Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Marital Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000)
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
Census of Population 2000 counts of Singapore residents aged 15 and over by language literate in, marital status, and sex. Demographers and education researchers analyse literacy and household formation patterns at the 2000 census benchmark. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/6563; see Statistical Release 2 on education, language and religion.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 29/10/2015 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2000 Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: 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/6563
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Single) Total | (Single) Males | (Single) Females | (Married) Total | (Married) Males | (Married) Females | (Widowed) Total | (Widowed) Males |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2494630.000000 | 1229758.000000 | 1264872.000000 | 760352.000000 | 413343.000000 | 347010.000000 | 1543246.000000 | 770956.000000 | 772291.000000 | 129237 | 22581 |
| Not Literate | 185865.000000 | 42240.000000 | 143624.000000 | 19526.000000 | 11621.000000 | 7905.000000 | 100385.000000 | 26055.000000 | 74330.000000 | 60026 | 3235 |
| Literate | 2308766.000000 | 1187518.000000 | 1121248.000000 | 740826.000000 | 401722.000000 | 339105.000000 | 1442861.000000 | 744901.000000 | 697961.000000 | 69211 | 19346 |
| One Language Only | 1015302.000000 | 514708.000000 | 500595.000000 | 177849.000000 | 103517.000000 | 74332.000000 | 749492.000000 | 384448.000000 | 365044.000000 | 56194 | 14273 |
| Chinese Only | 580369.000000 | 284546.000000 | 295823.000000 | 68864.000000 | 44069.000000 | 24795.000000 | 454649.000000 | 223186.000000 | 231463.000000 | 38469 | 9990 |
| English Only | 353801.000000 | 199217.000000 | 154584.000000 | 102225.000000 | 55312.000000 | 46913.000000 | 233095.000000 | 137305.000000 | 95789.000000 | 8295 | 2295 |
| Malay Only | 62721.000000 | 24047.000000 | 38674.000000 | 5776.000000 | 3432.000000 | 2344.000000 | 48112.000000 | 18434.000000 | 29678.000000 | 6153 | 1430 |
| Tamil Only | 15293.000000 | 6438.000000 | 8854.000000 | 863.000000 | 621.000000 | 242.000000 | 11379.000000 | 5211.000000 | 6168.000000 | 2650 | 515 |
| Non-Official Language Only | 3119.000000 | 460.000000 | 2660.000000 | 121.000000 | 83.000000 | 38.000000 | 2258.000000 | 312.000000 | 1946.000000 | 627 | 43 |
| Two Languages Only | 1244466.000000 | 646549.000000 | 597917.000000 | 549701.000000 | 291823.000000 | 257878.000000 | 659149.000000 | 341131.000000 | 318018.000000 | 12453 | 4882 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Single) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Single) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Single) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Married) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Married) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Married) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Widowed) Total | Text | No |
| (Widowed) Males | Text | No |
| (Widowed) Females | Text | No |
| (Divorced/Separated) Total | Text | No |
| (Divorced/Separated) Males | Text | No |
| (Divorced/Separated) Females | Text | No |