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Census of Population 2010 Statistical Release 1
Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion

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PREFACE
The Census of Population 2010 was the fifth census carried out in Singapore
since Independence and the fourteenth in the series of census taking in Singapore. The
census is the most comprehensive source of information on population and households.
It provides benchmark data for all demographic, economic and social statistics.
The Census 2010 adopted a register-based approach, similar to the Census of

Population 2000. Basic population count and characteristics were compiled from
administrative sources. More detailed information on demographic, education,
economic, transport, household and housing characteristics were obtained from a
sample enumeration of about 200,000 households.
As in the conduct of the Census 2000, a tri-modal collection strategy

comprising Internet, Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) and face-to-
face interviews was adopted to facilitate data collection for the households in the
census sample. The Census 2010 went paperless during the face-to-face interviews,
with the use of Ultra-Mobile Personal Computers (UMPCs) to assist data collection.
This data collection methodology brought about savings in manpower, data security in
the field, as well as improvements in quality and timeliness of data.
The Census of Population 2010 Statistical Release 1 - Demographic

Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion is the first of a series of statistical
publications on detailed census results. This release provides the broad trends and
changes in the demographic characteristics, education, language and religion of the
resident population since 2000. The report includes detailed statistical tables to enable
more comprehensive study by users as well as a glossary of census concepts and
definitions.
I would like to thank all who have, in one way or another, contributed to the
success of Census 2010. My deep appreciation is extended to all participating
households who had given their full support to the Census 2010. The contributions of
many government ministries and statutory boards, which provided pertinent
information for the Census 2010, are gratefully acknowledged.
Wong Wee Kim

Chief Statistician
Singapore
January 2011
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CONTENTS
Page
Preface i
Key Indicators of the Resident Population viii
Introduction xiii
Key Findings
Chapter 1 Marriage and Fertility 3
Chapter 2 Education, Literacy and Home Language 8
Chapter 3 Religion 13
Statistical Tables 19
Glossary of Terms and Definitions 169
Appendix A- Sample Design and Sampling Variability 177

LIST OF STATISTICAL TABLES
Page
Register-based Census
Basic Demographic Characteristics

1 Resident Population by Age Group, Ethnic Group, Sex and Residential Status 19
2 Resident Population Below 1 Year of Age by Month, Ethnic Group and Sex 22
3 Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Ethnic Group and Sex 23
4 Chinese Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex 27
5 Malay Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex 30
6 Indian Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex 31
7 Resident Population of Other Ethnic Groups by Age Group, Ethnic Group and 34
Sex
8 Resident Population by Age Group, Place of Birth and Sex 36
9 Resident Population by Place of Birth, Ethnic Group and Sex 39
10 Resident Population Born In Singapore by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex 40
11 Resident Population Born Outside Singapore by Age Group, Ethnic Group and 41
Sex
Sample Enumeration
Marital Status
12 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, 42
Sex and Ethnic Group
13 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, 47
Sex and Residential Status
14 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, 50
Sex and Highest Qualification Attained
15 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over Born In Singapore by Age 56
Group, Marital Status and Sex
16 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over Born Outside Singapore by Age 57
Group, Marital Status and Sex
Note : Figures in tables may not add up to the totals due to rounding.
LIST OF STATISTICAL TABLES (cont’d)
Page
Number of Children Born

17 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, 58
Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group
Number of Children Born and Residential Status
Number of Children Born and Economic Activity
20 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Number of 69
Children Born, Economic Activity and Ethnic Group
21 Resident Ever-Married Female Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Age 70
Group, Number of Children Born and Highest Qualification Attained
22 Resident Ever-Married Female Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by 76
Highest Qualification Attained, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group
Elderly Population
23 Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over by Age Group, Mobility Status 81
and Sex
24 Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Mobility 82
Status and Sex
25 Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over by Living Arrangements, 83
Mobility Status and Sex
26 Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over by Living Arrangements, Age 84
Group and Sex
27 Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over by Main Source of Financial 86
Support, Age Group and Sex
28 Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over by Main Source of Financial 88
Support and Type of Dwelling
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Education
29 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, 89
Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group
30 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest 94
Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group
31 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification 104
Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group
Attained, Residential Status and Sex
Attained, Economic Status and Sex
34 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Place of Birth, Highest 111
Qualification Attained and Sex
35 Resident Polytechnic Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, 113
Ethnic Group and Sex
36 Resident Polytechnic Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, 114
Country Where Highest Qualification was Attained and Sex
37 Resident University Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, 115
Ethnic Group and Sex
38 Resident University Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, 116
Country Where Highest Qualification was Attained and Sex
Language Literate In
39 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age 118
Group, Sex and Ethnic Group
40 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, 128
Marital Status and Sex
Residential Status and Sex
Economic Status and Sex
43 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Place 131
of Birth and Sex
44 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, 134
Highest Qualification Attained and Sex
45 Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Ethnic 136
Group and Sex
46 Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Level of 137
Education Attending and Sex
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Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home

47 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group and Language 139
Most Frequently Spoken at Home
48 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently 140
Spoken at Home, Ethnic Group and Sex
49 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group, Ethnic Group and 141
Spoken at Home, Residential Status and Sex
51 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling and 143
52 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Ethnic 144
Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home
Spoken at Home, Place of Birth and Sex
Spoken at Home, Economic Status and Sex
55 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most 149
Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex
Attained, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home
57 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently 152
Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Sex
Religion
58 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Religion and 154
Sex
59 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Ethnic Group and 156
Sex
60 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Marital Status and 157
Sex
61 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Residential Status 158
and Sex
62 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Religion 159
and Sex
63 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Place of Birth and 161
Sex
64 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Highest 164
Qualification Attained and Sex
KEY INDICATORS OF THE RESIDENT POPULATION
Total Chinese Malays Indians Others
2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010
Demographic Characteristics
Singapore Residents ('000) 3,273.4 3,771.7 2,513.8 2,794.0 455.2 503.9 257.9 348.1 46.4 125.8
Ethnic Composition (%) 100.0 100.0 76.8 74.1 13.9 13.4 7.9 9.2 1.4 3.3
Median Age (Years) 34.0 37.4 34.9 38.9 29.1 31.4 32.8 33.4 33.8 34.1
Age Composition (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Below 15 years 21.9 17.4 20.1 15.7 30.0 22.4 24.6 21.5 25.6 22.8
15-64 years 70.9 73.7 72.4 74.2 64.5 71.5 67.9 72.8 66.7 73.7
65 years & over 7.2 9.0 7.5 10.1 5.5 6.1 7.4 5.7 7.7 3.5
Old Age Support Ratio

(Number aged 15-64 years per 9.9 8.2 9.7 7.3 11.6 11.6 9.2 12.8 8.6 20.8
elderly aged 65 years & over)
Age Dependency Ratio

(Per 100 persons aged 15-64 years) 41.1 35.7 38.1 34.8 55.1 39.9 47.2 37.4 50.0 35.7
Child (Below 15 years) 30.9 23.5 27.8 21.1 46.5 31.3 36.3 29.6 38.4 30.9
Old Age (65 years & over) 10.1 12.2 10.3 13.7 8.6 8.6 10.9 7.8 11.6 4.8
Sex Ratio
998 974 989 962 1,011 992 1,087 1,075 886 908
(Males per 1,000 females)
Marital Status & Fertility
Marital Status (%)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(Aged 15 years & over)
Single 30.5 32.2 31.3 32.9 28.7 34.8 25.8 25.9 23.4 23.9
Married 61.9 59.4 61.2 58.7 63.1 55.7 66.2 66.5 69.1 71.4
Widowed 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.4 4.5 3.9 1.7
Divorced/Separated 2.5 3.3 2.4 3.2 3.0 4.2 2.6 3.0 3.6 3.0
Proportion Single (%)

(Aged 30-34 years)
Males 30.7 37.1 32.7 42.2 24.5 29.9 23.0 20.2 31.5 22.1
Females 19.5 25.1 21.6 29.8 12.2 16.0 12.9 8.5 11.8 17.6
(Aged 35-39 years)
Males 19.7 20.4 21.8 23.7 13.3 18.2 12.9 7.8 13.1 12.8
Females 15.1 17.1 17.1 19.9 8.8 9.2 8.9 6.2 8.2 12.7
Ever-Married Females Aged 40-49 years

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
by Number of Children Born (%)
0 6.4 9.3 6.3 9.8 5.6 6.1 7.0 7.7 15.0 14.0
1 15.1 19.0 16.1 20.6 9.7 9.5 13.9 17.8 17.6 24.0
2 42.0 42.1 44.8 45.2 24.9 25.5 43.5 45.5 40.0 38.7
3 27.4 22.3 26.6 20.4 33.8 33.2 26.4 22.1 20.1 18.5
4 & Over 9.1 7.3 6.2 4.0 26.0 25.7 9.3 7.0 7.2 4.8
Average Number of Children Born

2.21 2.02 2.11 1.89 2.78 2.73 2.21 2.05 1.89 1.78
(Per ever-married females aged 40-49 years)
KEY INDICATORS OF THE RESIDENT POPULATION
2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010
Religion
Religion (%)
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Christianity 14.6 18.3 16.5 20.1 0.3 0.7 12.1 12.8 53.3 57.6
Buddhism/Taoism 51.0 44.2 64.4 57.4 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.8 13.9 20.8
Buddhism 42.5 33.3 53.6 43.0 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.8 13.7 20.2
Taoism 8.5 10.9 10.8 14.4 - - - - 0.2 0.6
Islam 14.9 14.7 0.3 0.4 99.6 98.7 25.6 21.7 22.3 9.2
Hinduism 4.0 5.1 - - - 0.1 55.4 58.9 1.1 0.8
Other Religions 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.3 - 0.1 5.6 4.6 1.3 1.1
No Religion 14.8 17.0 18.6 21.8 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.1 8.1 10.6
Education
Non-Student Population
by Highest Qualification Attained (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Below Secondary 42.6 32.4 42.1 33.8 50.1 37.0 38.4 22.5 23.7 10.8
Secondary 24.6 18.9 23.2 18.2 32.1 27.1 26.4 17.2 25.2 9.9
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 9.9 11.1 9.7 9.9 10.6 19.2 10.8 11.2 12.1 7.6
Diploma and Professional Qualification 11.1 14.8 12.4 15.5 5.1 11.6 8.0 14.1 11.6 13.3
University 11.7 22.8 12.6 22.6 2.0 5.1 16.5 35.0 27.5 58.4
Proportion with at least Post-Secondary

Qualification (%)
25-34 years 55.9 81.5 60.0 83.7 31.5 62.9 55.6 84.0 59.3 88.0
35-44 years 32.2 64.3 34.4 64.8 14.8 41.0 36.2 74.5 56.6 84.6
45-54 years 21.3 35.7 22.3 36.2 8.7 20.2 24.7 42.5 51.6 76.2
Literacy & Language
General Literacy Rate (%)

(Aged 15 years & over) 92.5 95.9 92.1 95.2 93.6 97.1 95.1 98.1 97.1 99.5
Literate Population (%)

(Aged 15 years & over )
Literate in English 70.9 79.9 67.6 77.4 79.7 86.9 87.0 87.1 90.4 89.8
Literate in two or more languages 56.0 70.5 51.5 66.5 78.0 86.3 67.4 82.1 48.7 70.3
Language Most Frequently Spoken

at Home (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English 23.0 32.3 23.9 32.6 7.9 17.0 35.6 41.6 68.5 62.4
Mandarin 35.0 35.6 45.1 47.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 4.4 3.8
Chinese Dialects 23.8 14.3 30.7 19.2 0.1 - 0.1 - 3.2 0.9
Malay 14.1 12.2 0.2 0.2 91.6 82.7 11.6 7.9 15.6 4.3
Tamil 3.2 3.3 - - 0.1 0.1 42.9 36.7 0.2 0.1
Others 0.9 2.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 9.7 13.6 8.2 28.6
Introduction
INTRODUCTION
The Census of Population, Singapore’s largest national statistical exercise, is

conducted once in ten years by the Singapore Department of Statistics. The Census of
Population 2010 was the fifth census after Singapore’s Independence, and the
fourteenth in the series of census taking in Singapore.
The Census of Population 2010 Statistical Release 1 - Demographic

Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion is the first of a series of statistical
publications on detailed census results. This release provides the broad trends and
changes relating to the demographic characteristics, education, language and religion
of the resident population since 2000. The report includes detailed statistical tables to
enable more comprehensive study by users as well as a glossary of census concepts
and definitions.
Census of Population – Concept and Coverage
The Census of Population 2010 adopted the de jure concept for Singapore’s
population estimates based on a person’s place of usual residence. Under the de jure
concept of “usual residence”, Singapore residents (citizens and permanent residents)
with local addresses and who were not away from Singapore for a continuous period
of 12 months or longer were included in the total population count. The non-resident
population comprising foreigners who were working, studying or living in Singapore
but not granted permanent residence were also included in the total population. The
transient population such as tourists and short-term visitors was excluded.
Register-based Census of Population
In the register-based Census, the basic population statistics were compiled

using administrative records from multiple sources. The merged administrative
records provided the basic population count and characteristics such as age, sex,
ethnic group, place of birth, type of dwelling and geographic distribution in Singapore.
Sample Enumeration
To collect additional information not available from administrative sources,

some 200,000 households were selected to participate in the sample enumeration.
Building on the success and lessons learned from the Census of Population 2000, a tri-
modal data collection strategy comprising Internet enumeration, Computer Assisted
Telephone Interviewing (CATI) and face-to-face interviews was adopted to facilitate
data collection for the households in the sample.
The option of Internet enumeration was made available to all households

selected for the census sample enumeration. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
Internet enumeration provided respondents with the flexibility of responding at any
time they desired. It allowed respondents to provide their survey returns directly to the
system without having to go through a third party, i.e. the interviewer.
Respondents, who were not able to complete their returns via the Internet, had
the option to provide their returns over the phone with the assistance of telephone
interviewers. Households that did not complete their returns via the Internet by a
stipulated date were also contacted by telephone interviewers for telephone interviews.
The CATI system allowed the telephone interviewer to perform multiple tasks of
interviewing, data entry and simple coding simultaneously.
Households were scheduled for face-to-face interviews if they did not respond
via Internet and could not be contacted by CATI after several attempts. Those who
preferred to provide their information to the trained interviewers could also choose to
do so. In the event where the field interviewers failed to contact the respondents in
these households, they left appointment slips behind for the respondents to contact the
interviewers to schedule a convenient time for an interview.
Unlike the traditional paper and pen approach, the Ultra-Mobile Personal
Computer (UMPC) was adopted for field enumeration in Census of Population 2010.
The use of technology provided logistic convenience, eliminating the need for printing
and transportation of hardcopy survey forms. Automatic branching of questions with
consistency checks was also introduced to reduce back-end processing efforts with
electronically coded data captured in the field.
Data Processing and Reports
Census returns submitted via the Internet, CATI and field enumeration were
captured electronically and updated into the Census database directly without the need
for separate data entry back in office. Trained coders performed online computer-
assisted coding of data on occupation, industry and education while editors checked
on the consistency and completeness of survey returns. The final processing of the
census data involved the editing and verification of records to ensure consistency and
good quality of the data.
After stringent quality checks and the completion of data processing, multiple
aggregated cross-tabulations were generated for analysis of data trends. Statistical
reports on specific topics were prepared for public release.
Key Findings
1 MARRIAGE AND FERTILITY
Marital Status
The proportion of singles among the resident population rose from 30 per cent
in 2000 to 32 per cent in 2010 (Table 1). This reflected the postponement in marriages
and greater tendency for individuals to remain unmarried. The proportion who were
either divorced or separated increased from 2.5 per cent in 2000 to 3.3 per cent in
2010. Correspondingly, the proportion of married persons declined from 62 per cent in
2000 to 59 per cent in 2010. Widowed persons accounted for 5.1 per cent of the
resident population in 2010.
The proportion of widowed females was significantly higher than the males
largely due to their longer life expectancy. The proportion of females who were
divorced or separated was also higher than the males.
Table 1 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Marital Status
Per Cent
Total Males Females
Marital Status
2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Single 30.5 32.2 33.6 34.7 27.4 29.8
Married 61.9 59.4 62.7 61.2 61.1 57.7
Widowed 5.2 5.1 1.8 1.6 8.4 8.4
Divorced/Separated 2.5 3.3 1.9 2.4 3.1 4.2
Proportion of Singles by Age Group
The increase in the proportion of singles between 2000 and 2010 was more
prominent for the younger age groups. Among Singapore citizens aged 30-34 years,
the proportion of singles rose significantly from 33 per cent to 43 per cent for the
males, and from 22 per cent to 31 per cent for the females (Chart 1).
Chart 1 Proportion of Singles by Age Group, Sex and Residential Status
Per Cent
Singapore Residents Singapore Citizens

Age Group Age Group
(Years) 2010 (Years)
13 13 2000 14 14
11 45-49 12 11 45-49 13
Males 15 40-44 14 Females Males 17 40-44 16

15 14 16 14 Females
20 17 24 20
20 35-39 21 35-39
15 16
37 25 43 31
30-34 19
30-34 22
31 33
75 54 78 62
25-29 25-29
64 40 66 46
98 20-24 92 98 20-24 94
95 84 95 87
Proportion of Singles by Education Attainment
Singlehood was most prevalent among citizen males with below secondary
qualifications and graduate citizen females (Table 2). At age 40-44 years, 24 per cent
of citizen males with below secondary qualifications were single in 2010, as compared
to 13 per cent of university graduates. For citizen females, 23 per cent of graduates
aged 40-44 years were single in 2010, as compared to 11 per cent among females with
below secondary qualifications.
Table 2 Proportion of Singles Among Singapore Citizens

by Age Group, Sex and Highest Qualification Attained
Per Cent
25-29 Years 30-34 Years 35-39 Years 40-44 Years
Highest Qualification Attained
2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010
Males
Below Secondary 62.5 66.7 41.0 44.8 29.2 32.5 21.1 24.1
Secondary 59.0 66.3 30.4 41.0 18.3 26.1 13.8 18.2
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 61.5 72.3 30.3 42.1 16.5 25.4 10.5 17.0
Diploma & Professional Qualification 68.1 78.7 29.0 43.2 15.7 21.6 9.1 13.7
University 73.0 83.7 33.1 43.4 17.4 20.8 8.6 12.9
Females
Below Secondary 27.7 35.5 15.6 20.0 11.1 12.7 9.1 10.8
Secondary 34.2 40.8 18.4 22.2 14.5 15.2 14.8 12.5
University 60.8 72.2 32.8 35.1 29.1 24.8 26.7 23.5
Proportion of Singles by Ethnic Group
The Chinese had the highest proportion of singles. In 2010, 18 per cent of
Chinese citizen males aged 40-44 years were single, compared to 13 per cent for the
Malays and Indians (Table 3). Among Chinese citizen females aged 40-44 years, 18
per cent were single, higher than the Malays (8.2 per cent) and the Indians (11 per
cent).
Table 3 Proportion of Singles Among Singapore Citizens by Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group
Per Cent
Ethnic Group
2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010
Males
Chinese 68.9 81.5 35.4 45.8 23.7 25.7 17.3 18.3
Malays 53.4 66.6 24.4 30.5 13.1 18.2 8.3 13.4
Indians 61.5 75.8 29.4 35.8 16.6 15.3 9.3 13.4
Females
Chinese 49.8 67.2 24.3 33.7 18.2 22.5 15.4 17.5
Malays 27.0 45.1 12.7 18.2 8.9 9.9 8.4 8.2
Indians 33.7 51.8 17.6 20.8 10.4 11.6 10.1 11.1
There was a continuing delay in family formation, as reflected in the increase

in the proportion with no children among ever-married females in their thirties and
forties. The proportion who were childless increased from 14 per cent in 2000 to 20
per cent in 2010 among ever-married resident females aged 30-39 years, and from 6.4
per cent to 9.3 per cent among ever-married resident females aged 40-49 years (Chart
2).
Families with only one child showed an increasing trend. Among ever-married
females aged 40-49 years who were likely to have completed child-bearing, the
proportion with one child increased from 15 per cent in 2000 to 19 per cent in 2010.
Nonetheless, families with two children continued to be the norm. The

proportion of resident ever-married females aged 40-49 years who had given birth to
two children was 42 per cent in 2010, unchanged from 2000. Among those aged 30-39
years, 36 per cent had given birth to two children.
Chart 2 Resident Ever-Married Females by Age Group and Number of Children Born
Per Cent
15-29 Years 30-39 Years
47
44 2000 2010
39
35 36
31 29
24
20 18
17 17
14
11
4.1 3.5 4.9 3.2
0.9 0.8
None 1 2 3 4 & Over None 1 2 3 4 & Over
40-49 Years 50 Years & Over

46
42 42
32
27 26
25
22 21 21
19
15
12
9.3 9.1 7.3 8.4
6.4
3.2 4.6
None 1 2 3 4 & Over None 1 2 3 4 & Over
With more ever-married females remaining childless or having one child, the
average number of children born to resident ever-married females declined for most
age groups. Among those aged 40-49 years, the average number of children born
declined from 2.21 in 2000 to 2.02 in 2010 (Chart 3).
Chart 3 Average Number of Children Born to Resident Ever-Married Females by Age Group
2000 2010
Per Resident Ever–Married Female 3.85
2.93
2.21
2.02
1.77
1.49
0.81 0.83
15-29 30-39 40-49 50 & Over
Age Group (Years)

Average Number of Children Born by Education Attainment
Higher educated females had fewer children than lower educated females on
average. University graduates had the fewest children by the end of their child-bearing
years, with an average of 1.74 children among ever-married graduates aged 40-49
years in 2010 (Table 4). In contrast, the average number of children born was 2.21 for
ever-married females aged 40-49 years with below secondary qualifications.
Table 4 Average Number of Children Born to Resident Ever-Married Females

by Age Group and Highest Qualification Attained
Per Resident Ever-Married Female

50 Years &
15-29 Years 30-39 Years 40-49 Years
Highest Qualification Attained Over
2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010
Below Secondary 1.34 1.48 2.09 1.89 2.37 2.21 4.19 3.33
Secondary 0.93 1.20 1.85 1.73 2.09 2.09 2.46 2.15
University 0.39 0.51 1.30 1.27 1.95 1.74 2.18 2.01
Average Number of Children Born by Ethnic Group
The Malays continued to have the largest family size, followed by the Indians
and the Chinese. Resident ever-married Malay females aged 40-49 years had an
average of 2.73 children in 2010, higher than the Indians (2.05) and Chinese (1.89)
(Table 5). The decline in the average number of children between 2000 and 2010 for
this age group was also smaller for the Malays than the Chinese and Indians.
Table 5 Average Number of Children Born among Resident Ever-Married Females

by Age Group and Ethnic Group
Per Resident Ever-Married Female

15-29 Years 30-39 Years 40-49 Years 50 Years & Over
Ethnic Group
2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010
Chinese 0.64 0.65 1.63 1.37 2.11 1.89 3.72 2.85

Malays 1.35 1.26 2.43 2.13 2.78 2.73 4.92 3.63
Indians 1.01 0.92 1.88 1.59 2.21 2.05 3.91 2.92
2 EDUCATION, LITERACY AND HOME LANGUAGE
Education Profile
The education profile of the resident population improved significantly

between 2000 and 2010. Some 49 per cent of the non-student population aged 15
years and over in 2010 had at least post-secondary qualifications, up from 33 per cent
in 2000 (Table 1). The share of university graduates also increased significantly from
12 per cent in 2000 to 23 per cent in 2010.
All ethnic groups among the resident population aged 15 years and over were
better educated than before. The proportion with at least post-secondary qualifications
increased from 35 per cent in 2000 to 48 per cent in 2010 among the Chinese, from 18
per cent to 36 per cent among the Malays and from 35 per cent to 60 per cent among
the Indians.
Table 1 Resident Non-Student Population Aged 15 Years and Over

by Ethnic Group and Highest Qualification Attained
Per Cent
Total Chinese Malays Indians
2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Below Secondary 42.6 32.4 42.1 33.8 50.1 37.0 38.4 22.5
Secondary 24.6 18.9 23.2 18.2 32.1 27.1 26.4 17.2
University 11.7 22.8 12.6 22.6 2.0 5.1 16.5 35.0
Majority of the younger resident population had attained at least post-

secondary qualifications. In 2010, about 8 in 10 residents aged 25-34 years had at least
post-secondary qualifications (Table 2). The proportion of university graduates among
residents aged 25-34 years rose from 24 per cent in 2000 to 47 per cent in 2010.
Table 2 Resident Non-Student Population by Age Group and Highest Qualification Attained
Per Cent
55 Years &
25-34 Years 35-44 Years 45-54 Years
Highest Qualification Attained Over
2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Below Secondary 18.4 6.1 36.9 16.4 52.6 37.4 79.8 65.6
Secondary 25.7 12.4 30.9 19.3 26.1 26.8 10.7 17.2
University 24.4 46.5 12.4 34.6 6.7 15.4 2.8 6.1
Literacy
Literacy had improved, in tandem with the improvement in education profile of

the resident population. In 2010, 96 per cent of those aged 15 years and over were
literate, up from 93 per cent in 2000 (Table 3).
Among literate residents aged 15 years and over, 80 per cent were literate in
English in 2010, up from 71 per cent in 2000. Literacy in two or more languages also
rose from 56 per cent in 2000 to 71 per cent in 2010.
Table 3 Literacy Among Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over
2000 2010
General Literacy Rate (%) 92.5 95.9
Among Literate Resident Population

% Literate in English 70.9 79.9
% Literate in Two or More Languages 56.0 70.5
Language Spoken at Home
Concurrent with the rise in the level of English literacy, the usage of English at
home became more prevalent (Table 4). Correspondingly, the use of Malay and Tamil
as home language was less prevalent among the Malays and Indians respectively in
2010 compared to 2000. Among the Chinese, the use of Chinese dialects as home
language was less prevalent but Mandarin was slightly more prevalent from 2000 to
2010.
Table 4 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over
by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home
Per Cent
Ethnic Group/Language 2000 2010
Chinese 100.0 100.0

English 23.9 32.6
Mandarin 45.1 47.7
Chinese Dialects 30.7 19.2
Others 0.4 0.4
Malays 100.0 100.0

English 7.9 17.0
Malay 91.6 82.7
Others 0.5 0.3
Indians 100.0 100.0

English 35.6 41.6
Malay 11.6 7.9
Tamil 42.9 36.7
Others 9.9 13.8
Use of English As Home Language by Age Group
The usage of English as home language was generally more prevalent among
the younger age groups than the older age groups. Among Singapore residents aged 5-14
years, English was the home language for 52 per cent of the Chinese and 50 per cent of the
Indians (Chart 1). English was also the home language for 26 per cent of Malays aged
5-14 years, up from 9.4 per cent in 2000.
Chart 1 Proportion who Spoke English Most Frequently at Home
Among Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Ethnic Group and Age Group
Chinese
Per Cent
2000 2010
51.9
40.7
35.8 34.4
29.4 31.5
28.4
21.5 23.7 22.7
19.2
9.9
5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55 & Over

Age Group (Years)
Malays
Per Cent
2000 2010
25.8
19.9 21.1
17.9
9.4 11.5 11.9
8.2 8.3
5.1 5.5
1.7
5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55 & Over

