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Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

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Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 20 records. Fields include Number, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (16 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-16.

Description

Census of Population 2010 counts of resident students aged 15 and over by language literate in, ethnic group, and sex. Education and language researchers study literacy patterns among older students. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/6756.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 04/11/2015 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2010 Footnotes: 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/6756

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number (Total) Total (Total) Males (Total) Females (Chinese) Total (Chinese) Males (Chinese) Females (Malays) Total (Malays) Males (Malays) Females (Indians) Total (Indians) Males
Total 326225.000000 162704 163521.000000 241902 121214 120688 50762 26108 24654 26256 12139
Not Literate 242.000000 149 92.000000 167 87 80 37 31 6 37 31
Literate 325983.000000 162555 163428.000000 241735 121126 120608 50725 26077 24648 26219 12108
One Language Only 29915.000000 16644 13271.000000 23929 13756 10172 1259 606 653 3091 1549
Chinese Only 871.000000 450 421.000000 871 450 421 na na na na na
English Only 28791.000000 16134 12657.000000 23052 13306 9745 1094 555 539 3059 1549
Malay Only 159.000000 45 114.000000 na na na 159 45 114 na na
Tamil Only 32.000000 na 32.000000 na na na na na na 32 na
Non-Official Language Only 62.000000 15 47.000000 6 na 6 6 6 na na na
Two Languages Only 281647.000000 140497 141150.000000 209365 104337 105029 46475 24239 22236 20982 9719

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Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
(Total) Total Numeric No
(Total) Males Text No
(Total) Females Numeric No
(Chinese) Total Text No
(Chinese) Males Text No
(Chinese) Females Text No
(Malays) Total Text No
(Malays) Males Text No
(Malays) Females Text No
(Indians) Total Text No
(Indians) Males Text No
(Indians) Females Text No
(Others) Total Text No
(Others) Males Text No
(Others) Females Text No