Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2010)
Description
Census of Population 2010 counts of resident population aged 15 and over by language literate in, highest qualification attained, and sex. Education and language researchers study literacy–qualification patterns at the 2010 Singapore census; see related SingStat publications. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/6757.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 04/11/2015 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2010 Footnotes: Note: 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/6757
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (No Qualification) Total | (No Qualification) Males | (No Qualification) Females | (Primary) Total | (Primary) Males | (Primary) Females | (Lower Secondary) Total | (Lower Secondary) Males | (Lower Secondary) Females | (Secondary) Total | (Secondary) Males | (Secondary) Females | (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total | (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males | (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females | (Polytechnic) Total | (Polytechnic) Males | (Polytechnic) Females | (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Total | (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Males | (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Females | (University) Total | (University) Males | (University) Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2779524.000000 | 1354723.000000 | 1424800.000000 | 424443 | 159806 | 264637 | 193181.000000 | 91940 | 101242.000000 | 282523.000000 | 142894.000000 | 139629.000000 | 526359.000000 | 242851.000000 | 283508.000000 | 307562.000000 | 174939.000000 | 132623.000000 | 250213.000000 | 148657.000000 | 101556.000000 | 161144.000000 | 67190.000000 | 93954 | 634098.000000 | 326446 | 307652.000000 |
| Not Literate | 128419.000000 | 29636.000000 | 98783.000000 | 125383 | 28172 | 97211 | 2678.000000 | 1269 | 1409.000000 | 147.000000 | 88.000000 | 59.000000 | 143.000000 | 63.000000 | 80.000000 | 31.000000 | 19.000000 | 12.000000 | 25.000000 | 19.000000 | 6.000000 | 6.000000 | 6.000000 | na | 6.000000 | na | 6.000000 |
| Literate | 2651105.000000 | 1325088.000000 | 1326017.000000 | 299060 | 131635 | 167426 | 190503.000000 | 90670 | 99833.000000 | 282376.000000 | 142806.000000 | 139571.000000 | 526216.000000 | 242788.000000 | 283428.000000 | 307531.000000 | 174920.000000 | 132610.000000 | 250189.000000 | 148639.000000 | 101550.000000 | 161138.000000 | 67184.000000 | 93954 | 634092.000000 | 326446 | 307646.000000 |
| One Language Only | 848299.000000 | 405270.000000 | 443029.000000 | 246221 | 104015 | 142206 | 121914.000000 | 54521 | 67393.000000 | 129037.000000 | 63478.000000 | 65559.000000 | 140256.000000 | 65059.000000 | 75197.000000 | 60427.000000 | 33575.000000 | 26852.000000 | 30627.000000 | 19916.000000 | 10711.000000 | 29684.000000 | 14121.000000 | 15563 | 90132.000000 | 50585 | 39548.000000 |
| Chinese Only | 484641.000000 | 217308.000000 | 267332.000000 | 199063 | 87449 | 111614 | 94279.000000 | 42656 | 51623.000000 | 90096.000000 | 44207.000000 | 45889.000000 | 60848.000000 | 25769.000000 | 35079.000000 | 23388.000000 | 10708.000000 | 12680.000000 | 4429.000000 | 1789.000000 | 2640.000000 | 5545.000000 | 1675.000000 | 3870 | 6993.000000 | 3054 | 3938.000000 |
| English Only | 300403.000000 | 169029.000000 | 131374.000000 | 13969 | 7272 | 6696 | 13548.000000 | 7325 | 6223.000000 | 31538.000000 | 17204.000000 | 14334.000000 | 74708.000000 | 37982.000000 | 36726.000000 | 35316.000000 | 22069.000000 | 13247.000000 | 25726.000000 | 17853.000000 | 7873.000000 | 23765.000000 | 12324.000000 | 11442 | 81833.000000 | 47000 | 34833.000000 |
| Malay Only | 47119.000000 | 14863.000000 | 32255.000000 | 25715 | 7551 | 18163 | 10826.000000 | 3809 | 7017.000000 | 5164.000000 | 1595.000000 | 3570.000000 | 3557.000000 | 1009.000000 | 2548.000000 | 1205.000000 | 624.000000 | 581.000000 | 238.000000 | 133.000000 | 104.000000 | 208.000000 | 61.000000 | 147 | 205.000000 | 80 | 125.000000 |
| Tamil Only | 10906.000000 | 3367.000000 | 7539.000000 | 5480 | 1589 | 3892 | 2535.000000 | 698 | 1837.000000 | 1259.000000 | 355.000000 | 904.000000 | 697.000000 | 211.000000 | 486.000000 | 243.000000 | 130.000000 | 112.000000 | 154.000000 | 125.000000 | 29.000000 | 74.000000 | 39.000000 | 35 | 465.000000 | 221 | 244.000000 |
| Non-Official Language Only | 5230.000000 | 702.000000 | 4528.000000 | 1995 | 153 | 1842 | 726.000000 | 33 | 693.000000 | 979.000000 | 117.000000 | 862.000000 | 446.000000 | 88.000000 | 358.000000 | 276.000000 | 44.000000 | 232.000000 | 81.000000 | 16.000000 | 64.000000 | 92.000000 | 22.000000 | 69 | 637.000000 | 229 | 408.000000 |