Age Group (Years)
Indians
Per Cent
2000 2010
50.3 52.3
43.6 43.8
37.9 37.0 37.4
34.5 34.3 34.5 34.4
20.5
5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55 & Over

Age Group (Years)
Use of English As Home Language by Education Attainment
Among university graduates, 49 per cent of the Chinese, 47 per cent of the
Malays and 38 per cent of the Indians spoke English most frequently at home in 2010
(Chart 2). In contrast, among those with below secondary qualifications, 6.4 per cent
of the Chinese, 4.4 per cent of the Malays and 21 per cent of the Indians spoke
English most frequently at home.
Chart 2 Proportion of Resident Non-Student Population Aged 15 Years and Over
who Spoke English Most Frequently at Home by Ethnic Group and Highest Qualification Attained
Chinese
Per Cent 2000 2010

47.1 49.4
37.4
34.6
27.3
31.3 29.8 32.2
4.2 6.4
Below Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary Diploma & University

(Non-Tertiary) Professional
Qualification
Malays
Per Cent 2000 2010
46.7
38.1
27.3
19.7
14.6 13.8 16.1
9.4
1.9 4.4

Qualification
Indians
Per Cent 2000 2010
46.6 48.5 49.1
44.9 45.8
39.9 42.6
38.4
21.0
14.9

Qualification
3 RELIGION
Buddhists and Taoists accounted for 33 per cent and 11 per cent of the resident
population aged 15 years and over in 2010 respectively, as compared to 43 per cent
and 8.5 per cent in 2000 (Table 1). The proportion of Christians increased from 15 per
cent in 2000 to 18 per cent in 2010. The proportions of Muslims and Hindus were
relatively stable at 15 per cent and 5.1 per cent respectively in 2010.
Persons without religious affiliation constituted 17 per cent of the resident

population aged 15 years and above in 2010, up from 15 per cent in 2000.
Table 1 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion
Per Cent
Religion 2000 2010
Total 100.0 100.0

Buddhism/Taoism 51.0 44.2
Buddhism 42.5 33.3
Taoism 8.5 10.9
Christianity 14.6 18.3
Islam 14.9 14.7
Hinduism 4.0 5.1
Other Religions 0.6 0.7
No Religion 14.8 17.0
Religious Affiliation by Ethnic Group

The Chinese experienced a bigger shift in religious affiliations than the Malays
and Indians. In 2010, 57 per cent of the Chinese identified themselves as Buddhists or
Taoists, down from 64 per cent in 2000 (Table 2). Among the Chinese, there was a
corresponding increase in the proportion of Christians (from 17 per cent to 20 per cent)
and persons with no religion (from 19 per cent to 22 per cent).
Among the Indians, Hindus comprised 59 per cent in 2010, up from 55 per cent
in 2000. Muslims remained the second largest group among Indians at 22 per cent in
2010, declining from 26 per cent in 2000. The proportion of Christians among Indians
increased slightly from 12 per cent to 13 per cent.
There were no significant changes in the religious affiliation of the Malays.

About 99 per cent of Malays in 2010 were Muslims, similar to the proportion reported
in 2000.
The proportion without religious affiliation was highest among the Chinese at
22 per cent in 2010, followed by the Indians at 1.1 per cent and the Malays at 0.2 per
cent.
Table 2 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion and Ethnic Group
Per Cent
Ethnic Group / Religion 2000 2010
Chinese 100.0 100.0

Buddhism/Taoism 64.4 57.4
Buddhism 53.6 43.0
Taoism 10.8 14.4
No Religion 18.6 21.8
Malays 100.0 100.0

Islam 99.6 98.7
No Religion 0.1 0.2
Indians 100.0 100.0

Hinduism 55.4 58.9
Islam 25.6 21.7
No Religion 0.6 1.1
Religious Affiliation and Age Group

The proportion of residents who reported no religion increased across all age
groups (Table 3). Higher proportions of younger residents reported no religion than
older residents.
The proportion of Christians also increased across all age groups. The
proportion of residents who identified themselves to be either Buddhists or Taoists
decreased across all age groups. Higher proportions of older adults identified
themselves to be either Buddhists or Taoists than younger adults.
Table 3 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion and Age Group
Per Cent
55 Years &
Religion Over
2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Buddhism/Taoism 47.2 34.9 45.8 39.2 48.5 41.1 54.8 46.9 60.1 53.9
Buddhism 38.9 27.1 40.2 30.6 41.5 33.3 44.9 35.9 47.4 36.9
Taoism 8.4 7.7 5.6 8.7 6.9 7.8 9.9 11.0 12.7 17.0
Christianity 12.8 17.7 15.8 18.4 15.7 20.3 14.4 18.2 13.7 17.3
Islam 18.6 21.7 15.1 14.5 15.7 13.0 13.0 15.1 12.3 11.5
Hinduism 3.5 4.2 4.6 7.4 4.5 6.9 3.6 4.4 3.5 3.2
Other Religions 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7
No Religion 17.3 21.0 18.1 19.9 15.0 18.0 13.7 14.6 9.8 13.4
Religious Affiliation and Education Attainment

The proportion of residents who reported no religion was higher among the
higher educated than the lower educated. Among university graduates, 24 per cent
reported no religion in 2010 (Table 4). In contrast, a lower 9.9 per cent of residents
with below secondary qualifications reported no religion.
There were higher concentrations of Buddhists and Taoists among the lower
educated as compared to the higher educated. Between 2000 and 2010, the proportion
of Buddhists and Taoists increased among residents with university qualifications, but
declined among those with below university qualifications.
Between 2000 and 2010, the proportion of Christians increased among

residents with secondary or below qualifications. However, the proportion of
Christians declined among those with at least post-secondary qualifications. Christians
remained the largest religious group among university graduates in 2010 at 32 per cent.
The proportion of Muslims increased among residents with secondary and

