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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Marital Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Description

Census of Population 2020 tabulation of resident population aged 15 and over by language literate in, marital status, and sex, published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in CSV. Supports multilingual literacy profiling, marriage and language links, and demographic research from the 2020 census cycle.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17427

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Columns
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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 (Widowed) Females (Divorced / Separated) Total (Divorced / Separated) Males (Divorced / Separated) Females
Total 3459093.000000 1663560.000000 1795534.000000 1090666.000000 553216.000000 537450.000000 2035393.000000 1023279.000000 1012114.000000 183224.000000 32207.000000 151017.000000 149811.000000 54858.000000 94953.000000
Not Literate 99212.000000 24257.000000 74955.000000 13717.000000 7713.000000 6004.000000 39103.000000 12611.000000 26492.000000 41514.000000 2556.000000 38958.000000 4879.000000 1377.000000 3502.000000
Literate 3359881.000000 1639303.000000 1720578.000000 1076949.000000 545503.000000 531446.000000 1996290.000000 1010668.000000 985622.000000 141709.000000 29651.000000 112058.000000 144932.000000 53481.000000 91452.000000
One Language Only 862098.000000 410814.000000 451284.000000 159950.000000 94164.000000 65786.000000 564224.000000 281926.000000 282298.000000 92756.000000 17167.000000 75589.000000 45168.000000 17557.000000 27611.000000
English Only 362469.000000 205371.000000 157098.000000 113182.000000 67549.000000 45633.000000 215082.000000 125960.000000 89122.000000 15973.000000 3696.000000 12277.000000 18231.000000 8166.000000 10066.000000
Chinese Only 438279.000000 187365.000000 250914.000000 42535.000000 24348.000000 18187.000000 309859.000000 142766.000000 167093.000000 62616.000000 11756.000000 50859.000000 23269.000000 8493.000000 14776.000000
Malay Only 45753.000000 15131.000000 30621.000000 3565.000000 1966.000000 1599.000000 28557.000000 10884.000000 17673.000000 10590.000000 1516.000000 9074.000000 3040.000000 765.000000 2276.000000
Tamil Only 9600.000000 2325.000000 7275.000000 448.000000 191.000000 257.000000 5873.000000 1868.000000 4005.000000 2905.000000 174.000000 2731.000000 374.000000 92.000000 282.000000
Non-Official Language Only 5998.000000 622.000000 5376.000000 219.000000 109.000000 111.000000 4853.000000 447.000000 4406.000000 672.000000 24.000000 648.000000 254.000000 42.000000 212.000000
Two Languages Only 2259548.000000 1117708.000000 1141840.000000 845787.000000 423290.000000 422497.000000 1276431.000000 649489.000000 626942.000000 44615.000000 11268.000000 33347.000000 92715.000000 33662.000000 59053.000000
English & Chinese Only 1584180.000000 777171.000000 807009.000000 635262.000000 310793.000000 324470.000000 863110.000000 437037.000000 426073.000000 24981.000000 6680.000000 18301.000000 60826.000000 22662.000000 38165.000000
English & Malay Only 465744.000000 239460.000000 226284.000000 155763.000000 85192.000000 70571.000000 271432.000000 142147.000000 129285.000000 13992.000000 3656.000000 10336.000000 24558.000000 8466.000000 16092.000000
English & Tamil Only 123308.000000 62471.000000 60837.000000 37109.000000 18862.000000 18248.000000 77614.000000 41099.000000 36516.000000 3608.000000 616.000000 2992.000000 4976.000000 1895.000000 3082.000000
English & Non-Official Language Only 78208.000000 35781.000000 42427.000000 16992.000000 8070.000000 8922.000000 58146.000000 26952.000000 31193.000000 1089.000000 177.000000 912.000000 1981.000000 582.000000 1400.000000
Other Two Languages Only 8107.000000 2825.000000 5282.000000 660.000000 374.000000 286.000000 6129.000000 2255.000000 3874.000000 945.000000 138.000000 807.000000 373.000000 58.000000 315.000000
Three or More Languages 238235.000000 110780.000000 127454.000000 71213.000000 28050.000000 43163.000000 155634.000000 79252.000000 76382.000000 4338.000000 1216.000000 3122.000000 7049.000000 2262.000000 4787.000000
English, Chinese & Malay Only 132424.000000 61388.000000 71035.000000 33826.000000 13490.000000 20336.000000 93491.000000 46314.000000 47177.000000 1890.000000 583.000000 1306.000000 3217.000000 1001.000000 2216.000000
English, Malay & Tamil Only 15516.000000 8344.000000 7172.000000 2554.000000 1292.000000 1262.000000 10760.000000 6354.000000 4406.000000 1012.000000 216.000000 795.000000 1190.000000 482.000000 708.000000
Other Three or More Languages 90295.000000 41048.000000 49247.000000 34833.000000 13268.000000 21565.000000 51383.000000 26584.000000 24798.000000 1437.000000 416.000000 1021.000000 2643.000000 779.000000 1863.000000

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 Numeric No
(Widowed) Males Numeric No
(Widowed) Females Numeric No
(Divorced / Separated) Total Numeric No
(Divorced / Separated) Males Numeric No
(Divorced / Separated) Females Numeric No