940.000000 | 28250.000000 | 12723.000000 | 15527.000000 | 2980.000000 | 1752.000000 | 1228.000000 | 19036.000000 | 9110.000000 | 9927.000000 | 4070.000000 | 1163.000000 | 2906.000000 | 2164.000000 | 698.000000 | 1466.000000 | 11980.000000 | 5050.000000 | 6930.000000 | 892.000000 | 614.000000 | 277.000000 | 8045.000000 | 3817.000000 | 4228.000000 | 2160.000000 | 226.000000 | 1934.000000 | 883.000000 | 392.000000 | 491.000000 | 2519.000000 | 415.000000 | 2104.000000 | 168.000000 | 82.000000 | 86.000000 | 1849.000000 | 292.000000 | 1557.000000 | 316.000000 | 29 | 287.000000 | 186.000000 | 11.000000 | 174.000000 |
| Lower Secondary | 258136.000000 | 128526.000000 | 129611.000000 | 31551.000000 | 18903.000000 | 12648.000000 | 188486.000000 | 97582.000000 | 90904.000000 | 18962.000000 | 4236.000000 | 14726.000000 | 19137.000000 | 7804.000000 | 11333.000000 | 195303.000000 | 99210.000000 | 96093.000000 | 24225.000000 | 14563.000000 | 9662.000000 | 143152.000000 | 75615.000000 | 67537.000000 | 14100.000000 | 3050.000000 | 11049.000000 | 13826.000000 | 5981.000000 | 7844.000000 | 39975.000000 | 18945.000000 | 21030.000000 | 4939.000000 | 2864.000000 | 2075.000000 | 28669.000000 | 14187.000000 | 14482.000000 | 2818.000000 | 768.000000 | 2050.000000 | 3549.000000 | 1126.000000 | 2423.000000 | 18142.000000 | 9287.000000 | 8855.000000 | 2121.000000 | 1317.000000 | 804.000000 | 12944.000000 | 6982.000000 | 5962.000000 | 1716.000000 | 375.000000 | 1341.000000 | 1361.000000 | 613.000000 | 749.000000 | 4717.000000 | 1084.000000 | 3633.000000 | 266.000000 | 159.000000 | 107.000000 | 3721.000000 | 798.000000 | 2924.000000 | 329.000000 | 43 | 286.000000 | 401.000000 | 85.000000 | 317.000000 |
| Secondary | 505564.000000 | 227613.000000 | 277952.000000 | 90731.000000 | 46031.000000 | 44700.000000 | 355374.000000 | 164295.000000 | 191079.000000 | 24572.000000 | 4865.000000 | 19708.000000 | 34886.000000 | 12421.000000 | 22465.000000 | 363502.000000 | 162297.000000 | 201206.000000 | 65520.000000 | 31370.000000 | 34150.000000 | 256850.000000 | 118526.000000 | 138324.000000 | 16724.000000 | 3412.000000 | 13312.000000 | 24409.000000 | 8989.000000 | 15420.000000 | 93578.000000 | 42930.000000 | 50648.000000 | 17259.000000 | 9843.000000 | 7416.000000 | 64788.000000 | 30140.000000 | 34648.000000 | 4633.000000 | 855.000000 | 3778.000000 | 6898.000000 | 2092.000000 | 4806.000000 | 38458.000000 | 18629.000000 | 19829.000000 | 6327.000000 | 3777.000000 | 2550.000000 | 26411.000000 | 13237.000000 | 13174.000000 | 2764.000000 | 521.000000 | 2243.000000 | 2957.000000 | 1094.000000 | 1863.000000 | 10025.000000 | 3757.000000 | 6268.000000 | 1626.000000 | 1041.000000 | 584.000000 | 7325.000000 | 2393.000000 | 4932.000000 | 452.000000 | 77 | 375.000000 | 622.000000 | 246.000000 | 376.000000 |
| Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) | 341886.000000 | 190827.000000 | 151059.000000 | 104968.000000 | 68442.000000 | 36526.000000 | 207348.000000 | 111916.000000 | 95432.000000 | 10148.000000 | 2526.000000 | 7622.000000 | 19422.000000 | 7943.000000 | 11479.000000 | 218499.000000 | 118428.000000 | 100071.000000 | 67246.000000 | 43059.000000 | 24187.000000 | 131242.000000 | 68343.000000 | 62899.000000 | 7455.000000 | 1787.000000 | 5668.000000 | 12556.000000 | 5239.000000 | 7317.000000 | 83437.000000 | 49470.000000 | 33967.000000 | 26150.000000 | 17234.000000 | 8916.000000 | 51591.000000 | 30155.000000 | 21435.000000 | 1426.000000 | 448.000000 | 978.000000 | 4271.000000 | 1634.000000 | 2637.000000 | 31792.000000 | 18985.000000 | 12807.000000 | 9163.000000 | 6332.000000 | 2830.000000 | 19538.000000 | 11460.000000 | 8078.000000 | 964.000000 | 247.000000 | 718.000000 | 2127.000000 | 946.000000 | 1182.000000 | 8158.000000 | 3944.000000 | 4215.000000 | 2410.000000 | 1817.000000 | 592.000000 | 4978.000000 | 1958.000000 | 3020.000000 | 303.000000 | 44 | 259.000000 | 468.000000 | 125.000000 | 343.000000 |
| Polytechnic Diploma | 301963.000000 | 181148.000000 | 120815.000000 | 131970.000000 | 81425.000000 | 50545.000000 | 158539.000000 | 94798.000000 | 63741.000000 | 1769.000000 | 657.000000 | 1112.000000 | 9685.000000 | 4268.000000 | 5416.000000 | 222833.000000 | 134713.000000 | 88120.000000 | 96108.000000 | 60106.000000 | 36002.000000 | 117716.000000 | 70540.000000 | 47176.000000 | 1481.000000 | 581.000000 | 899.000000 | 7528.000000 | 3485.000000 | 4043.000000 | 51342.000000 | 29067.000000 | 22275.000000 | 24437.000000 | 14285.000000 | 10153.000000 | 25548.000000 | 14268.000000 | 11280.000000 | 156.000000 | 49.000000 | 107.000000 | 1201.000000 | 466.000000 | 735.000000 | 21585.000000 | 13651.000000 | 7934.000000 | 8395.000000 | 5103.000000 | 3293.000000 | 12273.000000 | 8262.000000 | 4012.000000 | 124.000000 | 27.000000 | 97.000000 | 792.000000 | 260.000000 | 532.000000 | 6203.000000 | 3717.000000 | 2486.000000 | 3029.000000 | 1931.000000 | 1098.000000 | 3001.000000 | 1728.000000 | 1273.000000 | 8.000000 | - | 8.000000 | 163.000000 | 57.000000 | 106.000000 |