above education between 2000 and 2010. The proportion of Hindus also increased
among residents with at least post-secondary qualifications.
Table 4 Resident Non-Student Population Aged 15 Years and Over
by Religion and Highest Qualification Attained
Per Cent
Diploma &
Below Post-Secondary
Secondary Professional University
Religion Secondary (Non-Tertiary)
Qualification
2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010 2000 2010
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Buddhism/Taoism 64.7 61.5 47.4 44.6 42.6 37.8 44.9 41.4 26.3 28.9
Buddhism 51.5 42.4 41.6 35.4 37.2 29.7 39.3 32.7 23.6 23.6
Taoism 13.2 19.1 5.8 9.2 5.3 8.1 5.6 8.6 2.7 5.3
Christianity 6.4 8.8 14.6 15.9 18.7 16.5 22.7 21.4 33.5 32.2
Islam 17.2 16.1 18.9 19.9 15.7 23.8 7.2 11.6 3.5 4.3
Hinduism 3.5 3.1 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.7 2.8 4.7 6.9 9.6
Other Religions 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9
No Religion 7.7 9.9 14.3 14.8 18.0 16.5 21.8 20.4 28.9 24.2
Statistical Tables
CENSUS OF POPULATION 2010
Table 1 Resident Population by Age Group, Ethnic Group, Sex and Residential Status
Number
Age Group
Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
(Years)
Total
Total 3,771,721 1,861,133 1,910,588 2,793,980 1,370,083 1,423,897 503,868 250,885 252,983 348,119 180,327 167,792 125,754 59,838 65,916
0-4 194,432 98,890 95,542 128,313 65,689 62,624 32,203 16,496 15,707 24,425 12,116 12,309 9,491 4,589 4,902
5-9 215,675 110,215 105,460 141,864 72,775 69,089 36,878 19,060 17,818 26,555 13,313 13,242 10,378 5,067 5,311
10 - 14 244,302 125,271 119,031 168,026 86,617 81,409 43,589 22,522 21,067 23,946 12,020 11,926 8,741 4,112 4,629
15 - 19 263,750 134,003 129,747 186,139 94,837 91,302 48,627 25,070 23,557 22,769 11,314 11,455 6,215 2,782 3,433
20 - 24 247,190 123,942 123,248 175,721 88,489 87,232 44,509 22,657 21,852 21,688 10,621 11,067 5,272 2,175 3,097
25 - 29 272,639 131,299 141,340 195,571 94,997 100,574 37,653 18,895 18,758 29,326 13,581 15,745 10,089 3,826 6,263
30 - 34 298,687 143,048 155,639 216,679 102,963 113,716 29,807 14,339 15,468 36,415 18,990 17,425 15,786 6,756 9,030
35 - 39 320,024 156,318 163,706 234,760 111,936 122,824 33,199 16,147 17,052 35,085 20,299 14,786 16,980 7,936 9,044
40 - 44 309,441 152,995 156,446 227,333 110,140 117,193 37,969 18,495 19,474 30,093 17,382 12,711 14,046 6,978 7,068
45 - 49 323,459 163,237 160,222 241,561 120,999 120,562 44,417 22,088 22,329 27,251 14,699 12,552 10,230 5,451 4,779
50 - 54 303,044 152,721 150,323 235,918 118,135 117,783 37,936 18,965 18,971 22,443 11,928 10,515 6,747 3,693 3,054
55 - 59 248,696 124,822 123,874 200,577 100,700 99,877 27,535 13,397 14,138 16,308 8,260 8,048 4,276 2,465 1,811
60 - 64 191,995 94,796 97,199 158,333 78,134 80,199 18,608 8,931 9,677 12,009 5,928 6,081 3,045 1,803 1,242
65 - 69 111,511 53,321 58,190 94,035 45,019 49,016 9,662 4,337 5,325 6,376 3,132 3,244 1,438 833 605
70 - 74 92,618 42,887 49,731 77,347 35,928 41,419 8,714 3,983 4,731 5,374 2,382 2,992 1,183 594 589
75 - 79 65,178 28,214 36,964 53,511 22,977 30,534 6,752 2,804 3,948 4,047 2,043 2,004 868 390 478
80 - 84 39,839 15,532 24,307 33,048 12,183 20,865 3,717 1,706 2,011 2,515 1,406 1,109 559 237 322
85 & over 29,241 9,622 19,619 25,244 7,565 17,679 2,093 993 1,100 1,494 913 581 410 151 259
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Number
Age Group
(Years)
Singapore Citizens
Total 3,230,719 1,611,271 1,619,448 2,461,852 1,223,811 1,238,041 487,758 245,983 241,775 237,473 120,345 117,128 43,636 21,132 22,504
0-4 167,225 85,878 81,347 116,494 59,935 56,559 31,853 16,323 15,530 13,968 7,132 6,836 4,910 2,488 2,422
5-9 183,948 94,618 89,330 127,408 65,508 61,900 36,331 18,803 17,528 15,965 8,144 7,821 4,244 2,163 2,081
10 - 14 218,520 112,767 105,753 152,979 79,147 73,832 43,130 22,294 20,836 18,340 9,288 9,052 4,071 2,038 2,033
15 - 19 243,141 124,916 118,225 171,364 88,172 83,192 48,264 24,902 23,362 20,056 10,116 9,940 3,457 1,726 1,731
20 - 24 224,539 116,412 108,127 159,181 82,952 76,229 43,983 22,462 21,521 18,421 9,453 8,968 2,954 1,545 1,409
25 - 29 205,322 105,757 99,565 150,535 77,852 72,683 36,169 18,525 17,644 15,998 8,150 7,848 2,620 1,230 1,390
30 - 34 203,855 102,741 101,114 160,119 80,722 79,397 27,037 13,750 13,287 14,185 7,109 7,076 2,514 1,160 1,354
35 - 39 233,281 116,096 117,185 183,122 90,583 92,539 30,629 15,482 15,147 16,551 8,618 7,933 2,979 1,413 1,566
40 - 44 244,830 121,236 123,594 186,444 91,699 94,745 36,134 17,980 18,154 19,222 10,201 9,021 3,030 1,356 1,674
45 - 49 281,245 140,659 140,586 213,158 106,477 106,681 43,340 21,728 21,612 21,722 11,042 10,680 3,025 1,412 1,613
50 - 54 280,579 140,342 140,237 220,944 110,187 110,757 37,099 18,662 18,437 19,782 10,180 9,602 2,754 1,313 1,441
55 - 59 235,384 117,209 118,175 191,789 95,741 96,048 26,660 13,092 13,568 14,865 7,341 7,524 2,070 1,035 1,035
60 - 64 183,596 89,928 93,668 153,084 75,141 77,943 17,850 8,657 9,193 10,966 5,262 5,704 1,696 868 828
65 - 69 106,072 50,243 55,829 90,885 43,327 47,558 8,968 4,101 4,867 5,394 2,431 2,963 825 384 441
70 - 74 88,773 40,962 47,811 74,990 34,752 40,238 8,142 3,833 4,309 4,770 2,001 2,769 871 376 495
75 - 79 63,297 27,329 35,968 52,307 22,393 29,914 6,528 2,759 3,769 3,718 1,874 1,844 744 303 441
80 - 84 38,769 14,996 23,773 32,391 11,892 20,499 3,611 1,666 1,945 2,269 1,240 1,029 498 198 300
85 & over 28,343 9,182 19,161 24,658 7,331 17,327 2,030 964 1,066 1,281 763 518 374 124 250
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Number
Age Group
(Years)
Permanent Residents
Total 541,002 249,862 291,140 332,128 146,272 185,856 16,110 4,902 11,208 110,646 59,982 50,664 82,118 38,706 43,412
0-4 27,207 13,012 14,195 11,819 5,754 6,065 350 173 177 10,457 4,984 5,473 4,581 2,101 2,480
5-9 31,727 15,597 16,130 14,456 7,267 7,189 547 257 290 10,590 5,169 5,421 6,134 2,904 3,230
10 - 14 25,782 12,504 13,278 15,047 7,470 7,577 459 228 231 5,606 2,732 2,874 4,670 2,074 2,596
15 - 19 20,609 9,087 11,522 14,775 6,665 8,110 363 168 195 2,713 1,198 1,515 2,758 1,056 1,702
20 - 24 22,651 7,530 15,121 16,540 5,537 11,003 526 195 331 3,267 1,168 2,099 2,318 630 1,688
25 - 29 67,317 25,542 41,775 45,036 17,145 27,891 1,484 370 1,114 13,328 5,431 7,897 7,469 2,596 4,873
30 - 34 94,832 40,307 54,525 56,560 22,241 34,319 2,770 589 2,181 22,230 11,881 10,349 13,272 5,596 7,676
35 - 39 86,743 40,222 46,521 51,638 21,353 30,285 2,570 665 1,905 18,534 11,681 6,853 14,001 6,523 7,478
40 - 44 64,611 31,759 32,852 40,889 18,441 22,448 1,835 515 1,320 10,871 7,181 3,690 11,016 5,622 5,394
45 - 49 42,214 22,578 19,636 28,403 14,522 13,881 1,077 360 717 5,529 3,657 1,872 7,205 4,039 3,166
50 - 54 22,465 12,379 10,086 14,974 7,948 7,026 837 303 534 2,661 1,748 913 3,993 2,380 1,613
55 - 59 13,312 7,613 5,699 8,788 4,959 3,829 875 305 570 1,443 919 524 2,206 1,430 776
60 - 64 8,399 4,868 3,531 5,249 2,993 2,256 758 274 484 1,043 666 377 1,349 935 414
65 - 69 5,439 3,078 2,361 3,150 1,692 1,458 694 236 458 982 701 281 613 449 164
70 - 74 3,845 1,925 1,920 2,357 1,176 1,181 572 150 422 604 381 223 312 218 94
75 - 79 1,881 885 996 1,204 584 620 224 45 179 329 169 160 124 87 37
80 - 84 1,070 536 534 657 291 366 106 40 66 246 166 80 61 39 22
85 & over 898 440 458 586 234 352 63 29 34 213 150 63 36 27 9
Table 2 Resident Population Below 1 Year of Age by Month, Ethnic Group and Sex
Number
Age
Total 32,788 16,693 16,095 22,875 11,690 11,185 5,922 3,016 2,906 2,927 1,447 1,480 1,064 540 524
Below 1 Month 1,827 912 915 1,222 622 600 395 195 200 154 71 83 56 24 32
1 Month 2,464 1,320 1,144 1,758 959 799 435 222 213 206 102 104 65 37 28
2 Months 2,504 1,247 1,257 1,755 880 875 479 233 246 201 100 101 69 34 35
3 Months 2,663 1,360 1,303 1,868 951 917 514 266 248 192 102 90 89 41 48
4 Months 2,383 1,200 1,183 1,698 861 837 401 203 198 197 89 108 87 47 40
5 Months 2,653 1,350 1,303 1,854 972 882 500 228 272 207 103 104 92 47 45
6 Months 2,873 1,495 1,378 2,013 1,030 983 535 293 242 253 138 115 72 34 38
7 Months 3,059 1,578 1,481 2,179 1,109 1,070 507 275 232 276 144 132 97 50 47
8 Months 3,217 1,644 1,573 2,238 1,160 1,078 560 284 276 317 144 173 102 56 46
9 Months 3,209 1,596 1,613 2,234 1,097 1,137 549 282 267 313 162 151 113 55 58
10 Months 2,964 1,488 1,476 2,029 1,016 1,013 523 267 256 295 141 154 117 64 53
11 Months 2,972 1,503 1,469 2,027 1,033 994 524 268 256 316 151 165 105 51 54
Table 3 Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Ethnic Group and Sex
Number
Age (Years)
Total 3,771,721 1,861,133 1,910,588 2,793,980 1,370,083 1,423,897 503,868 250,885 252,983 348,119 180,327 167,792 125,754 59,838 65,916
Below 1 32,788 16,693 16,095 22,875 11,690 11,185 5,922 3,016 2,906 2,927 1,447 1,480 1,064 540 524
1 38,350 19,549 18,801 25,491 13,107 12,384 6,357 3,261 3,096 4,510 2,236 2,274 1,992 945 1,047
2 41,562 21,049 20,513 27,273 13,950 13,323 6,568 3,308 3,260 5,551 2,739 2,812 2,170 1,052 1,118
3 40,869 20,853 20,016 26,319 13,455 12,864 6,617 3,458 3,159 5,762 2,874 2,888 2,171 1,066 1,105
4 40,863 20,746 20,117 26,355 13,487 12,868 6,739 3,453 3,286 5,675 2,820 2,855 2,094 986 1,108
5 40,915 20,755 20,160 26,588 13,571 13,017 6,673 3,440 3,233 5,510 2,698 2,812 2,144 1,046 1,098
6 40,472 20,698 19,774 25,954 13,356 12,598 6,900 3,484 3,416 5,479 2,782 2,697 2,139 1,076 1,063
7 42,698 21,694 21,004 28,087 14,338 13,749 7,259 3,725 3,534 5,302 2,634 2,668 2,050 997 1,053
8 43,291 22,198 21,093 28,274 14,505 13,769 7,812 4,089 3,723 5,201 2,630 2,571 2,004 974 1,030
9 48,299 24,870 23,429 32,961 17,005 15,956 8,234 4,322 3,912 5,063 2,569 2,494 2,041 974 1,067
10 47,465 24,463 23,002 32,211 16,697 15,514 8,357 4,246 4,111 4,997 2,581 2,416 1,900 939 961
11 45,821 23,618 22,203 30,624 15,834 14,790 8,440 4,489 3,951 4,892 2,434 2,458 1,865 861 1,004
12 49,364 25,138 24,226 33,916 17,430 16,486 8,841 4,484 4,357 4,809 2,388 2,421 1,798 836 962
13 50,216 25,757 24,459 35,054 18,070 16,984 8,851 4,593 4,258 4,665 2,326 2,339 1,646 768 878
14 51,436 26,295 25,141 36,221 18,586 17,635 9,100 4,710 4,390 4,583 2,291 2,292 1,532 708 824
15 52,026 26,666 25,360 36,768 18,931 17,837 9,289 4,781 4,508 4,566 2,301 2,265 1,403 653 750
16 53,232 27,044 26,188 37,499 19,051 18,448 9,811 5,098 4,713 4,668 2,311 2,357 1,254 584 670
17 52,582 26,950 25,632 36,958 19,018 17,940 9,776 5,044 4,732 4,609 2,336 2,273 1,239 552 687
18 51,878 25,953 25,925 36,404 18,352 18,052 9,803 4,937 4,866 4,469 2,176 2,293 1,202 488 714
19 54,032 27,390 26,642 38,510 19,485 19,025 9,948 5,210 4,738 4,457 2,190 2,267 1,117 505 612
20 51,293 25,950 25,343 36,024 18,320 17,704 9,898 5,001 4,897 4,363 2,171 2,192 1,008 458 550
21 55,333 27,820 27,513 40,569 20,385 20,184 9,378 4,811 4,567 4,312 2,158 2,154 1,074 466 608
22 50,380 25,289 25,091 35,998 18,161 17,837 8,949 4,588 4,361 4,385 2,120 2,265 1,048 420 628
23 43,546 21,720 21,826 30,188 15,176 15,012 8,087 4,053 4,034 4,269 2,101 2,168 1,002 390 612
24 46,638 23,163 23,475 32,942 16,447 16,495 8,197 4,204 3,993 4,359 2,071 2,288 1,140 441 699
25 50,448 24,663 25,785 36,135 17,921 18,214 8,030 4,025 4,005 4,869 2,186 2,683 1,414 531 883
-continued
Number
Age (Years)
26 50,518 24,398 26,120 36,157 17,645 18,512 7,548 3,816 3,732 5,111 2,314 2,797 1,702 623 1,079
27 55,591 26,670 28,921 40,020 19,421 20,599 7,753 3,902 3,851 5,916 2,680 3,236 1,902 667 1,235
28 57,471 27,664 29,807 41,502 20,061 21,441 7,228 3,638 3,590 6,403 3,037 3,366 2,338 928 1,410
29 58,611 27,904 30,707 41,757 19,949 21,808 7,094 3,514 3,580 7,027 3,364 3,663 2,733 1,077 1,656
30 58,714 28,096 30,618 42,048 20,134 21,914 6,400 3,159 3,241 7,332 3,554 3,778 2,934 1,249 1,685
31 59,486 28,292 31,194 43,179 20,515 22,664 6,006 2,849 3,157 7,218 3,665 3,553 3,083 1,263 1,820
32 58,067 27,706 30,361 41,891 19,805 22,086 5,859 2,801 3,058 7,220 3,806 3,414 3,097 1,294 1,803
33 62,374 29,953 32,421 45,828 21,675 24,153 5,733 2,766 2,967 7,451 4,055 3,396 3,362 1,457 1,905
34 60,046 29,001 31,045 43,733 20,834 22,899 5,809 2,764 3,045 7,194 3,910 3,284 3,310 1,493 1,817
35 61,169 29,777 31,392 44,019 20,944 23,075 6,304 3,079 3,225 7,393 4,195 3,198 3,453 1,559 1,894
36 63,923 31,021 32,902 47,006 22,355 24,651 6,405 3,090 3,315 7,116 4,027 3,089 3,396 1,549 1,847
37 66,634 32,659 33,975 49,201 23,515 25,686 6,979 3,456 3,523 6,996 4,034 2,962 3,458 1,654 1,804
38 64,796 31,805 32,991 47,621 22,760 24,861 6,821 3,295 3,526 6,972 4,132 2,840 3,382 1,618 1,764
39 63,502 31,056 32,446 46,913 22,362 24,551 6,690 3,227 3,463 6,608 3,911 2,697 3,291 1,556 1,735
40 60,194 29,376 30,818 44,573 21,187 23,386 6,252 3,004 3,248 6,183 3,636 2,547 3,186 1,549 1,637
41 59,921 29,161 30,760 44,062 20,958 23,104 6,941 3,332 3,609 6,093 3,564 2,529 2,825 1,307 1,518
42 62,055 30,828 31,227 45,748 22,171 23,577 7,598 3,800 3,798 5,914 3,412 2,502 2,795 1,445 1,350
43 61,946 30,862 31,084 44,909 22,038 22,871 8,352 4,053 4,299 5,978 3,433 2,545 2,707 1,338 1,369
44 65,325 32,768 32,557 48,041 23,786 24,255 8,826 4,306 4,520 5,925 3,337 2,588 2,533 1,339 1,194
45 64,448 32,495 31,953 47,699 23,840 23,859 8,763 4,290 4,473 5,679 3,146 2,533 2,307 1,219 1,088
46 66,596 33,550 33,046 49,419 24,638 24,781 9,244 4,614 4,630 5,734 3,140 2,594 2,199 1,158 1,041
47 65,087 32,839 32,248 48,724 24,439 24,285 8,867 4,405 4,462 5,419 2,864 2,555 2,077 1,131 946
48 63,652 32,082 31,570 47,669 23,844 23,825 8,886 4,453 4,433 5,224 2,776 2,448 1,873 1,009 864
49 63,676 32,271 31,405 48,050 24,238 23,812 8,657 4,326 4,331 5,195 2,773 2,422 1,774 934 840
50 63,241 31,971 31,270 48,043 24,103 23,940 8,438 4,252 4,186 5,106 2,743 2,363 1,654 873 781
51 62,271 31,522 30,749 48,150 24,187 23,963 7,974 4,009 3,965 4,708 2,556 2,152 1,439 770 669
52 60,582 30,514 30,068 47,136 23,577 23,559 7,632 3,804 3,828 4,490 2,390 2,100 1,324 743 581
-continued
Number
Age (Years)
53 59,684 29,981 29,703 47,262 23,634 23,628 7,104 3,545 3,559 4,098 2,133 1,965 1,220 669 551
54 57,266 28,733 28,533 45,327 22,634 22,693 6,788 3,355 3,433 4,041 2,106 1,935 1,110 638 472
55 54,824 27,385 27,439 43,652 21,785 21,867 6,440 3,172 3,268 3,696 1,848 1,848 1,036 580 456
56 53,280 27,062 26,218 42,693 21,675 21,018 6,205 3,097 3,108 3,454 1,757 1,697 928 533 395
57 49,672 25,065 24,607 40,084 20,195 19,889 5,449 2,642 2,807 3,289 1,745 1,544 850 483 367
58 46,930 23,340 23,590 38,114 19,017 19,097 4,968 2,343 2,625 3,081 1,541 1,540 767 439 328
59 43,990 21,970 22,020 36,034 18,028 18,006 4,473 2,143 2,330 2,788 1,369 1,419 695 430 265
60 44,195 21,947 22,248 36,114 17,950 18,164 4,429 2,104 2,325 2,900 1,451 1,449 752 442 310
61 42,197 20,985 21,212 34,906 17,426 17,480 3,988 1,907 2,081 2,674 1,284 1,390 629 368 261
62 39,968 19,654 20,314 32,946 16,157 16,789 3,900 1,861 2,039 2,467 1,247 1,220 655 389 266
63 39,349 19,285 20,064 32,236 15,756 16,480 3,998 1,945 2,053 2,485 1,212 1,273 630 372 258
64 26,286 12,925 13,361 22,131 10,845 11,286 2,293 1,114 1,179 1,483 734 749 379 232 147
65 20,377 9,903 10,474 16,973 8,246 8,727 1,836 845 991 1,261 613 648 307 199 108
66 24,834 11,963 12,871 20,933 10,067 10,866 2,303 1,059 1,244 1,306 653 653 292 184 108
67 21,110 10,261 10,849 17,839 8,737 9,102 1,791 782 1,009 1,176 573 603 304 169 135
68 21,131 9,940 11,191 17,832 8,412 9,420 1,707 734 973 1,329 655 674 263 139 124
69 24,059 11,254 12,805 20,458 9,557 10,901 2,025 917 1,108 1,304 638 666 272 142 130
70 23,478 10,921 12,557 19,780 9,180 10,600 2,044 932 1,112 1,370 656 714 284 153 131
71 22,146 10,131 12,015 18,723 8,616 10,107 2,021 892 1,129 1,161 504 657 241 119 122
72 17,798 8,257 9,541 14,855 6,932 7,923 1,695 773 922 1,026 434 592 222 118 104
73 14,556 6,822 7,734 12,042 5,621 6,421 1,385 705 680 905 390 515 224 106 118
74 14,640 6,756 7,884 11,947 5,579 6,368 1,569 681 888 912 398 514 212 98 114
75 16,263 7,123 9,140 13,208 5,823 7,385 1,919 802 1,117 949 418 531 187 80 107
76 14,077 6,104 7,973 11,482 4,989 6,493 1,587 634 953 821 398 423 187 83 104
77 12,700 5,558 7,142 10,392 4,479 5,913 1,295 555 740 842 439 403 171 85 86
78 11,682 5,005 6,677 9,698 4,093 5,605 1,071 434 637 768 410 358 145 68 77
79 10,456 4,424 6,032 8,731 3,593 5,138 880 379 501 667 378 289 178 74 104
-continued
Number
Age (Years)
80 9,913 4,065 5,848 8,151 3,222 4,929 943 407 536 678 369 309 141 67 74
81 9,172 3,635 5,537 7,580 2,843 4,737 877 405 472 579 328 251 136 59 77
82 7,978 3,014 4,964 6,603 2,371 4,232 773 347 426 493 257 236 109 39 70
83 7,074 2,686 4,388 5,870 2,108 3,762 686 310 376 413 228 185 105 40 65
84 5,702 2,132 3,570 4,844 1,639 3,205 438 237 201 352 224 128 68 32 36
85 4,794 1,817 2,977 3,989 1,394 2,595 441 211 230 302 181 121 62 31 31
86 4,171 1,490 2,681 3,541 1,157 2,384 322 158 164 247 149 98 61 26 35
87 3,753 1,255 2,498 3,177 989 2,188 328 149 179 199 99 100 49 18 31
88 3,171 1,049 2,122 2,662 801 1,861 299 136 163 157 93 64 53 19 34
89 2,592 835 1,757 2,303 693 1,610 147 71 76 106 60 46 36 11 25
90 2,202 675 1,527 1,947 542 1,405 137 71 66 90 54 36 28 8 20
91 1,792 550 1,242 1,574 432 1,142 104 50 54 87 57 30 27 11 16
92 1,534 458 1,076 1,342 357 985 105 50 55 66 44 22 21 7 14
93 1,212 350 862 1,067 276 791 80 40 40 55 32 23 10 2 8
94 904 246 658 824 193 631 24 14 10 42 35 7 14 4 10
95 733 204 529 677 174 503 19 6 13 29 23 6 8 1 7
96 564 146 418 512 120 392 17 7 10 23 17 6 12 2 10
97 471 105 366 431 88 343 21 7 14 14 9 5 5 1 4
98 370 108 262 314 79 235 20 8 12 27 19 8 9 2 7
99 254 76 178 235 67 168 7 3 4 6 4 2 6 2 4
100 & Over 724 258 466 649 203 446 22 12 10 44 37 7 9 6 3
Table 4 Chinese Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex
Number
Age Group Total Hokkien Teochew Cantonese
(Years) Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total 2,793,980 1,370,083 1,423,897 1,118,817 556,929 561,888 562,139 279,737 282,402 408,517 198,167 210,350
0-4 128,313 65,689 62,624 49,616 25,670 23,946 24,172 12,394 11,778 15,794 8,135 7,659
5-9 141,864 72,775 69,089 55,322 28,654 26,668 26,681 13,858 12,823 17,836 9,162 8,674
10 - 14 168,026 86,617 81,409 67,281 34,895 32,386 32,677 16,899 15,778 21,433 11,058 10,375
15 - 19 186,139 94,837 91,302 77,424 39,772 37,652 38,728 19,849 18,879 25,449 13,045 12,404
20 - 24 175,721 88,489 87,232 71,896 36,960 34,936 36,663 18,911 17,752 23,503 12,006 11,497
25 - 29 195,571 94,997 100,574 75,221 37,942 37,279 37,329 18,808 18,521 25,796 12,594 13,202
30 - 34 216,679 102,963 113,716 81,610 40,227 41,383 40,919 20,311 20,608 31,060 14,875 16,185
35 - 39 234,760 111,936 122,824 90,962 45,060 45,902 44,049 21,761 22,288 34,244 16,512 17,732
40 - 44 227,333 110,140 117,193 91,791 45,285 46,506 41,605 20,739 20,866 33,133 16,056 17,077
45 - 49 241,561 120,999 120,562 102,872 51,631 51,241 48,169 24,177 23,992 33,687 16,834 16,853
50 - 54 235,918 118,135 117,783 99,931 50,271 49,660 51,000 25,481 25,519 34,301 17,121 17,180
55 - 59 200,577 100,700 99,877 82,952 41,874 41,078 43,413 21,874 21,539 31,809 15,685 16,124
60 - 64 158,333 78,134 80,199 62,801 30,996 31,805 34,993 17,456 17,537 26,185 12,667 13,518
65 - 69 94,035 45,019 49,016 37,189 17,880 19,309 20,907 10,128 10,779 15,965 7,411 8,554
70 - 74 77,347 35,928 41,419 28,539 13,356 15,183 16,923 8,045 8,878 15,476 6,839 8,637
75 - 79 53,511 22,977 30,534 21,636 9,139 12,497 11,005 4,781 6,224 10,758 4,408 6,350
80 - 84 33,048 12,183 20,865 12,930 4,731 8,199 7,417 2,648 4,769 6,520 2,307 4,213
85 & over 25,244 7,565 17,679 8,844 2,586 6,258 5,489 1,617 3,872 5,568 1,452 4,116
-continued
Number
Age Group Hakka Hainanese Foochow Henghua
Total 232,914 112,614 120,300 177,541 88,510 89,031 54,233 26,434 27,799 25,549 12,687 12,862
0-4 9,768 4,972 4,796 7,052 3,634 3,418 2,212 1,152 1,060 1,112 575 537
5-9 10,957 5,632 5,325 7,898 4,010 3,888 2,538 1,282 1,256 1,236 614 622
10 - 14 12,380 6,395 5,985 10,378 5,482 4,896 3,132 1,640 1,492 1,694 837 857
15 - 19 14,463 7,312 7,151 11,981 6,218 5,763 3,660 1,858 1,802 1,975 1,036 939
20 - 24 13,531 6,746 6,785 11,415 5,814 5,601 3,610 1,817 1,793 1,851 934 917
25 - 29 16,928 7,889 9,039 11,530 5,720 5,810 4,076 1,949 2,127 1,706 828 878
30 - 34 21,842 9,963 11,879 12,439 6,047 6,392 4,782 2,174 2,608 1,871 928 943
35 - 39 23,501 10,935 12,566 13,208 6,383 6,825 4,812 2,248 2,564 1,970 973 997
40 - 44 20,771 9,796 10,975 12,415 6,184 6,231 4,453 2,093 2,360 1,912 946 966
45 - 49 19,369 9,522 9,847 14,216 7,164 7,052 4,761 2,427 2,334 2,198 1,121 1,077
50 - 54 17,837 8,809 9,028 16,502 8,318 8,184 4,938 2,439 2,499 2,356 1,248 1,108
55 - 59 15,892 8,025 7,867 14,353 7,183 7,170 3,995 1,960 2,035 1,929 973 956
60 - 64 12,533 6,191 6,342 12,439 6,222 6,217 3,000 1,499 1,501 1,596 788 808
65 - 69 7,908 3,845 4,063 7,256 3,460 3,796 1,315 604 711 874 444 430
70 - 74 6,819 3,133 3,686 5,982 2,940 3,042 1,205 521 684 484 209 275
75 - 79 4,511 2,014 2,497 3,488 1,727 1,761 781 379 402 299 109 190
80 - 84 2,342 902 1,440 2,436 1,059 1,377 531 230 301 262 73 189
85 & over 1,562 533 1,029 2,553 945 1,608 432 162 270 224 51 173
-continued
Number
Age Group Shanghainese Hockchia Other Chinese
(Years) Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total 22,053 10,783 11,270 16,556 8,248 8,308 175,661 75,974 99,687
0-4 820 431 389 641 326 315 17,126 8,400 8,726
5-9 848 419 429 746 357 389 17,802 8,787 9,015
10 - 14 1,173 578 595 1,060 577 483 16,818 8,256 8,562
15 - 19 1,556 761 795 1,225 632 593 9,678 4,354 5,324
20 - 24 1,504 744 760 1,206 612 594 10,542 3,945 6,597
25 - 29 1,552 775 777 1,084 539 545 20,349 7,953 12,396
30 - 34 1,603 816 787 1,112 575 537 19,441 7,047 12,394
35 - 39 1,530 737 793 1,141 555 586 19,343 6,772 12,571
40 - 44 1,365 599 766 1,201 582 619 18,687 7,860 10,827
45 - 49 1,737 828 909 1,600 799 801 12,952 6,496 6,456
50 - 54 2,339 1,149 1,190 1,766 880 886 4,948 2,419 2,529
55 - 59 2,241 1,153 1,088 1,392 703 689 2,601 1,270 1,331
60 - 64 1,873 909 964 1,001 519 482 1,912 887 1,025
65 - 69 776 377 399 531 288 243 1,314 582 732
70 - 74 543 255 288 341 148 193 1,035 482 553
75 - 79 249 102 147 224 76 148 560 242 318
80 - 84 158 60 98 132 40 92 320 133 187
85 & over 186 90 96 153 40 113 233 89 144
Table 5 Malay Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex
Number
Age Group Total Malay Javanese Boyanese Other Malays
(Years) Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total 503,868 250,885 252,983 340,956 170,769 170,187 88,646 44,472 44,174 57,148 28,919 28,229 17,118 6,725 10,393
0-4 32,203 16,496 15,707 21,804 11,161 10,643 5,424 2,761 2,663 3,830 2,004 1,826 1,145 570 575
5-9 36,878 19,060 17,818 24,721 12,810 11,911 6,244 3,258 2,986 4,445 2,268 2,177 1,468 724 744
10 - 14 43,589 22,522 21,067 29,631 15,272 14,359 7,411 3,870 3,541 5,030 2,625 2,405 1,517 755 762
15 - 19 48,627 25,070 23,557 33,509 17,256 16,253 8,684 4,412 4,272 5,367 2,848 2,519 1,067 554 513
20 - 24 44,509 22,657 21,852 30,462 15,475 14,987 8,143 4,121 4,022 4,917 2,573 2,344 987 488 499
25 - 29 37,653 18,895 18,758 25,079 12,759 12,320 6,823 3,532 3,291 4,210 2,115 2,095 1,541 489 1,052
30 - 34 29,807 14,339 15,468 19,171 9,641 9,530 5,159 2,552 2,607 3,318 1,667 1,651 2,159 479 1,680
35 - 39 33,199 16,147 17,052 21,808 10,948 10,860 5,560 2,740 2,820 3,782 1,901 1,881 2,049 558 1,491
40 - 44 37,969 18,495 19,474 25,705 12,602 13,103 6,310 3,123 3,187 4,329 2,185 2,144 1,625 585 1,040
45 - 49 44,417 22,088 22,329 31,032 15,474 15,558 7,423 3,694 3,729 4,805 2,433 2,372 1,157 487 670
50 - 54 37,936 18,965 18,971 25,877 12,963 12,914 7,193 3,602 3,591 4,164 2,101 2,063 702 299 403
55 - 59 27,535 13,397 14,138 18,605 9,043 9,562 5,275 2,575 2,700 3,179 1,565 1,614 476 214 262
60 - 64 18,608 8,931 9,677 12,284 5,819 6,465 3,598 1,813 1,785 2,269 1,075 1,194 457 224 233
65 - 69 9,662 4,337 5,325 6,148 2,702 3,446 2,032 944 1,088 1,245 593 652 237 98 139
70 - 74 8,714 3,983 4,731 5,968 2,751 3,217 1,598 712 886 934 445 489 214 75 139
75 - 79 6,752 2,804 3,948 4,940 2,120 2,820 912 352 560 731 279 452 169 53 116
80 - 84 3,717 1,706 2,011 2,815 1,331 1,484 478 199 279 340 135 205 84 41 43
85 & over 2,093 993 1,100 1,397 642 755 379 212 167 253 107 146 64 32 32
Table 6 Indian Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex
Number
Age Group Total Tamil Malayalee Hindi
Total 348,119 180,327 167,792 188,591 99,539 89,052 26,348 13,573 12,775 13,085 6,781 6,304
0-4 24,425 12,116 12,309 8,735 4,450 4,285 1,206 620 586 606 256 350
5-9 26,555 13,313 13,242 9,794 5,109 4,685 1,314 653 661 413 196 217
10 - 14 23,946 12,020 11,926 11,122 5,693 5,429 1,534 763 771 293 159 134
15 - 19 22,769 11,314 11,455 13,503 6,794 6,709 1,797 871 926 572 232 340
20 - 24 21,688 10,621 11,067 12,366 6,134 6,232 1,884 979 905 560 241 319
25 - 29 29,326 13,581 15,745 16,377 7,584 8,793 2,095 999 1,096 1,743 776 967
30 - 34 36,415 18,990 17,425 20,598 11,034 9,564 2,639 1,240 1,399 2,925 1,489 1,436
35 - 39 35,085 20,299 14,786 19,901 11,957 7,944 2,660 1,448 1,212 2,380 1,300 1,080
40 - 44 30,093 17,382 12,711 17,642 10,309 7,333 2,537 1,470 1,067 1,547 918 629
45 - 49 27,251 14,699 12,552 16,377 8,837 7,540 2,527 1,380 1,147 932 547 385
50 - 54 22,443 11,928 10,515 13,672 7,319 6,353 1,918 1,009 909 503 296 207
55 - 59 16,308 8,260 8,048 9,362 4,664 4,698 1,338 694 644 283 170 113
60 - 64 12,009 5,928 6,081 7,029 3,356 3,673 894 454 440 165 107 58
65 - 69 6,376 3,132 3,244 3,829 1,953 1,876 534 222 312 67 37 30
70 - 74 5,374 2,382 2,992 3,336 1,578 1,758 518 191 327 43 20 23
75 - 79 4,047 2,043 2,004 2,513 1,322 1,191 460 254 206 27 17 10
80 - 84 2,515 1,406 1,109 1,515 856 659 322 209 113 17 13 4
85 & over 1,494 913 581 920 590 330 171 117 54 9 7 2
-continued
Number
Age Group Sikh Punjabi Hindustani Urdu
Total 12,952 6,300 6,652 5,672 2,736 2,936 4,818 2,503 2,315 4,773 2,601 2,172
0-4 490 258 232 313 154 159 247 133 114 367 194 173
5-9 690 365 325 317 161 156 329 163 166 306 157 149
10 - 14 829 431 398 353 176 177 337 185 152 322 171 151
15 - 19 1,029 517 512 370 186 184 435 224 211 386 181 205
20 - 24 1,081 510 571 329 154 175 453 225 228 331 151 180
25 - 29 954 487 467 420 196 224 366 176 190 468 218 250
30 - 34 750 358 392 495 243 252 284 138 146 527 270 257
35 - 39 818 392 426 583 276 307 293 148 145 549 324 225
40 - 44 1,008 507 501 584 302 282 329 171 158 400 261 139
45 - 49 1,386 661 725 540 262 278 541 245 296 394 223 171
50 - 54 1,332 662 670 403 195 208 441 234 207 284 165 119
55 - 59 898 461 437 278 142 136 243 144 99 144 87 57
60 - 64 537 278 259 189 87 102 148 93 55 103 70 33
65 - 69 339 126 213 138 60 78 125 72 53 73 51 22
70 - 74 329 100 229 126 41 85 88 47 41 43 25 18
75 - 79 244 88 156 116 45 71 67 35 32 45 29 16
80 - 84 135 51 84 63 28 35 62 49 13 16 13 3
85 & over 103 48 55 55 28 27 30 21 9 15 11 4
-continued
Number
Age Group Gujarati Sindhi Sinhalese Other Indians
Total 4,124 2,085 2,039 3,971 1,915 2,056 3,140 1,577 1,563 80,645 40,717 39,928
0-4 150 64 86 129 61 68 219 106 113 11,963 5,820 6,143

