Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 9 records. Fields include Thousands, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (25 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-04.
Description
General Household Survey 2015 resident students aged 5 and over by language most frequently spoken at home, level of education attending, and sex, in thousands. SingStat CSV links home language environment to schooling stage and gender gaps in Singapore’s education participation.
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: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2015' (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/8218
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Thousands | (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 763.500000 | 388.500000 | 375.000000 | 57.100000 | 29.800000 | 27.300000 | 261.900000 | 136.600000 | 125.300000 | 205.500000 | 105.600000 |
| English | 414.600000 | 210.500000 | 204.100000 | 34.400000 | 18.000000 | 16.400000 | 152.400000 | 79.700000 | 72.800000 | 106.500000 | 53.900000 |
| Mandarin | 219.400000 | 112.200000 | 107.200000 | 13.500000 | 7.000000 | 6.500000 | 63.900000 | 33.900000 | 30.000000 | 59.900000 | 31.800000 |
| Chinese Dialects | 7.100000 | 3.700000 | 3.400000 | 0.200000 | 0.100000 | 0.000000 | 1.800000 | 1.000000 | 0.800000 | 1.800000 | 1.000000 |
| Malay | 83.800000 | 43.000000 | 40.800000 | 6.100000 | 3.300000 | 2.800000 | 26.300000 | 13.200000 | 13.100000 | 27.000000 | 13.900000 |
| Indian Languages | 31.700000 | 15.900000 | 15.800000 | 2.300000 | 1.200000 | 1.200000 | 15.100000 | 7.800000 | 7.300000 | 8.300000 | 3.900000 |
| Tamil | 25.800000 | 12.700000 | 13.100000 | 1.900000 | 0.900000 | 1.100000 | 12.100000 | 6.200000 | 6.000000 | 7.000000 | 3.100000 |
| Other Indian Languages | 5.900000 | 3.100000 | 2.700000 | 0.400000 | 0.300000 | 0.100000 | 3.000000 | 1.600000 | 1.300000 | 1.400000 | 0.800000 |
| Others | 6.900000 | 3.200000 | 3.700000 | 0.600000 | 0.200000 | 0.400000 | 2.500000 | 1.000000 | 1.400000 | 2.000000 | 1.100000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Thousands | 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 |
| (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Polytechnic) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Polytechnic) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Polytechnic) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Females | Numeric | No |
| (University) Total | Numeric | No |
| (University) Males | Numeric | No |
| (University) Females | Numeric | No |