Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area and Language Literate In (Census of Population 2010)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 37 records. Fields include Number, Total, Not Literate, Literate (17 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-18.
Description
From Singapore’s 2010 Census of Population, this table breaks down residents aged 15 and over by planning area and languages they are literate in, including monolingual and multilingual combinations. Planning areas follow URA Master Plan 2008 boundaries. The dataset supports geospatial literacy studies, education policy, and community language planning across Singapore neighbourhoods.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 24/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2010 Footnotes: Note: Planning areas refer to areas demarcated in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan 2008. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8627
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | Total | Not Literate | Literate | One Language Only- Chinese Only | One Language Only- English Only | One Language Only- Malay Only | One Language Only- Tamil Only | One Language Only- Non-Official Language Only | Two Languages Only- English & Chinese Only | Two Languages Only- English & Malay Only | Two Languages Only- English & Tamil Only |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3105748.000000 | 128661 | 2977088.000000 | 485511.000000 | 329194.000000 | 47278 | 10939 | 5292 | 1305705.000000 | 390124.000000 | 104570 |
| Ang Mo Kio | 153174.000000 | 10014 | 143160.000000 | 30511.000000 | 16269.000000 | 1748 | 595 | 197 | 65641.000000 | 10500.000000 | 5786 |
| Bedok | 247021.000000 | 10245 | 236775.000000 | 36837.000000 | 31341.000000 | 4960 | 545 | 503 | 95125.000000 | 38815.000000 | 4519 |
| Bishan | 78118.000000 | 2266 | 75852.000000 | 9190.000000 | 12151.000000 | 377 | 256 | 50 | 39036.000000 | 5238.000000 | 2522 |
| Bukit Batok | 120715.000000 | 3965 | 116750.000000 | 16888.000000 | 10794.000000 | 2110 | 311 | 238 | 51861.000000 | 15791.000000 | 5069 |
| Bukit Merah | 133561.000000 | 10410 | 123151.000000 | 27131.000000 | 13933.000000 | 1397 | 1206 | 277 | 55065.000000 | 8143.000000 | 5569 |
| Bukit Panjang | 105820.000000 | 3854 | 101967.000000 | 17815.000000 | 7800.000000 | 1620 | 204 | 167 | 47461.000000 | 15534.000000 | 2895 |
| Bukit Timah | 56033.000000 | 761 | 55272.000000 | 3803.000000 | 12720.000000 | 68 | 12 | 59 | 28112.000000 | 2455.000000 | 573 |
| Changi | 1755.000000 | 54 | 1701.000000 | 126.000000 | 171.000000 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 379.000000 | 544.000000 | 164 |
| Choa Chu Kang | 141227.000000 | 4015 | 137212.000000 | 19962.000000 | 10707.000000 | 2136 | 312 | 202 | 62600.000000 | 21651.000000 | 5423 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| Total | Numeric | No |
| Not Literate | Text | No |
| Literate | Numeric | No |
| One Language Only- Chinese Only | Numeric | No |
| One Language Only- English Only | Numeric | No |
| One Language Only- Malay Only | Text | No |
| One Language Only- Tamil Only | Text | No |
| One Language Only- Non-Official Language Only | Text | No |
| Two Languages Only- English & Chinese Only | Numeric | No |
| Two Languages Only- English & Malay Only | Numeric | No |
| Two Languages Only- English & Tamil Only | Text | No |
| Two Languages Only- English & Non-Official Language Only | Numeric | No |
| Two Languages Only- Other Two Languages Only | Text | No |
| Three Or More Languages- English, Chinese & Malay Only | Numeric | No |
| Three Or More Languages- English, Malay & Tamil Only | Text | No |
| Three Or More Languages- Other Three Or More Languages | Numeric | No |