5-9 180 97 83 154 79 75 200 91 109 12,858 6,242 6,616
10 - 14 182 86 96 218 112 106 164 67 97 8,592 4,177 4,415
15 - 19 263 127 136 292 156 136 139 63 76 3,983 1,963 2,020
20 - 24 242 132 110 302 151 151 187 87 100 3,953 1,857 2,096
25 - 29 385 186 199 251 129 122 348 187 161 5,919 2,643 3,276
30 - 34 445 221 224 265 120 145 314 170 144 7,173 3,707 3,466
35 - 39 522 256 266 316 156 160 286 142 144 6,777 3,900 2,877
40 - 44 409 206 203 370 153 217 266 152 114 5,001 2,933 2,068
45 - 49 393 202 191 410 179 231 264 134 130 3,487 2,029 1,458
50 - 54 283 156 127 341 177 164 209 101 108 3,057 1,614 1,443
55 - 59 200 113 87 229 126 103 179 98 81 3,154 1,561 1,593
60 - 64 129 72 57 196 88 108 120 67 53 2,499 1,256 1,243
65 - 69 80 39 41 150 69 81 66 31 35 975 472 503
70 - 74 95 35 60 127 42 85 68 30 38 601 273 328
75 - 79 74 37 37 115 63 52 47 24 23 339 129 210
80 - 84 62 39 23 76 39 37 39 18 21 208 91 117
85 & over 30 17 13 30 15 15 25 9 16 106 50 56
Table 7 Resident Population of Other Ethnic Groups by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex
Number
Age Group Total Filipino Caucasian Eurasian
Total 125,754 59,838 65,916 39,918 18,243 21,675 25,308 15,014 10,294 15,581 7,804 7,777
0-4 9,491 4,589 4,902 3,232 1,629 1,603 2,840 1,297 1,543 932 432 500
5-9 10,378 5,067 5,311 4,129 2,175 1,954 2,738 1,199 1,539 891 422 469
10 - 14 8,741 4,112 4,629 3,078 1,519 1,559 1,883 751 1,132 1,080 568 512
15 - 19 6,215 2,782 3,433 1,350 636 714 1,295 508 787 1,173 560 613
20 - 24 5,272 2,175 3,097 730 275 455 787 326 461 1,053 522 531
25 - 29 10,089 3,826 6,263 3,573 1,301 2,272 619 279 340 847 414 433
30 - 34 15,786 6,756 9,030 7,833 3,303 4,530 1,349 835 514 846 423 423
35 - 39 16,980 7,936 9,044 7,134 3,248 3,886 2,631 1,800 831 935 505 430
40 - 44 14,046 6,978 7,068 4,721 2,221 2,500 3,187 2,289 898 1,103 584 519
45 - 49 10,230 5,451 4,779 2,317 1,096 1,221 2,854 2,049 805 1,341 717 624
50 - 54 6,747 3,693 3,054 1,110 511 599 1,940 1,360 580 1,286 699 587
55 - 59 4,276 2,465 1,811 353 171 182 1,287 914 373 1,128 591 537
60 - 64 3,045 1,803 1,242 162 73 89 921 688 233 904 482 422
65 - 69 1,438 833 605 63 29 34 470 363 107 445 211 234
70 - 74 1,183 594 589 63 30 33 247 176 71 549 243 306
75 - 79 868 390 478 36 14 22 127 86 41 466 200 266
80 - 84 559 237 322 24 7 17 81 57 24 332 139 193
85 & over 410 151 259 10 5 5 52 37 15 270 92 178
Table 7 Resident Population of Other Ethnic Groups by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex
-continued
Number
Age Group Arab Thai Japanese Others
Total 8,419 4,296 4,123 5,650 798 4,852 4,941 2,013 2,928 25,937 11,670 14,267
0-4 565 292 273 100 57 43 262 103 159 1,560 779 781
5-9 579 310 269 118 61 57 302 144 158 1,621 756 865
10 - 14 684 351 333 162 76 86 359 163 196 1,495 684 811
15 - 19 767 392 375 161 63 98 327 136 191 1,142 487 655
20 - 24 783 415 368 132 45 87 218 91 127 1,569 501 1,068
25 - 29 715 354 361 418 56 362 187 65 122 3,730 1,357 2,373
30 - 34 517 260 257 816 82 734 446 122 324 3,979 1,731 2,248
35 - 39 486 265 221 1,171 115 1,056 654 173 481 3,969 1,830 2,139
40 - 44 470 245 225 1,095 79 1,016 622 195 427 2,848 1,365 1,483
45 - 49 576 329 247 787 62 725 502 206 296 1,853 992 861
50 - 54 630 340 290 403 37 366 342 177 165 1,036 569 467
55 - 59 502 265 237 158 26 132 274 175 99 574 323 251
60 - 64 422 200 222 58 16 42 263 163 100 315 181 134
65 - 69 240 112 128 19 5 14 117 65 52 84 48 36
70 - 74 207 87 120 17 7 10 44 25 19 56 26 30
75 - 79 149 51 98 19 6 13 13 7 6 58 26 32
80 - 84 82 17 65 10 4 6 8 2 6 22 11 11
85 & over 45 11 34 6 1 5 1 1 - 26 4 22
Table 8 Resident Population by Age Group, Place of Birth and Sex
Number
Age Group Total Singapore Malaysia China, Hong Kong and Macao
Total 3,771,721 1,861,133 1,910,588 2,911,934 1,481,101 1,430,833 385,979 167,217 218,762 175,155 72,711 102,444
0-4 194,432 98,890 95,542 176,074 90,359 85,715 4,688 2,149 2,539 1,938 937 1,001
5-9 215,675 110,215 105,460 185,831 95,910 89,921 8,117 3,949 4,168 3,054 1,387 1,667
10 - 14 244,302 125,271 119,031 216,345 111,963 104,382 7,702 3,669 4,033 4,891 2,288 2,603
15 - 19 263,750 134,003 129,747 237,111 122,320 114,791 6,635 3,052 3,583 8,146 3,609 4,537
20 - 24 247,190 123,942 123,248 217,003 112,248 104,755 8,165 3,374 4,791 10,298 4,058 6,240
25 - 29 272,639 131,299 141,340 196,326 101,525 94,801 28,340 11,523 16,817 16,834 6,309 10,525
30 - 34 298,687 143,048 155,639 187,322 96,590 90,732 47,063 19,604 27,459 16,683 5,733 10,950
35 - 39 320,024 156,318 163,706 210,822 108,434 102,388 46,989 20,008 26,981 17,352 5,531 11,821
40 - 44 309,441 152,995 156,446 217,127 110,861 106,266 42,142 18,460 23,682 17,567 6,800 10,767
45 - 49 323,459 163,237 160,222 252,057 128,677 123,380 36,246 17,084 19,162 13,247 6,444 6,803
50 - 54 303,044 152,721 150,323 252,218 128,507 123,711 29,548 13,274 16,274 7,010 3,627 3,383
55 - 59 248,696 124,822 123,874 201,800 102,666 99,134 31,324 14,141 17,183 5,826 3,240 2,586
60 - 64 191,995 94,796 97,199 147,120 73,720 73,400 27,919 11,876 16,043 9,337 5,340 3,997
65 - 69 111,511 53,321 58,190 78,807 38,777 40,030 22,544 9,216 13,328 3,969 2,235 1,734
70 - 74 92,618 42,887 49,731 63,725 30,724 33,001 19,017 7,751 11,266 5,089 2,323 2,766
75 - 79 65,178 28,214 36,964 40,342 17,011 23,331 11,409 4,762 6,647 9,682 4,569 5,113
80 - 84 39,839 15,532 24,307 21,163 7,715 13,448 5,692 2,413 3,279 10,299 3,906 6,393
85 & Over 29,241 9,622 19,619 10,741 3,094 7,647 2,439 912 1,527 13,933 4,375 9,558

