Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000)
Description
Census of Population 2000 counts of Singapore resident population aged 15 years and over by language literate in, residential status (citizens and permanent residents), and sex. Demographers and education researchers study literacy language patterns across citizen and PR groups at the 2000 census. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/6562.
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/6562
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Singapore Citizens) Total | (Singapore Citizens) Males | (Singapore Citizens) Females | (Permanent Residents) Total | (Permanent Residents) Males | (Permanent Residents) Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2494630.000000 | 1229758.000000 | 1264872.000000 | 2265333.000000 | 1123613.000000 | 1141721.000000 | 229297.000000 | 106145.000000 | 123152 |
| Not Literate | 185865.000000 | 42240.000000 | 143624.000000 | 179967.000000 | 41076.000000 | 138891.000000 | 5898.000000 | 1164.000000 | 4734 |
| Literate | 2308765.000000 | 1187518.000000 | 1121248.000000 | 2085366.000000 | 1082536.000000 | 1002830.000000 | 223399.000000 | 104982.000000 | 118418 |
| One Language Only | 1015302.000000 | 514708.000000 | 500595.000000 | 921100.000000 | 475012.000000 | 446088.000000 | 94202.000000 | 39695.000000 | 54507 |
| Chinese Only | 580369.000000 | 284546.000000 | 295823.000000 | 525604.000000 | 263424.000000 | 262179.000000 | 54765.000000 | 21122.000000 | 33643 |
| English Only | 353801.000000 | 199217.000000 | 154584.000000 | 323763.000000 | 183515.000000 | 140248.000000 | 30038.000000 | 15702.000000 | 14336 |
| Malay Only | 62721.000000 | 24047.000000 | 38674.000000 | 57762.000000 | 23027.000000 | 34735.000000 | 4959.000000 | 1019.000000 | 3940 |
| Tamil Only | 15293.000000 | 6438.000000 | 8854.000000 | 12115.000000 | 4689.000000 | 7426.000000 | 3178.000000 | 1749.000000 | 1428 |
| Non-Official Language Only | 3119.000000 | 460.000000 | 2660.000000 | 1857.000000 | 356.000000 | 1500.000000 | 1263.000000 | 103.000000 | 1159 |
| Two Languages Only | 1244466.000000 | 646549.000000 | 597917.000000 | 1141134.000000 | 594713.000000 | 546421.000000 | 103333.000000 | 51837.000000 | 51496 |
| English & Chinese Only | 877510.000000 | 449792.000000 | 427718.000000 | 817125.000000 | 419931.000000 | 397195.000000 | 60385.000000 | 29861.000000 | 30524 |
| English & Malay Only | 283342.000000 | 154707.000000 | 128635.000000 | 264374.000000 | 144783.000000 | 119590.000000 | 18969.000000 | 9924.000000 | 9045 |
| English & Tamil Only | 64074.000000 | 33665.000000 | 30409.000000 | 52660.000000 | 27081.000000 | 25579.000000 | 11414.000000 | 6584.000000 | 4830 |
| English & Non-Official Language Only | 13809.000000 | 6294.000000 | 7516.000000 | 3807.000000 | 1762.000000 | 2045.000000 | 10002.000000 | 4531.000000 | 5471 |
| Other Two Languages Only | 5731.000000 | 2092.000000 | 3639.000000 | 3167.000000 | 1155.000000 | 2012.000000 | 2564.000000 | 937.000000 | 1627 |
| Three Or More Languages | 48997.000000 | 26261.000000 | 22736.000000 | 23133.000000 | 12811.000000 | 10321.000000 | 25864.000000 | 13450.000000 | 12414 |
| English, Chinese & Malay Only | 26840.000000 | 14211.000000 | 12629.000000 | 6475.000000 | 3832.000000 | 2642.000000 | 20365.000000 | 10378.000000 | 9987 |
| English, Chinese & Tamil Only | 117.000000 | 69.000000 | 48.000000 | 110.000000 | 63.000000 | 48.000000 | 7.000000 | 7.000000 | na |
| English, Malay & Tamil Only | 8374.000000 | 4989.000000 | 3385.000000 | 7295.000000 | 4217.000000 | 3077.000000 | 1079.000000 | 771.000000 | 307 |
| Other Three Or More Languages | 13666.000000 | 6992.000000 | 6674.000000 | 9253.000000 | 4699.000000 | 4554.000000 | 4414.000000 | 2293.000000 | 2120 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Singapore Citizens) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Singapore Citizens) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Singapore Citizens) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Permanent Residents) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Permanent Residents) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Permanent Residents) Females | Text | No |