Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Planning Area and Language Literate In (General Household Survey 2015)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 30 records. Fields include Thousands, Total, Not Literate, Literate (15 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-04.
Description
Singapore Department of Statistics CSV from the General Household Survey 2015 on resident population aged 15 and over by URA Master Plan 2014 planning area and languages literate in. Columns distinguish not literate, single-language, bilingual, and multilingual literacy across English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil, and other languages. Demographers and education planners map literacy patterns across planning areas. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8325.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2015 Footnotes: Note: Planning areas refer to areas demarcated in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan 2014. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8325
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Thousands | Total | Not Literate | Literate | (One Language Only) English Only | (One Language Only) Chinese 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 | 3275.900000 | 104.000000 | 3171.800000 | 324.800000 | 472.200000 | 39.800000 | 9.600000 | 3.700000 | 1528.700000 | 420.800000 | 121.700000 |
| Ang Mo Kio | 157.200000 | 7.600000 | 149.700000 | 18.700000 | 30.900000 | 1.900000 | 0.700000 | 0.300000 | 70.200000 | 12.800000 | 5.500000 |
| Bedok | 235.900000 | 8.900000 | 227.100000 | 31.500000 | 34.000000 | 4.900000 | 0.300000 | 0.300000 | 97.000000 | 37.400000 | 5.500000 |
| Bishan | 76.300000 | 1.600000 | 74.600000 | 12.600000 | 8.700000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 41.500000 | 3.700000 | 4.100000 |
| Bukit Batok | 120.100000 | 3.100000 | 117.000000 | 10.900000 | 16.400000 | 1.300000 | 0.300000 | 0.100000 | 59.200000 | 15.000000 | 4.300000 |
| Bukit Merah | 132.500000 | 7.500000 | 125.000000 | 13.100000 | 23.900000 | 1.500000 | 0.700000 | 0.100000 | 61.900000 | 8.900000 | 4.800000 |
| Bukit Panjang | 119.600000 | 3.600000 | 116.000000 | 7.800000 | 16.900000 | 1.600000 | 0.100000 | 0.200000 | 61.000000 | 19.100000 | 2.800000 |
| Bukit Timah | 59.100000 | 0.300000 | 58.800000 | 11.500000 | 3.800000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 33.800000 | 2.500000 | 0.600000 |
| Choa Chu Kang | 149.300000 | 3.000000 | 146.300000 | 10.400000 | 19.400000 | 1.600000 | 0.500000 | 0.100000 | 70.800000 | 23.400000 | 6.200000 |
| Clementi | 72.700000 | 3.100000 | 69.500000 | 8.800000 | 11.300000 | 1.100000 | 0.100000 | 0.100000 | 33.800000 | 7.500000 | 2.000000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Thousands | Text | No |
| Total | Numeric | No |
| Not Literate | Numeric | No |
| Literate | Numeric | No |
| (One Language Only) English Only | Numeric | No |
| (One Language Only) Chinese Only | Numeric | No |
| (One Language Only) Malay Only | Numeric | No |
| (One Language Only) Tamil Only | Numeric | No |
| (One Language Only) Non-Official Language Only | Numeric | Yes |
| (Two Languages Only) English & Chinese Only | Numeric | No |
| (Two Languages Only) English & Malay Only | Numeric | No |
| (Two Languages Only) English & Tamil Only | Numeric | No |
| (Two Languages Only) English & Non-Official Language Only | Numeric | No |
| (Two Languages Only) Other Two Languages Only | Numeric | No |
| Three Or More Languages | Numeric | No |