-continued
Number
Age Group India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Indonesia Other Asian Countries European Countries
Total 123,478 66,563 56,915 54,404 18,398 36,006 90,143 37,858 52,285 13,351 8,425 4,926
0-4 6,549 3,154 3,395 675 311 364 2,871 1,365 1,506 450 154 296
5-9 8,253 3,959 4,294 1,866 926 940 5,979 3,003 2,976 743 272 471
10 - 14 5,078 2,394 2,684 2,221 1,195 1,026 6,075 2,897 3,178 560 228 332
15 - 19 3,043 1,328 1,715 2,509 1,050 1,459 4,175 1,814 2,361 643 234 409
20 - 24 4,024 1,546 2,478 2,726 917 1,809 3,654 1,327 2,327 441 162 279
25 - 29 13,658 5,565 8,093 6,929 2,528 4,401 9,477 3,346 6,131 476 217 259
30 - 34 22,749 11,933 10,816 7,975 2,125 5,850 14,910 5,896 9,014 1,107 657 450
35 - 39 20,078 12,480 7,598 6,661 1,681 4,980 15,030 6,116 8,914 1,775 1,228 547
40 - 44 12,690 8,278 4,412 4,618 1,237 3,381 11,567 4,743 6,824 2,227 1,614 613
45 - 49 7,442 4,547 2,895 3,550 946 2,604 7,711 3,324 4,387 1,784 1,312 472
50 - 54 4,560 2,813 1,747 3,022 972 2,050 4,231 1,919 2,312 1,162 833 329
55 - 59 2,916 1,550 1,366 2,639 895 1,744 2,144 1,043 1,101 744 560 184
60 - 64 2,871 1,559 1,312 2,143 832 1,311 1,147 570 577 562 446 116
65 - 69 2,683 1,453 1,230 2,160 912 1,248 443 204 239 327 257 70
70 - 74 2,270 1,056 1,214 1,648 619 1,029 318 138 180 169 121 48
75 - 79 2,020 1,164 856 1,272 476 796 200 87 113 88 62 26
80 - 84 1,509 1,023 486 923 366 557 120 44 76 55 41 14
85 & Over 1,085 761 324 867 410 457 91 22 69 38 27 11

-continued
Number
Age Group USA and Canada Australia and New Zealand Others
(Years) Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total 7,212 3,736 3,476 4,803 2,517 2,286 5,262 2,607 2,655
0-4 659 255 404 494 188 306 34 18 16