| Two Languages Only | 1614621.000000 | 825743.000000 | 788878.000000 | 49525 | 25835 | 23690 | 64707.000000 | 34171 | 30537.000000 | 141043.000000 | 73245.000000 | 67798.000000 | 353523.000000 | 163225.000000 | 190299.000000 | 227588.000000 | 130999.000000 | 96589.000000 | 204058.000000 | 119914.000000 | 84144.000000 | 109784.000000 | 44468.000000 | 65316 | 464392.000000 | 233886 | 230506.000000 |
| English & Chinese Only | 1096414.000000 | 555493.000000 | 540921.000000 | 25180 | 14025 | 11155 | 34824.000000 | 18640 | 16184.000000 | 85569.000000 | 45533.000000 | 40036.000000 | 229951.000000 | 103384.000000 | 126568.000000 | 141626.000000 | 79913.000000 | 61713.000000 | 160935.000000 | 93918.000000 | 67018.000000 | 79463.000000 | 29979.000000 | 49484 | 338865.000000 | 170101 | 168764.000000 |
| English & Malay Only | 336096.000000 | 178645.000000 | 157451.000000 | 16849 | 8880 | 7969 | 22220.000000 | 12400 | 9820.000000 | 41812.000000 | 22240.000000 | 19572.000000 | 101105.000000 | 49885.000000 | 51220.000000 | 69585.000000 | 42241.000000 | 27345.000000 | 29939.000000 | 16906.000000 | 13033.000000 | 17882.000000 | 7697.000000 | 10185 | 36704.000000 | 18396 | 18308.000000 |
| English & Tamil Only | 91261.000000 | 49080.000000 | 42181.000000 | 3335 | 1574 | 1760 | 4738.000000 | 2127 | 2611.000000 | 8115.000000 | 3849.000000 | 4267.000000 | 16647.000000 | 8134.000000 | 8513.000000 | 11686.000000 | 7186.000000 | 4500.000000 | 9344.000000 | 6694.000000 | 2650.000000 | 6646.000000 | 3838.000000 | 2808 | 30751.000000 | 15679 | 15072.000000 |
| English & Non-Official Language Only | 78072.000000 | 37960.000000 | 40112.000000 | 602 | 107 | 495 | 587.000000 | 114 | 473.000000 | 2153.000000 | 442.000000 | 1710.000000 | 3776.000000 | 1121.000000 | 2655.000000 | 4074.000000 | 1442.000000 | 2632.000000 | 3755.000000 | 2372.000000 | 1384.000000 | 5618.000000 | 2874.000000 | 2744 | 57507.000000 | 29489 | 28018.000000 |
| Other Two Languages Only | 12778.000000 | 4565.000000 | 8213.000000 | 3560 | 1248 | 2312 | 2338.000000 | 890 | 1448.000000 | 3393.000000 | 1181.000000 | 2212.000000 | 2044.000000 | 701.000000 | 1344.000000 | 617.000000 | 218.000000 | 399.000000 | 84.000000 | 25.000000 | 59.000000 | 176.000000 | 80.000000 | 95 | 565.000000 | 221 | 344.000000 |
| Three Or More Languages | 188185.000000 | 94075.000000 | 94110.000000 | 3314 | 1785 | 1529 | 3881.000000 | 1978 | 1903.000000 | 12297.000000 | 6083.000000 | 6214.000000 | 32436.000000 | 14504.000000 | 17933.000000 | 19515.000000 | 10346.000000 | 9169.000000 | 15504.000000 | 8809.000000 | 6695.000000 | 21670.000000 | 8594.000000 | 13076 | 79568.000000 | 41976 | 37592.000000 |
| English, Chinese & Malay Only | 93836.000000 | 46306.000000 | 47531.000000 | 1360 | 920 | 440 | 1716.000000 | 1000 | 717.000000 | 6787.000000 | 3418.000000 | 3369.000000 | 18458.000000 | 7887.000000 | 10571.000000 | 9975.000000 | 5208.000000 | 4767.000000 | 8278.000000 | 4761.000000 | 3517.000000 | 13954.000000 | 4777.000000 | 9177 | 33308.000000 | 18335 | 14973.000000 |
| English, Chinese & Tamil Only | 262.000000 | 115.000000 | 147.000000 | na | na | na | 31.000000 | na | 31.000000 | 31.000000 | 12.000000 | 18.000000 | 70.000000 | 44.000000 | 26.000000 | 25.000000 | 6.000000 | 19.000000 | 31.000000 | 19.000000 | 12.000000 | 25.000000 | 12.000000 | 13 | 49.000000 | 21 | 28.000000 |
| English, Malay & Tamil Only | 15795.000000 | 8980.000000 | 6814.000000 | 665 | 306 | 359 | 893.000000 | 402 | 491.000000 | 2300.000000 | 1266.000000 | 1034.000000 | 5172.000000 | 2753.000000 | 2420.000000 | 2196.000000 | 1418.000000 | 778.000000 | 948.000000 | 609.000000 | 339.000000 | 1374.000000 | 850.000000 | 524 | 2246.000000 | 1377 | 869.000000 |
| Other Three Or More Languages | 78292.000000 | 38674.000000 | 39618.000000 | 1289 | 560 | 729 | 1241.000000 | 577 | 664.000000 | 3178.000000 | 1386.000000 | 1792.000000 | 8736.000000 | 3820.000000 | 4916.000000 | 7319.000000 | 3714.000000 | 3605.000000 | 6247.000000 | 3420.000000 | 2827.000000 | 6318.000000 | 2954.000000 | 3363 | 43964.000000 | 22243 | 21722.000000 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (No Qualification) Total | Text | No |
| (No Qualification) Males | Text | No |
| (No Qualification) Females | Text | No |
| (Primary) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Primary) Males | Text | No |
| (Primary) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Lower Secondary) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Lower Secondary) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Lower Secondary) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Secondary) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Secondary) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Secondary) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Polytechnic) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Polytechnic) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Polytechnic) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Females | Text | No |
| (University) Total | Numeric | No |
| (University) Males | Text | No |
| (University) Females | Numeric | No |