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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

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Cross-tabulation from the Census of Population 2010 showing Singapore residents aged 15 and over by the language most frequently spoken at home, highest qualification attained, and sex. Columns run from no qualification through primary, secondary, post-secondary, polytechnic, professional qualification and diploma, and university, each split by total, males, and females. Published by the Singapore Department of Statistics, the table supports research on the link between home language and educational attainment, and on gender differences within language groups. Data exclude persons unable to speak and those in one-person or wholly unrelated-person households. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/5988.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 29/09/2015 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2010 Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. 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/5988

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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 2604303.000000 1266098.000000 1338204.000000 387098.000000 144766.000000 242333.000000 182114.000000 85551.000000 96563.000000 266213.000000 133676.000000 132538.000000 499769.000000 230537.000000 269232.000000 294143.000000 167754.000000 126388.000000 239707.000000 142122.000000 97585.000000 149957.000000 62581.000000 87376.000000 585301.000000 299111.000000 286190.000000
English 735870.000000 366753.000000 369117.000000 10608.000000 4294.000000 6314.000000 12052.000000 5711.000000 6342.000000 39575.000000 18213.000000 21362.000000 151293.000000 65153.000000 86140.000000 90322.000000 49005.000000 41318.000000 81363.000000 48932.000000 32431.000000 66174.000000 28634.000000 37540.000000 284480.000000 146810.000000 137670.000000
Mandarin 937790.000000 448710.000000 489080.000000 107849.000000 43184.000000 64665.000000 78077.000000 33392.000000 44685.000000 120628.000000 57659.000000 62969.000000 184407.000000 83540.000000 100867.000000 106477.000000 59552.000000 46925.000000 106755.000000 60752.000000 46003.000000 52288.000000 19034.000000 33254.000000 181309.000000 91597.000000 89712.000000
Chinese Dialects 475055.000000 227196.000000 247858.000000 202867.000000 75808.000000 127059.000000 52500.000000 28018.000000 24482.000000 54113.000000 32045.000000 22068.000000 64458.000000 33656.000000 30802.000000 27749.000000 16783.000000 10966.000000 20528.000000 13639.000000 6889.000000 13717.000000 5961.000000 7756.000000 39122.000000 21287.000000 17836.000000
Hokkien 234341.000000 117482.000000 116859.000000 108509.000000 42740.000000 65768.000000 28170.000000 16162.000000 12008.000000 27228.000000 17203.000000 10025.000000 29816.000000 16891.000000 12925.000000 12910.000000 8373.000000 4537.000000 9352.000000 6397.000000 2955.000000 4748.000000 2112.000000 2635.000000 13608.000000 7604.000000 6005.000000
Teochew 92665.000000 43320.000000 49346.000000 43473.000000 16035.000000 27438.000000 10264.000000 5413.000000 4850.000000 9629.000000 5817.000000 3812.000000 12306.000000 6496.000000 5811.000000 4799.000000 2967.000000 1832.000000 3592.000000 2308.000000 1284.000000 2220.000000 954.000000 1266.000000 6383.000000 3330.000000 3053.000000
Cantonese 116061.000000 52385.000000 63676.000000 37194.000000 12671.000000 24522.000000 11002.000000 4945.000000 6057.000000 14164.000000 7288.000000 6876.000000 18085.000000 8177.000000 9908.000000 8221.000000 4398.000000 3823.000000 6316.000000 4146.000000 2170.000000 5514.000000 2385.000000 3129.000000 15564.000000 8374.000000 7190.000000
Other Chinese Dialects 31987.000000 14010.000000 17978.000000 13692.000000 4362.000000 9330.000000 3063.000000 1497.000000 1566.000000 3091.000000 1737.000000 1354.000000 4250.000000 2092.000000 2158.000000 1819.000000 1044.000000 775.000000 1268.000000 789.000000 479.000000 1235.000000 509.000000 726.000000 3568.000000 1979.000000 1588.000000
Malay 305568.000000 149356.000000 156212.000000 52885.000000 17751.000000 35134.000000 31354.000000 15297.000000 16057.000000 40830.000000 20750.000000 20080.000000 82062.000000 39946.000000 42116.000000 57092.000000 35125.000000 21966.000000 21569.000000 12195.000000 9374.000000 8836.000000 3600.000000 5236.000000 10939.000000 4691.000000 6248.000000
Indian Languages 120180.000000 59709.000000 60471.000000 12449.000000 3633.000000 8816.000000 7985.000000 3109.000000 4876.000000 10524.000000 4889.000000 5634.000000 16365.000000 7826.000000 8539.000000 11086.000000 6752.000000 4334.000000 7813.000000 5619.000000 2194.000000 6814.000000 4188.000000 2626.000000 47144.000000 23692.000000 23452.000000
Tamil 87525.000000 43436.000000 44088.000000 10786.000000 3259.000000 7527.000000 7348.000000 2838.000000 4510.000000 9218.000000 4382.000000 4836.000000 14041.000000 6896.000000 7145.000000 8925.000000 5639.000000 3286.000000 6135.000000 4419.000000 1716.000000 4975.000000 3071.000000 1905.000000 26096.000000 12932.000000 13164.000000
Other Indian Languages 32655.000000 16272.000000 16383.000000 1663.000000 374.000000 1289.000000 637.000000 271.000000 367.000000 1306.000000 507.000000 799.000000 2324.000000 930.000000 1394.000000 2161.000000 1113.000000 1048.000000 1678.000000 1200.000000 478.000000 1839.000000 1118.000000 721.000000 21048.000000 10760.000000 10288.000000
Others 29841.000000 14375.000000 15466.000000 439.000000 95.000000 344.000000 146.000000 25.000000 121.000000 544.000000 119.000000 425.000000 1184.000000 416.000000 768.000000 1417.000000 538.000000 879.000000 1679.000000 985.000000 694.000000 2127.000000 1163.000000 964.000000 22305.000000 11034.000000 11271.000000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
(Total) Total Numeric No
(Total) Males Numeric No
(Total) Females Numeric No
(No Qualification) Total Numeric No
(No Qualification) Males Numeric No
(No Qualification) Females Numeric No
(Primary) Total Numeric No
(Primary) Males Numeric 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 Numeric No
(University) Total Numeric No
(University) Males Numeric No
(University) Females Numeric No