5-9 1,224 551 673 549 229 320 59 29 30
10 - 14 885 403 482 475 204 271 70 30 40
15 - 19 904 349 555 505 210 295 79 37 42
20 - 24 552 201 351 256 78 178 71 31 40
25 - 29 251 113 138 131 50 81 217 123 94
30 - 34 279 141 138 240 148 92 359 221 138
35 - 39 418 262 156 529 351 178 370 227 143
40 - 44 559 397 162 546 377 169 398 228 170
45 - 49 532 380 152 438 278 160 452 245 207
50 - 54 396 291 105 238 163 75 659 322 337
55 - 59 251 169 82 146 104 42 906 454 452
60 - 64 153 111 42 122 76 46 621 266 355
65 - 69 82 63 19 66 32 34 430 172 258
70 - 74 37 32 5 37 14 23 308 109 199
75 - 79 14 8 6 14 7 7 137 68 69
80 - 84 10 6 4 11 3 8 57 15 42
85 & Over 6 4 2 6 5 1 35 12 23
Table 9 Resident Population by Place of Birth, Ethnic Group and Sex
Number
Place of Birth
Total 3,771,721 1,861,133 1,910,588 2,793,980 1,370,083 1,423,897 503,868 250,885 252,983 348,119 180,327 167,792 125,754 59,838 65,916
Singapore 2,911,934 1,481,101 1,430,833 2,206,695 1,122,769 1,083,926 466,766 237,315 229,451 200,919 102,154 98,765 37,554 18,863 18,691
Outside Singapore 859,787 380,032 479,755 587,285 247,314 339,971 37,102 13,570 23,532 147,200 78,173 69,027 88,200 40,975 47,225
Malaysia 385,979 167,217 218,762 338,501 145,819 192,682 25,036 10,237 14,799 20,483 10,302 10,181 1,959 859 1,100
China, Hong Kong and Macao 175,155 72,711 102,444 174,355 72,393 101,962 16 6 10 241 108 133 543 204 339
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
123,478 66,563 56,915 140 64 76 52 28 24 122,703 66,171 56,532 583 300 283
and Sri Lanka
Indonesia 54,404 18,398 36,006 42,571 15,239 27,332 10,810 2,796 8,014 553 199 354 470 164 306
Other Asian Countries 90,143 37,858 52,285 20,764 8,770 11,994 518 233 285 1,251 547 704 67,610 28,308 39,302
European Countries 13,351 8,425 4,926 2,278 1,096 1,182 82 38 44 603 261 342 10,388 7,030 3,358
USA and Canada 7,212 3,736 3,476 3,605 1,612 1,993 65 27 38 581 216 365 2,961 1,881 1,080
Australia and New Zealand 4,803 2,517 2,286 2,017 892 1,125 129 59 70 237 98 139 2,420 1,468 952
Others 5,262 2,607 2,655 3,054 1,429 1,625 394 146 248 548 271 277 1,266 761 505
Table 10 Resident Population Born In Singapore by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex
Number
Age Group Total Chinese Malays Indians Others
Total 2,911,934 1,481,101 1,430,833 2,206,695 1,122,769 1,083,926 466,766 237,315 229,451 200,919 102,154 98,765 37,554 18,863 18,691
0-4 176,074 90,359 85,715 120,143 61,922 58,221 31,803 16,316 15,487 17,148 8,646 8,502 6,980 3,475 3,505
5-9 185,831 95,910 89,921 127,980 66,059 61,921 36,023 18,662 17,361 16,980 8,771 8,209 4,848 2,418 2,430
10 - 14 216,345 111,963 104,382 151,875 78,783 73,092 42,724 22,094 20,630 17,825 9,162 8,663 3,921 1,924 1,997
15 - 19 237,111 122,320 114,791 167,046 86,337 80,709 47,978 24,749 23,229 18,905 9,634 9,271 3,182 1,600 1,582
20 - 24 217,003 112,248 104,755 153,562 79,728 73,834 43,782 22,374 21,408 17,041 8,792 8,249 2,618 1,354 1,264
25 - 29 196,326 101,525 94,801 143,740 74,556 69,184 36,011 18,490 17,521 14,530 7,470 7,060 2,045 1,009 1,036
30 - 34 187,322 96,590 90,732 147,700 76,208 71,492 26,541 13,712 12,829 11,489 5,873 5,616 1,592 797 795
35 - 39 210,822 108,434 102,388 166,404 85,631 80,773 30,158 15,485 14,673 12,742 6,513 6,229 1,518 805 713
40 - 44 217,127 110,861 106,266 164,871 84,390 80,481 35,485 17,847 17,638 15,189 7,811 7,378 1,582 813 769
45 - 49 252,057 128,677 123,380 190,789 97,696 93,093 41,624 20,990 20,634 17,701 8,957 8,744 1,943 1,034 909
50 - 54 252,218 128,507 123,711 199,539 101,740 97,799 34,665 17,582 17,083 16,013 8,115 7,898 2,001 1,070 931
55 - 59 201,800 102,666 99,134 164,409 83,849 80,560 24,221 12,159 12,062 11,506 5,797 5,709 1,664 861 803
60 - 64 147,120 73,720 73,400 122,772 61,582 61,190 15,550 7,751 7,799 7,452 3,680 3,772 1,346 707 639
65 - 69 78,807 38,777 40,030 68,849 33,925 34,924 6,831 3,304 3,527 2,540 1,260 1,280 587 288 299
70 - 74 63,725 30,724 33,001 55,591 26,847 28,744 5,573 2,686 2,887 1,896 891 1,005 665 300 365
75 - 79 40,342 17,011 23,331 34,287 14,554 19,733 4,362 1,745 2,617 1,172 502 670 521 210 311
80 - 84 21,163 7,715 13,448 18,049 6,493 11,556 2,235 904 1,331 562 196 366 317 122 195
85 & Over 10,741 3,094 7,647 9,089 2,469 6,620 1,200 465 735 228 84 144 224 76 148
Table 11 Resident Population Born Outside Singapore by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex
Number
Age Group Total Chinese Malays Indians Others
Total 859,787 380,032 479,755 587,285 247,314 339,971 37,102 13,570 23,532 147,200 78,173 69,027 88,200 40,975 47,225
0-4 18,358 8,531 9,827 8,170 3,767 4,403 400 180 220 7,277 3,470 3,807 2,511 1,114 1,397
5-9 29,844 14,305 15,539 13,884 6,716 7,168 855 398 457 9,575 4,542 5,033 5,530 2,649 2,881
10 - 14 27,957 13,308 14,649 16,151 7,834 8,317 865 428 437 6,121 2,858 3,263 4,820 2,188 2,632
15 - 19 26,639 11,683 14,956 19,093 8,500 10,593 649 321 328 3,864 1,680 2,184 3,033 1,182 1,851
20 - 24 30,187 11,694 18,493 22,159 8,761 13,398 727 283 444 4,647 1,829 2,818 2,654 821 1,833
25 - 29 76,313 29,774 46,539 51,831 20,441 31,390 1,642 405 1,237 14,796 6,111 8,685 8,044 2,817 5,227
30 - 34 111,365 46,458 64,907 68,979 26,755 42,224 3,266 627 2,639 24,926 13,117 11,809 14,194 5,959 8,235
35 - 39 109,202 47,884 61,318 68,356 26,305 42,051 3,041 662 2,379 22,343 13,786 8,557 15,462 7,131 8,331
40 - 44 92,314 42,134 50,180 62,462 25,750 36,712 2,484 648 1,836 14,904 9,571 5,333 12,464 6,165 6,299
45 - 49 71,402 34,560 36,842 50,772 23,303 27,469 2,793 1,098 1,695 9,550 5,742 3,808 8,287 4,417 3,870
50 - 54 50,826 24,214 26,612 36,379 16,395 19,984 3,271 1,383 1,888 6,430 3,813 2,617 4,746 2,623 2,123
55 - 59 46,896 22,156 24,740 36,168 16,851 19,317 3,314 1,238 2,076 4,802 2,463 2,339 2,612 1,604 1,008
60 - 64 44,875 21,076 23,799 35,561 16,552 19,009 3,058 1,180 1,878 4,557 2,248 2,309 1,699 1,096 603
65 - 69 32,704 14,544 18,160 25,186 11,094 14,092 2,831 1,033 1,798 3,836 1,872 1,964 851 545 306
70 - 74 28,893 12,163 16,730 21,756 9,081 12,675 3,141 1,297 1,844 3,478 1,491 1,987 518 294 224
75 - 79 24,836 11,203 13,633 19,224 8,423 10,801 2,390 1,059 1,331 2,875 1,541 1,334 347 180 167
80 - 84 18,676 7,817 10,859 14,999 5,690 9,309 1,482 802 680 1,953 1,210 743 242 115 127
85 & Over 18,500 6,528 11,972 16,155 5,096 11,059 893 528 365 1,266 829 437 186 75 111
Table 12 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group
Number
Total Single Married Widowed Divorced/Separated
Age Group
(Years)
Total
Total 3,105,748 1,517,428 1,588,321 1,000,467 527,090 473,377 1,844,606 928,352 916,254 157,556 24,854 132,702 103,120 37,132 65,988
15 - 19 270,986 140,275 130,711 270,300 140,140 130,159 686 134 552 - - - - - -

20 - 24 242,360 124,500 117,860 229,787 121,568 108,220 11,553 2,686 8,866 81 32 49 939 214 725
25 - 29 261,431 126,519 134,913 167,306 94,397 72,909 90,852 31,226 59,627 110 12 98 3,163 884 2,279
30 - 34 291,687 137,861 153,826 89,762 51,164 38,598 194,005 83,768 110,237 231 41 190 7,689 2,888 4,801
35 - 39 318,212 153,129 165,083 59,504 31,288 28,216 245,708 117,328 128,380 990 192 797 12,010 4,320 7,690
40 - 44 304,016 148,382 155,634 44,603 22,665 21,938 243,708 120,221 123,486 1,819 345 1,475 13,885 5,150 8,735
45 - 49 319,916 159,397 160,519 41,684 21,088 20,596 258,635 131,879 126,755 3,881 776 3,105 15,716 5,654 10,062
50 - 54 303,727 151,988 151,739 38,101 18,400 19,701 242,143 126,308 115,835 7,049 1,279 5,769 16,435 6,000 10,434
55 - 59 252,926 127,280 125,647 26,753 11,928 14,824 201,038 108,696 92,342 11,550 1,805 9,745 13,586 4,850 8,736
60 - 64 196,418 96,557 99,861 16,763 6,974 9,789 152,820 83,565 69,255 17,404 2,732 14,673 9,431 3,286 6,145
65 - 69 113,609 54,368 59,241 6,644 3,020 3,624 83,035 46,729 36,307 19,224 2,819 16,406 4,705 1,801 2,904
70 - 74 95,333 44,472 50,861 4,943 2,375 2,568 61,919 36,780 25,139 25,425 4,143 21,282 3,047 1,175 1,872
75 - 79 66,508 28,195 38,313 2,678 1,344 1,334 35,133 22,338 12,795 27,139 3,961 23,178 1,559 552 1,007
80 - 84 40,546 15,481 25,066 1,082 496 586 16,047 11,194 4,853 22,770 3,556 19,214 648 234 413
85 & Over 28,071 9,024 19,047 558 243 315 7,323 5,497 1,825 19,882 3,161 16,722 308 123 185
-continued
Number
Age Group
(Years)
Chinese
Total 2,349,505 1,141,990 1,207,514 771,953 402,200 369,753 1,378,141 692,723 685,418 123,658 19,455 104,203 75,753 27,612 48,141
15 - 19 191,969 100,111 91,858 191,676 100,035 91,641 293 76 218 - - - - - -

20 - 24 172,744 89,128 83,616 166,991 87,580 79,412 5,296 1,427 3,868 31 13 18 426 108 318
25 - 29 187,001 91,883 95,118 130,095 71,760 58,334 55,157 19,655 35,501 64 - 64 1,686 468 1,218
30 - 34 209,335 99,276 110,059 74,748 41,927 32,820 129,231 55,380 73,851 97 6 90 5,260 1,962 3,298
35 - 39 231,913 109,144 122,769 50,318 25,908 24,410 172,358 79,963 92,395 623 120 503 8,614 3,153 5,461
40 - 44 222,776 106,648 116,128 36,897 18,079 18,817 175,084 84,747 90,337 1,145 225 920 9,651 3,597 6,054
45 - 49 239,233 118,254 120,979 35,412 17,507 17,905 190,105 96,094 94,010 2,591 545 2,046 11,126 4,108 7,018
50 - 54 237,524 118,436 119,088 33,203 16,125 17,078 187,191 96,880 90,311 4,921 931 3,989 12,210 4,499 7,710
55 - 59 204,421 102,907 101,514 23,500 10,616 12,884 161,991 87,016 74,975 8,322 1,429 6,893 10,608 3,846 6,762
60 - 64 162,882 79,964 82,918 14,942 6,197 8,744 127,577 68,870 58,707 12,818 2,167 10,651 7,545 2,730 4,815
65 - 69 96,104 45,847 50,258 5,971 2,681 3,289 71,169 39,406 31,763 15,025 2,293 12,732 3,940 1,466 2,474
70 - 74 79,952 37,345 42,607 4,463 2,063 2,400 53,107 31,050 22,057 19,833 3,272 16,561 2,549 960 1,589
75 - 79 55,021 23,225 31,796 2,365 1,162 1,204 29,665 18,385 11,280 21,647 3,234 18,413 1,344 444 900
80 - 84 34,048 12,405 21,643 933 384 549 13,555 9,121 4,434 19,033 2,718 16,314 527 182 345
85 & Over 24,581 7,417 17,164 441 176 265 6,363 4,653 1,710 17,509 2,500 15,009 268 89 179
-continued
Number
Age Group
(Years)
Malays
Total 386,968 188,345 198,623 134,835 74,043 60,792 215,696 105,650 110,046 20,192 3,346 16,846 16,245 5,305 10,940
15 - 19 50,187 26,136 24,051 49,902 26,092 23,810 285 44 241 - - - - - -

