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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group (General Household Survey 2015)

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Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 19 records. Fields include Thousands, [Total] (Total) Total, [Total] (Total) Males, [Total] (Total) Females (121 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-02.

Description

General Household Survey 2015 table of Singapore residents aged 15 and over by language literate in, age group, sex, and ethnic group, in thousands. Language and education researchers profile bilingual and multilingual literacy across age and ethnicity. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8209.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2015 Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2015' (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/8209

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Thousands [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 3275.900000 1589.600000 1686.300000 511.400000 264.300000 247.100000 515.500000 246.800000 268.600000 616.100000 292.000000
Not Literate 104.000000 22.900000 81.100000 1.100000 0.700000 0.400000 1.700000 0.900000 0.800000 2.800000 1.200000
Literate 3171.800000 1566.700000 1605.200000 510.300000 263.600000 246.700000 513.700000 246.000000 267.800000 613.300000 290.800000
One Language Only 850.200000 411.800000 438.500000 56.500000 37.000000 19.600000 50.900000 22.900000 28.000000 91.200000 41.100000
English Only 324.800000 191.900000 132.900000 53.100000 34.700000 18.400000 35.400000 19.800000 15.600000 46.500000 26.600000
Chinese Only 472.200000 204.600000 267.600000 2.200000 1.500000 0.700000 12.600000 2.500000 10.200000 39.000000 13.000000
Malay Only 39.800000 12.600000 27.300000 0.900000 0.600000 0.400000 1.400000 0.500000 0.900000 3.000000 0.800000
Tamil Only 9.600000 2.400000 7.200000 0.200000 0.200000 0.000000 0.400000 0.100000 0.300000 1.800000 0.600000
Non-Official Language Only 3.700000 0.300000 3.500000 0.100000 0.000000 0.100000 1.000000 0.000000 1.000000 0.900000 0.100000
Two Languages Only 2152.600000 1073.600000 1079.000000 441.400000 221.500000 219.900000 422.700000 206.400000 216.300000 468.100000 226.000000

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Columns

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

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