Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Ethnic Group (Chinese) (Census of Population 2020)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 15 records. Fields include Number, (Chinese) Total, (Chinese) Pre-Primary, (Chinese) Primary (9 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-05.
Description
Census of Population 2020 CSV on Chinese resident students aged 5 and over in Singapore by language most or second most frequently spoken at home and level of education attending. Columns break out totals across pre-primary through university. Language and education researchers study home-language patterns among Chinese students. Excludes non-speakers and one-person or unrelated-only households. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17454.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17454
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- Rows
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- Columns
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Chinese) Total | (Chinese) Pre-Primary | (Chinese) Primary | (Chinese) Secondary | (Chinese) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) | (Chinese) Polytechnic Diploma | (Chinese) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma | (Chinese) University |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 495005.000000 | 37141.000000 | 166552.000000 | 115123.000000 | 35118.000000 | 50832.000000 | 6895.000000 | 83344.000000 |
| English1/ | 369581.000000 | 28131.000000 | 129960.000000 | 85771.000000 | 25769.000000 | 35052.000000 | 4632.000000 | 60267.000000 |
| English Only | 46380.000000 | 4549.000000 | 14249.000000 | 10752.000000 | 3238.000000 | 4528.000000 | 872.000000 | 8192.000000 |
| English & Mandarin | 312954.000000 | 22978.000000 | 113001.000000 | 72864.000000 | 21661.000000 | 29161.000000 | 3381.000000 | 49908.000000 |
| English & Chinese Dialect | 5519.000000 | 190.000000 | 1034.000000 | 1092.000000 | 486.000000 | 847.000000 | 242.000000 | 1627.000000 |
| English & Malay | 2487.000000 | 206.000000 | 706.000000 | 550.000000 | 247.000000 | 278.000000 | 85.000000 | 415.000000 |
| Mandarin1/ | 121565.000000 | 8761.000000 | 35744.000000 | 28494.000000 | 9064.000000 | 15213.000000 | 2161.000000 | 22128.000000 |
| Mandarin Only | 18927.000000 | 1390.000000 | 4909.000000 | 4562.000000 | 1615.000000 | 2367.000000 | 506.000000 | 3578.000000 |
| Mandarin & English | 97020.000000 | 7205.000000 | 29995.000000 | 22580.000000 | 6998.000000 | 11696.000000 | 1431.000000 | 17114.000000 |
| Mandarin & Chinese Dialect | 5445.000000 | 154.000000 | 777.000000 | 1276.000000 | 441.000000 | 1143.000000 | 224.000000 | 1430.000000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Chinese) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Pre-Primary | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Primary | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Secondary | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Polytechnic Diploma | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) University | Numeric | No |