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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Ethnic Group (Others) (Census of Population 2020)

Description

This Census of Population 2020 table profiles residents aged 15 and over in the Others ethnic group by the languages most and second-most frequently spoken at home and highest qualification attained. Qualification columns range from no qualification through university. It supports research into language use and educational attainment among Singapore's diverse resident population, subject to the stated household and student exclusions.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17452

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

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Number (Others) Total (Others) No Qualification (Others) Primary (Others) Lower Secondary (Others) Secondary (Others) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) (Others) Polytechnic Diploma (Others) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma (Others) University
Total 85681.000000 3883.000000 2275.000000 4435.000000 9228.000000 7554.000000 5965.000000 7149.000000 45191.000000
English 57109.000000 1163.000000 754.000000 2350.000000 6494.000000 5084.000000 4366.000000 5505.000000 31393.000000
English Only 21702.000000 397.000000 320.000000 875.000000 2952.000000 2016.000000 1267.000000 2244.000000 11631.000000
English & Mandarin 4439.000000 207.000000 107.000000 303.000000 492.000000 504.000000 648.000000 418.000000 1761.000000
English & Malay 6875.000000 194.000000 182.000000 520.000000 1454.000000 1087.000000 993.000000 780.000000 1665.000000
English & Other Language2/ 24093.000000 365.000000 145.000000 652.000000 1596.000000 1478.000000 1458.000000 2064.000000 16336.000000
Mandarin 4945.000000 1629.000000 642.000000 1168.000000 587.000000 417.000000 52.000000 163.000000 287.000000
Malay 4966.000000 552.000000 405.000000 401.000000 1432.000000 1141.000000 389.000000 267.000000 378.000000
Other Languages2/ 18661.000000 539.000000 474.000000 516.000000 715.000000 913.000000 1158.000000 1214.000000 13134.000000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
(Others) Total Numeric No
(Others) No Qualification Numeric No
(Others) Primary Numeric No
(Others) Lower Secondary Numeric No
(Others) Secondary Numeric No
(Others) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric No
(Others) Polytechnic Diploma Numeric No
(Others) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Numeric No
(Others) University Numeric No