Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Economic Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 20 records. Fields include Number, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (16 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-16.
Description
Examine languages Singapore residents aged 15 and over are literate in, alongside economic status and sex, from the Census of Population 2010. The Singapore Department of Statistics table distinguishes economically active and working populations with gender splits, supporting labour-force and multilingualism research. Refer to the official census release for full methodological detail.
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/6758
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Economically Active - Total) Total | (Economically Active - Total) Males | (Economically Active - Total) Females | (Economically Active - Working) Total | (Economically Active - Working) Males | (Economically Active - Working) Females | (Economically Active - Unemployed) Total | (Economically Active - Unemployed) Males |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3105748.000000 | 1517428.000000 | 1588321.000000 | 1981714.000000 | 1123855.000000 | 857860.000000 | 1898042.000000 | 1079563.000000 | 818480.000000 | 83672.000000 | 44292 |
| Not Literate | 128661.000000 | 29785.000000 | 98875.000000 | 24799.000000 | 11749.000000 | 13050.000000 | 23500.000000 | 10966.000000 | 12534.000000 | 1299.000000 | 783 |
| Literate | 2977088.000000 | 1487642.000000 | 1489446.000000 | 1956915.000000 | 1112105.000000 | 844810.000000 | 1874543.000000 | 1068597.000000 | 805946.000000 | 82373.000000 | 43509 |
| One Language Only | 878214.000000 | 421914.000000 | 456300.000000 | 481169.000000 | 286309.000000 | 194860.000000 | 460816.000000 | 274511.000000 | 186305.000000 | 20353.000000 | 11797 |
| Chinese Only | 485511.000000 | 217759.000000 | 267753.000000 | 243737.000000 | 140694.000000 | 103043.000000 | 233929.000000 | 134976.000000 | 98953.000000 | 9809.000000 | 5718 |
| English Only | 329194.000000 | 185163.000000 | 144031.000000 | 216841.000000 | 134754.000000 | 82086.000000 | 207411.000000 | 129139.000000 | 78271.000000 | 9430.000000 | 5615 |
| Malay Only | 47278.000000 | 14908.000000 | 32370.000000 | 15174.000000 | 8399.000000 | 6775.000000 | 14360.000000 | 7988.000000 | 6372.000000 | 814.000000 | 411 |
| Tamil Only | 10939.000000 | 3367.000000 | 7572.000000 | 3581.000000 | 1946.000000 | 1635.000000 | 3418.000000 | 1892.000000 | 1526.000000 | 162.000000 | 54 |
| Non-Official Language Only | 5292.000000 | 717.000000 | 4575.000000 | 1837.000000 | 515.000000 | 1321.000000 | 1698.000000 | 515.000000 | 1183.000000 | 138.000000 | na |
| Two Languages Only | 1896268.000000 | 966239.000000 | 930029.000000 | 1321978.000000 | 740712.000000 | 581266.000000 | 1265869.000000 | 711670.000000 | 554199.000000 | 56110.000000 | 29042 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Working) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Working) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Working) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Unemployed) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Unemployed) Males | Text | No |
| (Economically Active - Unemployed) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Inactive) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Inactive) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Inactive) Females | Numeric | No |