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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2010)

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Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 20 records. Fields include Number, [Total] (Total) Total, [Total] (Total) Males, [Total] (Total) Females (136 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-16.

Description

Singapore Department of Statistics CSV from the Census of Population 2010 on resident population aged 15 and over by language literate in, age group, sex and ethnic group. Cross-tabs cover age bands from 15–24 through 85 and over for Chinese and other groups. Literacy researchers study bilingual and multilingual competence across age and ethnicity. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/6750.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 04/11/2015 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2010 Footnotes: 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/6750

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number [Total] (Total) Total [Total] (Total) Males [Total] (Total) Females [Total] (15 - 24 Years) Total [Total] (15 - 24 Years) Males [Total] (15 - 24 Years) Females [Total] (25 - 34 Years) Total [Total] (25 - 34 Years) Males [Total] (25 - 34 Years) Females [Total] (35 - 44 Years) Total [Total] (35 - 44 Years) Males
Total 3105748.000000 1517428.000000 1588321.000000 513346.000000 264775.000000 248571.000000 553118.000000 264380.000000 288738.000000 622228.000000 301510.000000
Not Literate 128661.000000 29785.000000 98875.000000 1273.000000 694.000000 580.000000 1755.000000 860.000000 895.000000 4450.000000 2168.000000
Literate 2977088.000000 1487642.000000 1489446.000000 512073.000000 264081.000000 247992.000000 551363.000000 263520.000000 287843.000000 617778.000000 299342.000000
One Language Only 878214.000000 421914.000000 456300.000000 48891.000000 27982.000000 20908.000000 67873.000000 30873.000000 37000.000000 116718.000000 53306.000000
Chinese Only 485511.000000 217759.000000 267753.000000 3097.000000 1590.000000 1507.000000 16293.000000 4926.000000 11366.000000 56734.000000 21960.000000
English Only 329194.000000 185163.000000 144031.000000 44507.000000 25881.000000 18626.000000 47180.000000 24993.000000 22187.000000 53068.000000 29727.000000
Malay Only 47278.000000 14908.000000 32370.000000 859.000000 409.000000 450.000000 2318.000000 515.000000 1802.000000 4286.000000 1102.000000
Tamil Only 10939.000000 3367.000000 7572.000000 189.000000 59.000000 130.000000 962.000000 300.000000 662.000000 1256.000000 357.000000
Non-Official Language Only 5292.000000 717.000000 4575.000000 239.000000 44.000000 195.000000 1120.000000 138.000000 983.000000 1374.000000 159.000000
Two Languages Only 1896268.000000 966239.000000 930029.000000 441230.000000 227893.000000 213337.000000 423609.000000 207483.000000 216126.000000 442016.000000 217165.000000

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Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
[Total] (Total) Total Numeric No
[Total] (Total) Males Numeric No
[Total] (Total) Females Numeric No
[Total] (15 - 24 Years) Total Numeric No
[Total] (15 - 24 Years) Males Numeric No
[Total] (15 - 24 Years) Females Numeric No
[Total] (25 - 34 Years) Total Numeric No
[Total] (25 - 34 Years) Males Numeric No
[Total] (25 - 34 Years) Females Numeric No
[Total] (35 - 44 Years) Total Numeric No
[Total] (35 - 44 Years) Males Numeric No
[Total] (35 - 44 Years) Females Numeric No
[Total] (45 - 54 Years) Total Numeric No
[Total] (45 - 54 Years) Males Numeric No
[Total] (45 - 54 Years) Females Numeric No
[Total] (55 - 64 Years) Total Numeric No
[Total] (55 - 64 Years) Males Numeric No
[Total] (55 - 64 Years) Females Numeric No
[Total] (65 - 74 Years) Total Text No
[Total] (65 - 74 Years) Males Text No
[Total] (65 - 74 Years) Females Text No
[Total] (75 - 84 Years) Total Text No
[Total] (75 - 84 Years) Males Text No
[Total] (75 - 84 Years) Females Text No
[Total] (85 Years & Over) Total Text No
[Total] (85 Years & Over) Males Text No
[Total] (85 Years & Over) Females Text No
[Chinese] (Total) Total Numeric No
[Chinese] (Total) Males Numeric No
[Chinese] (Total) Females Numeric No
[Chinese] (15 - 24 Years) Total Text No
[Chinese] (15 - 24 Years) Males Text No
[Chinese] (15 - 24 Years) Females Text No
[Chinese] (25 - 34 Years) Total Text No
[Chinese] (25 - 34 Years) Males Text No
[Chinese] (25 - 34 Years) Females Text No
[Chinese] (35 - 44 Years) Total Text No
[Chinese] (35 - 44 Years) Males Text No
[Chinese] (35 - 44 Years) Females Text No
[Chinese] (45 - 54 Years) Total Text No
[Chinese] (45 - 54 Years) Males Text No
[Chinese] (45 - 54 Years) Females Text No
[Chinese] (55 - 64 Years) Total Numeric No
[Chinese] (55 - 64 Years) Males Text No
[Chinese] (55 - 64 Years) Females Text No
[Chinese] (65 - 74 Years) Total Text No
[Chinese] (65 - 74 Years) Males Text No
[Chinese] (65 - 74 Years) Females Text No
[Chinese] (75 - 84 Years) Total Text No
[Chinese] (75 - 84 Years) Males Text No
[Chinese] (75 - 84 Years) Females Text No
[Chinese] (85 Years & Over) Total Text No
[Chinese] (85 Years & Over) Males Text No
[Chinese] (85 Years & Over) Females Text No
[Malays] (Total) Total Text No
[Malays] (Total) Males Text No
[Malays] (Total) Females Text No
[Malays] (15 - 24 Years) Total Text No
[Malays] (15 - 24 Years) Males Text No

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