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Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Level of Education Attending and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Description

Census of Population 2020 counts of resident students aged 15 and over by language literate in, level of education attending (primary through university), and sex. Published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in CSV format for education pipeline and multilingual schooling research in Singapore.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17433

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number (Total) Total (Total) Males (Total) Females (Primary) Total (Primary) Males (Primary) Females (Secondary) Total (Secondary) Males (Secondary) Females (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females (Polytechnic Diploma) Total (Polytechnic Diploma) Males (Polytechnic Diploma) 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 318658.000000 158529.000000 160129.000000 584 349 235 74456.000000 38286.000000 36171 56663 30021 26642 72676 37812 34864 11593 5296 6298 102685 46765 55920
Not Literate 443.000000 227.000000 217.000000 370 205 165 73.000000 21.000000 52 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Literate 318214.000000 158302.000000 159912.000000 214 144 70 74383.000000 38264.000000 36119 56663 30021 26642 72676 37812 34864 11593 5296 6298 102685 46765 55920
One Language Only 30112.000000 19096.000000 11016.000000 163 110 52 9270.000000 5268.000000 4002 4975 3424 1551 6093 4492 1601 1840 942 898 7771 4859 2912
English Only 29139.000000 18738.000000 10401.000000 144 104 40 8906.000000 5148.000000 3758 4811 3347 1464 6010 4454 1555 1644 908 736 7624 4776 2848
Chinese Only 672.000000 258.000000 414.000000 12 - 12 213.000000 79.000000 135 109 47 61 83 38 45 146 25 121 108 69 39
Malay Only 183.000000 73.000000 110.000000 6 6 - 111.000000 21.000000 90 49 30 19 - - - 9 9 - 8 8 -
Tamil Only 71.000000 11.000000 59.000000 - - - 30.000000 11.000000 19 - - - - - - 41 - 41 - - -
Non-Official Language Only 47.000000 15.000000 32.000000 - - - 9.000000 9.000000 - 7 - 7 - - - - - - 31 6 25
Two Languages Only 271728.000000 132862.000000 138865.000000 51 33 18 62160.000000 31876.000000 30284 49044 25532 23512 63700 32203 31498 9254 4240 5015 87518 38978 48539
English & Chinese Only 198946.000000 96909.000000 102037.000000 45 33 12 41850.000000 21351.000000 20499 31299 15799 15500 45922 23410 22512 5517 2635 2882 74312 33680 40633
English & Malay Only 48290.000000 25067.000000 23224.000000 6 - 6 13447.000000 7104.000000 6343 13281 7658 5623 12656 6381 6275 2592 1193 1399 6309 2732 3577
English & Tamil Only 16778.000000 7668.000000 9110.000000 - - - 4647.000000 2282.000000 2365 3193 1586 1607 3772 1863 1909 862 323 539 4304 1614 2690
English & Non-Official Language Only 7603.000000 3190.000000 4413.000000 - - - 2172.000000 1120.000000 1052 1272 490 782 1341 538 803 233 89 144 2585 953 1632
Other Two Languages Only 110.000000 29.000000 81.000000 - - - 43.000000 18.000000 25 - - - 11 11 - 49 - 49 7 - 7
Three or More Languages 16375.000000 6344.000000 10031.000000 - - - 2954.000000 1121.000000 1833 2644 1064 1580 2883 1118 1766 498 114 385 7396 2928 4468
English, Chinese & Malay Only 4135.000000 1776.000000 2359.000000 - - - 971.000000 495.000000 475 777 322 454 793 277 516 207 30 177 1387 651 736
English, Malay & Tamil Only 531.000000 187.000000 344.000000 - - - 116.000000 31.000000 85 101 44 57 126 45 80 34 7 26 155 59 96
Other Three or More Languages 11709.000000 4382.000000 7327.000000 - - - 1867.000000 594.000000 1273 1766 698 1068 1964 795 1169 257 76 181 5854 2218 3636

Columns

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