Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Sex (Census of Population 2020)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 28 records. Fields include Number, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (25 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-05.
Description
Resident students aged 5 and over from the Census of Population 2020, classified by language most or second most frequently spoken at home, level of education attending, and sex. Published by the Singapore Department of Statistics with exclusions noted in footnotes. Supports bilingual education research, home-language surveys, and student demography by schooling level.
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/17453
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- Rows
- 28
- Columns
- 25
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 716331.000000 | 361527.000000 | 354804.000000 | 55402.000000 | 28543.000000 | 26859 | 244847.000000 | 125381.000000 | 119466 | 174084.000000 | 88431.000000 |
| English | 515040.000000 | 260071.000000 | 254969.000000 | 41007.000000 | 21196.000000 | 19811 | 184186.000000 | 94536.000000 | 89649 | 123892.000000 | 62505.000000 |
| English Only | 66910.000000 | 37539.000000 | 29371.000000 | 6983.000000 | 3987.000000 | 2996 | 21647.000000 | 11970.000000 | 9677 | 16099.000000 | 9116.000000 |
| English & Mandarin | 322980.000000 | 161489.000000 | 161491.000000 | 23897.000000 | 12120.000000 | 11778 | 117423.000000 | 59628.000000 | 57795 | 75471.000000 | 37640.000000 |
| English & Chinese Dialect | 5593.000000 | 2737.000000 | 2855.000000 | 190.000000 | 136.000000 | 54 | 1038.000000 | 508.000000 | 530 | 1123.000000 | 557.000000 |
| English & Malay | 72567.000000 | 36228.000000 | 36339.000000 | 7051.000000 | 3506.000000 | 3545 | 27519.000000 | 14280.000000 | 13238 | 18264.000000 | 8924.000000 |
| English & Tamil | 24689.000000 | 12132.000000 | 12557.000000 | 1552.000000 | 702.000000 | 850 | 8809.000000 | 4501.000000 | 4308 | 6626.000000 | 3498.000000 |
| English & Other Indian Language | 12550.000000 | 5437.000000 | 7113.000000 | 729.000000 | 389.000000 | 340 | 4659.000000 | 2203.000000 | 2457 | 3229.000000 | 1275.000000 |
| English & Other Language | 9751.000000 | 4509.000000 | 5242.000000 | 605.000000 | 357.000000 | 248 | 3091.000000 | 1445.000000 | 1646 | 3079.000000 | 1494.000000 |
| Mandarin1/ | 121888.000000 | 60821.000000 | 61067.000000 | 8811.000000 | 4188.000000 | 4623 | 35879.000000 | 18401.000000 | 17477 | 28562.000000 | 14616.000000 |
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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 | Text | No |
| (Primary) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Primary) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Primary) Females | Text | 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 | Text | No |
| (Polytechnic Diploma) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Polytechnic Diploma) Males | Text | No |
| (Polytechnic Diploma) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Males | Text | No |
| (Professional Qualification and Other Diploma) Females | Numeric | No |
| (University) Total | Numeric | No |
| (University) Males | Numeric | No |
| (University) Females | Numeric | No |