| Professional Qualification and Other Diploma | 217970.000000 | 87668.000000 | 130302.000000 | 51633.000000 | 20867.000000 | 30766.000000 | 150350.000000 | 62893.000000 | 87457.000000 | 4527.000000 | 826.000000 | 3701.000000 | 11459.000000 | 3083.000000 | 8377.000000 | 166078.000000 | 63111.000000 | 102967.000000 | 40515.000000 | 15448.000000 | 25067.000000 | 113559.000000 | 44806.000000 | 68754.000000 | 3502.000000 | 669.000000 | 2832.000000 | 8502.000000 | 2187.000000 | 6315.000000 | 23428.000000 | 9965.000000 | 13462.000000 | 6052.000000 | 2961.000000 | 3091.000000 | 15638.000000 | 6526.000000 | 9113.000000 | 285.000000 | 42.000000 | 243.000000 | 1453.000000 | 437.000000 | 1016.000000 | 20738.000000 | 11079.000000 | 9659.000000 | 3911.000000 | 1864.000000 | 2047.000000 | 15262.000000 | 8792.000000 | 6470.000000 | 575.000000 | 101.000000 | 474.000000 | 990.000000 | 322.000000 | 669.000000 | 7726.000000 | 3513.000000 | 4213.000000 | 1156.000000 | 594.000000 | 562.000000 | 5891.000000 | 2770.000000 | 3122.000000 | 165.000000 | 13 | 152.000000 | 514.000000 | 137.000000 | 377.000000 |
| University | 1007183.000000 | 488586.000000 | 518598.000000 | 313360.000000 | 129524.000000 | 183836.000000 | 660405.000000 | 346669.000000 | 313736.000000 | 6786.000000 | 2647.000000 | 4139.000000 | 26632.000000 | 9746.000000 | 16886.000000 | 810366.000000 | 393578.000000 | 416788.000000 | 276142.000000 | 114729.000000 | 161413.000000 | 507848.000000 | 269072.000000 | 238776.000000 | 5171.000000 | 2093.000000 | 3078.000000 | 21205.000000 | 7685.000000 | 13521.000000 | 40769.000000 | 16306.000000 | 24464.000000 | 13543.000000 | 5035.000000 | 8508.000000 | 25840.000000 | 10882.000000 | 14959.000000 | 240.000000 | 32.000000 | 209.000000 | 1146.000000 | 357.000000 | 789.000000 | 105431.000000 | 53137.000000 | 52293.000000 | 16781.000000 | 7041.000000 | 9740.000000 | 84997.000000 | 44626.000000 | 40371.000000 | 1026.000000 | 418.000000 | 608.000000 | 2626.000000 | 1053.000000 | 1574.000000 | 50617.000000 | 25564.000000 | 25053.000000 | 6894.000000 | 2719.000000 | 4176.000000 | 41720.000000 | 22090.000000 | 19630.000000 | 349.000000 | 104 | 244.000000 | 1655.000000 | 652.000000 | 1003.000000 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| [Total] (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Single) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Single) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Single) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Married) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Married) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Married) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Widowed) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Widowed) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Widowed) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Divorced/Separated) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Divorced/Separated) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Divorced/Separated) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Single) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Single) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Single) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Married) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Married) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Married) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Widowed) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Widowed) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Widowed) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Chinese] (Divorced/Separated) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Single) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Single) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Single) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Married) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Married) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Married) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Widowed) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Widowed) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Widowed) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Malays] (Divorced/Separated) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Single) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Single) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Single) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Married) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Married) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Married) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Widowed) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Widowed) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Widowed) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (Divorced/Separated) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Others] (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Others] (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Others] (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Others] (Single) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Others] (Single) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Others] (Single) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Others] (Married) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Others] (Married) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Others] (Married) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Others] (Widowed) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Others] (Widowed) Males | Text | No |
| [Others] (Widowed) Females | Numeric | No |
| [Others] (Divorced/Separated) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Others] (Divorced/Separated) Males | Numeric | No |
| [Others] (Divorced/Separated) Females | Numeric | No |