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Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

Description

Singapore Census of Population 2000 table on resident students aged 5 and over by language most frequently spoken at home, level of education attending, and sex. Counts cover pre-primary through university by gender; non-speakers and students in one-person or unrelated households are excluded. Education researchers link home language to schooling level. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/5954.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 28/09/2015 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2000 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude students who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising unrelated persons. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: 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/5954

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number (Total) Total (Total) Males (Total) Females (Pre-Primary) Total (Pre-Primary) Males (Pre-Primary) Females (Primary) Total (Primary) Males (Primary) Females (Secondary) Total (Secondary) Males (Secondary) Females (Upper Secondary) Total (Upper Secondary) Males (Upper Secondary) Females (Polytechnic) Total (Polytechnic) Males (Polytechnic) Females (University) Total (University) Males (University) Females
Total 705166.000000 364935.000000 340231.000000 72073.000000 37380.000000 34693.000000 314272.000000 162661.000000 151611.000000 191988.000000 102375.000000 89613.000000 44486.000000 20616.000000 23870.000000 49315.000000 26234.000000 23081.000000 33031.000000 15668.000000 17363.000000
English 208803.000000 107181.000000 101622.000000 24974.000000 13142.000000 11832.000000 101147.000000 52798.000000 48349.000000 48622.000000 24926.000000 23697.000000 13449.000000 5928.000000 7522.000000 10299.000000 5636.000000 4663.000000 10311.000000 4751.000000 5560.000000
Mandarin 311362.000000 159483.000000 151879.000000 29352.000000 15292.000000 14060.000000 132871.000000 67872.000000 64999.000000 86440.000000 46095.000000 40345.000000 20123.000000 9262.000000 10861.000000 26364.000000 13720.000000 12644.000000 16213.000000 7242.000000 8971.000000
Chinese Dialects 37495.000000 21486.000000 16009.000000 1616.000000 788.000000 827.000000 8692.000000 4846.000000 3847.000000 11139.000000 6731.000000 4409.000000 4172.000000 2123.000000 2049.000000 6720.000000 3925.000000 2796.000000 5155.000000 3074.000000 2081.000000
Hokkien 16526.000000 9628.000000 6898.000000 690.000000 303.000000 387.000000 3512.000000 1947.000000 1565.000000 5213.000000 3213.000000 2001.000000 1763.000000 968.000000 795.000000 3262.000000 1922.000000 1340.000000 2085.000000 1274.000000 811.000000
Teochew 6927.000000 3968.000000 2958.000000 245.000000 116.000000 129.000000 1400.000000 739.000000 661.000000 1917.000000 1129.000000 788.000000 745.000000 400.000000 346.000000 1403.000000 814.000000 589.000000 1217.000000 772.000000 445.000000
Cantonese 12396.000000 6883.000000 5513.000000 617.000000 339.000000 278.000000 3249.000000 1854.000000 1396.000000 3631.000000 2146.000000 1486.000000 1497.000000 671.000000 826.000000 1807.000000 1014.000000 794.000000 1594.000000 860.000000 735.000000
Other Chinese Dialects 1647.000000 1007.000000 640.000000 64.000000 31.000000 33.000000 531.000000 306.000000 225.000000 378.000000 244.000000 134.000000 167.000000 84.000000 83.000000 248.000000 175.000000 73.000000 259.000000 168.000000 91.000000
Malay 121967.000000 63658.000000 58309.000000 13193.000000 6698.000000 6496.000000 59837.000000 31143.000000 28694.000000 38114.000000 20493.000000 17621.000000 5204.000000 2579.000000 2625.000000 4843.000000 2404.000000 2439.000000 776.000000 341.000000 435.000000
Indian Languages 24017.000000 12383.000000 11634.000000 2749.000000 1377.000000 1372.000000 11087.000000 5691.000000 5396.000000 7209.000000 3889.000000 3320.000000 1397.000000 659.000000 738.000000 1046.000000 521.000000 526.000000 528.000000 246.000000 282.000000
Tamil 20306.000000 10429.000000 9877.000000 2303.000000 1139.000000 1164.000000 9315.000000 4734.000000 4581.000000 6298.000000 3401.000000 2897.000000 1119.000000 544.000000 575.000000 894.000000 435.000000 459.000000 378.000000 177.000000 201.000000
Other Indian Languages 3711.000000 1954.000000 1757.000000 446.000000 238.000000 208.000000 1772.000000 957.000000 815.000000 912.000000 489.000000 423.000000 278.000000 115.000000 163.000000 153.000000 86.000000 67.000000 150.000000 69.000000 81.000000
Others 1523.000000 744.000000 779.000000 190.000000 83.000000 107.000000 638.000000 311.000000 327.000000 463.000000 242.000000 222.000000 141.000000 66.000000 75.000000 43.000000 28.000000 14.000000 48.000000 14.000000 34.000000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
(Total) Total Numeric No
(Total) Males Numeric No
(Total) Females Numeric No
(Pre-Primary) Total Numeric No
(Pre-Primary) Males Numeric No
(Pre-Primary) Females Numeric No
(Primary) Total Numeric No
(Primary) Males Numeric No
(Primary) Females Numeric No
(Secondary) Total Numeric No
(Secondary) Males Numeric No
(Secondary) Females Numeric No
(Upper Secondary) Total Numeric No
(Upper Secondary) Males Numeric No
(Upper Secondary) Females Numeric No
(Polytechnic) Total Numeric No
(Polytechnic) Males Numeric No
(Polytechnic) Females Numeric No
(University) Total Numeric No
(University) Males Numeric No
(University) Females Numeric No