20 - 24 44,877 23,414 21,463 40,939 22,323 18,616 3,461 971 2,490 44 19 25 433 100 333
25 - 29 36,770 18,237 18,532 20,117 12,098 8,019 15,551 5,814 9,736 19 6 12 1,084 319 764
30 - 34 28,851 13,352 15,499 6,480 3,994 2,486 20,660 8,750 11,910 80 21 59 1,630 586 1,044
35 - 39 31,214 14,319 16,895 4,165 2,604 1,561 24,867 10,960 13,907 187 44 143 1,995 711 1,284
40 - 44 36,322 17,147 19,175 3,767 2,299 1,468 29,698 13,944 15,754 377 56 321 2,480 848 1,632
45 - 49 43,810 21,306 22,504 3,432 1,931 1,501 36,955 18,412 18,544 714 125 589 2,709 838 1,871
50 - 54 37,576 18,541 19,035 2,647 1,245 1,402 31,521 16,344 15,176 1,176 156 1,020 2,232 796 1,436
55 - 59 27,489 13,208 14,281 1,759 682 1,077 22,231 11,885 10,346 1,898 213 1,685 1,601 427 1,173
60 - 64 19,017 8,826 10,191 927 363 564 14,329 7,871 6,458 2,657 334 2,323 1,105 258 846
65 - 69 9,779 4,575 5,204 292 143 149 6,569 3,955 2,613 2,482 290 2,192 436 186 250
70 - 74 8,715 3,984 4,732 199 136 63 4,817 3,113 1,704 3,384 602 2,782 315 133 182
75 - 79 6,805 2,735 4,070 119 63 56 2,943 2,074 868 3,607 541 3,065 137 56 80
80 - 84 3,509 1,627 1,882 51 44 6 1,239 1,021 218 2,157 536 1,621 62 25 37
85 & Over 2,046 938 1,108 38 25 13 571 491 81 1,411 402 1,009 27 21 6
-continued
Number
Age Group
(Years)
Indians
Total 265,223 137,238 127,985 68,772 38,436 30,336 176,478 94,178 82,300 11,947 1,738 10,209 8,027 2,885 5,141
15 - 19 22,471 10,992 11,480 22,387 10,977 11,410 84 15 69 - - - - - -

20 - 24 19,776 9,886 9,890 17,799 9,659 8,140 1,896 221 1,676 6 - 6 75 6 68
25 - 29 27,246 12,299 14,947 12,336 8,193 4,143 14,588 4,009 10,579 6 6 - 316 90 225
30 - 34 36,249 17,805 18,444 5,168 3,601 1,566 30,430 13,910 16,520 33 14 18 619 279 339
35 - 39 35,559 20,441 15,118 2,523 1,591 932 31,936 18,498 13,438 150 21 129 951 331 620
40 - 44 29,296 16,957 12,339 2,432 1,422 1,010 25,492 15,002 10,490 209 64 145 1,163 469 694
45 - 49 25,820 14,040 11,780 1,939 1,060 879 21,977 12,374 9,603 471 77 394 1,434 529 904
50 - 54 21,572 11,189 10,383 1,698 774 924 17,542 9,811 7,731 843 155 688 1,489 449 1,040
55 - 59 16,439 8,512 7,927 1,185 479 706 13,040 7,509 5,531 1,214 145 1,070 1,000 380 620
60 - 64 11,668 5,938 5,730 613 252 361 8,651 5,312 3,338 1,836 207 1,629 568 166 402
65 - 69 6,250 3,053 3,197 260 136 124 4,221 2,637 1,584 1,571 188 1,383 199 91 107
70 - 74 5,413 2,496 2,917 194 126 68 3,172 2,088 1,085 1,930 241 1,689 117 41 76
75 - 79 3,835 1,840 1,995 119 76 43 2,053 1,584 469 1,618 161 1,457 45 19 26
80 - 84 2,519 1,243 1,276 65 53 12 1,071 913 158 1,344 257 1,088 39 21 18
85 & Over 1,108 548 561 55 36 18 325 296 28 716 202 514 13 13 -
-continued
Number
Age Group
(Years)
Others
Total 104,053 49,855 54,198 24,907 12,411 12,496 74,291 35,801 38,490 1,760 315 1,445 3,095 1,329 1,766
15 - 19 6,358 3,036 3,322 6,335 3,036 3,298 24 - 24 - - - - - -

20 - 24 4,963 2,072 2,891 4,057 2,005 2,052 899 67 832 - - - 6 - 6
25 - 29 10,415 4,099 6,316 4,759 2,346 2,413 5,557 1,747 3,810 22 - 22 77 6 71
30 - 34 17,252 7,429 9,823 3,366 1,641 1,725 13,684 5,728 7,956 22 - 22 180 60 120
35 - 39 19,525 9,224 10,301 2,498 1,185 1,313 16,547 7,907 8,640 30 8 22 450 124 325
40 - 44 15,621 7,629 7,992 1,507 865 642 13,434 6,529 6,905 88 - 88 591 235 356
45 - 49 11,052 5,797 5,255 901 590 311 9,598 5,000 4,598 105 27 77 448 179 269
50 - 54 7,055 3,823 3,233 553 256 297 5,889 3,273 2,616 109 37 72 505 257 248
55 - 59 4,578 2,653 1,924 308 151 157 3,777 2,287 1,490 116 19 97 376 197 180
60 - 64 2,851 1,829 1,022 281 162 120 2,263 1,512 752 93 24 70 214 132 81
65 - 69 1,476 894 582 122 60 62 1,077 730 346 147 47 100 130 57 74
70 - 74 1,253 648 606 86 49 37 824 530 294 277 27 250 66 41 25
75 - 79 848 396 452 75 43 32 472 294 178 268 25 243 33 33 -
80 - 84 471 206 265 34 15 18 182 139 43 236 45 191 19 7 13
85 & Over 335 121 214 25 6 18 64 58 6 247 57 190 - - -
Table 13 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Residential Status
Number
Age Group
(Years)
Total
Total 3,105,748 1,517,428 1,588,321 1,000,467 527,090 473,377 1,844,606 928,352 916,254 157,556 24,854 132,702 103,120 37,132 65,988
15 - 19 270,986 140,275 130,711 270,300 140,140 130,159 686 134 552 - - - - - -

20 - 24 242,360 124,500 117,860 229,787 121,568 108,220 11,553 2,686 8,866 81 32 49 939 214 725
25 - 29 261,431 126,519 134,913 167,306 94,397 72,909 90,852 31,226 59,627 110 12 98 3,163 884 2,279
30 - 34 291,687 137,861 153,826 89,762 51,164 38,598 194,005 83,768 110,237 231 41 190 7,689 2,888 4,801
35 - 39 318,212 153,129 165,083 59,504 31,288 28,216 245,708 117,328 128,380 990 192 797 12,010 4,320 7,690
40 - 44 304,016 148,382 155,634 44,603 22,665 21,938 243,708 120,221 123,486 1,819 345 1,475 13,885 5,150 8,735
45 - 49 319,916 159,397 160,519 41,684 21,088 20,596 258,635 131,879 126,755 3,881 776 3,105 15,716 5,654 10,062
50 - 54 303,727 151,988 151,739 38,101 18,400 19,701 242,143 126,308 115,835 7,049 1,279 5,769 16,435 6,000 10,434
55 - 59 252,926 127,280 125,647 26,753 11,928 14,824 201,038 108,696 92,342 11,550 1,805 9,745 13,586 4,850 8,736
60 - 64 196,418 96,557 99,861 16,763 6,974 9,789 152,820 83,565 69,255 17,404 2,732 14,673 9,431 3,286 6,145
65 - 69 113,609 54,368 59,241 6,644 3,020 3,624 83,035 46,729 36,307 19,224 2,819 16,406 4,705 1,801 2,904
70 - 74 95,333 44,472 50,861 4,943 2,375 2,568 61,919 36,780 25,139 25,425 4,143 21,282 3,047 1,175 1,872
75 - 79 66,508 28,195 38,313 2,678 1,344 1,334 35,133 22,338 12,795 27,139 3,961 23,178 1,559 552 1,007
80 - 84 40,546 15,481 25,066 1,082 496 586 16,047 11,194 4,853 22,770 3,556 19,214 648 234 413
85 & Over 28,071 9,024 19,047 558 243 315 7,323 5,497 1,825 19,882 3,161 16,722 308 123 185
-continued
Number
Age Group
(Years)
Singapore Citizens
Total 2,656,887 1,314,132 1,342,755 901,169 479,517 421,652 1,507,896 776,089 731,807 151,694 23,825 127,869 96,128 34,702 61,426
15 - 19 251,241 130,734 120,507 250,604 130,609 119,995 638 126 512 - - - - - -

20 - 24 223,556 117,662 105,894 214,215 115,082 99,134 8,344 2,342 6,001 81 32 49 915 206 709
25 - 29 201,112 103,717 97,395 141,765 81,413 60,352 56,338 21,482 34,855 86 12 74 2,923 810 2,113
30 - 34 197,308 99,397 97,911 72,798 42,835 29,964 117,452 53,871 63,582 167 25 142 6,890 2,666 4,224
35 - 39 227,478 111,876 115,603 49,913 26,751 23,162 166,157 80,966 85,191 768 176 592 10,640 3,983 6,658
40 - 44 239,490 117,610 121,880 39,217 20,177 19,041 186,261 92,428 93,833 1,477 288 1,189 12,535 4,717 7,818
45 - 49 278,655 138,260 140,395 38,889 19,770 19,119 221,599 112,520 109,079 3,496 685 2,811 14,671 5,285 9,386
50 - 54 281,100 139,650 141,450 36,286 17,622 18,664 222,528 115,243 107,285 6,614 1,182 5,433 15,672 5,604 10,068
55 - 59 237,817 118,609 119,209 25,886 11,474 14,411 187,947 100,816 87,130 11,021 1,722 9,299 12,964 4,595 8,369
60 - 64 187,588 91,543 96,045 16,265 6,732 9,534 145,503 79,049 66,454 16,655 2,592 14,063 9,166 3,172 5,994
65 - 69 108,717 51,717 57,000 6,440 2,855 3,585 79,278 44,474 34,804 18,543 2,702 15,842 4,455 1,686 2,769
70 - 74 91,304 42,311 48,993 4,762 2,249 2,513 59,167 34,942 24,226 24,497 4,019 20,478 2,878 1,102 1,777
75 - 79 64,603 27,315 37,288 2,556 1,262 1,294 34,053 21,655 12,398 26,499 3,862 22,637 1,495 536 959
80 - 84 39,500 14,981 24,519 1,040 463 578 15,561 10,835 4,726 22,275 3,457 18,818 623 226 397
85 & Over 27,417 8,751 18,667 533 226 307 7,071 5,340 1,730 19,514 3,070 16,444 300 114 185
-continued
Number
Age Group
(Years)
Permanent Residents
Total 448,861 203,295 245,566 99,298 47,573 51,724 336,710 152,263 184,446 5,862 1,029 4,833 6,992 2,430 4,563
15 - 19 19,745 9,540 10,204 19,696 9,532 10,165 48 8 40 - - - - - -

20 - 24 18,804 6,838 11,966 15,572 6,486 9,086 3,209 344 2,865 - - - 24 8 16
25 - 29 60,320 22,802 37,518 25,541 12,984 12,557 34,515 9,744 24,771 24 - 24 240 74 166
30 - 34 94,378 38,464 55,914 16,963 8,329 8,634 76,553 29,898 46,655 64 16 48 799 221 577
35 - 39 90,734 41,253 49,481 9,591 4,537 5,054 79,551 36,362 43,189 222 16 206 1,370 337 1,032
40 - 44 64,526 30,772 33,754 5,386 2,488 2,897 57,446 27,793 29,653 343 57 286 1,351 433 918
45 - 49 41,261 21,137 20,124 2,795 1,318 1,477 37,036 19,360 17,676 385 90 294 1,045 369 676
50 - 54 22,628 12,338 10,290 1,815 778 1,037 19,615 11,065 8,550 434 98 337 763 396 367
55 - 59 15,109 8,671 6,438 867 454 413 13,092 7,880 5,212 529 83 446 621 255 367
60 - 64 8,830 5,014 3,816 498 243 255 7,318 4,517 2,801 750 140 610 265 114 151
65 - 69 4,892 2,651 2,241 204 165 39 3,757 2,255 1,502 681 117 564 250 114 136
70 - 74 4,029 2,161 1,868 181 126 55 2,752 1,838 914 928 124 804 168 73 95
75 - 79 1,905 880 1,025 121 82 39 1,080 683 397 640 99 541 64 16 48
80 - 84 1,046 499 547 41 34 8 486 359 127 494 98 396 24 8 16
85 & Over 654 273 381 25 17 8 252 157 95 368 90 278 8 8 -
Table 14 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Highest Qualification Attained
Number
Age Group
(Years)
Total
Total 2,779,524 1,354,723 1,424,800 678,726 366,091 312,635 1,840,394 926,729 913,665 157,498 24,828 132,670 102,907 37,075 65,832
15 - 19 43,223 26,255 16,968 42,608 26,140 16,468 616 116 500 - - - - - -

20 - 24 160,265 86,080 74,185 148,255 83,304 64,951 11,084 2,568 8,515 62 12 49 864 195 669
25 - 29 249,427 118,221 131,206 156,587 86,578 70,009 89,598 30,760 58,838 98 6 92 3,144 878 2,267
30 - 34 289,314 136,762 152,552 88,540 50,492 38,047 192,885 83,347 109,538 231 41 190 7,658 2,881 4,777
35 - 39 317,293 152,782 164,511 59,189 31,150 28,039 245,158 117,126 128,032 976 192 783 11,971 4,313 7,657
40 - 44 303,499 148,131 155,368 44,457 22,603 21,854 243,357 120,040 123,317 1,813 345 1,468 13,873 5,144 8,729
45 - 49 319,624 159,287 160,337 41,607 21,069 20,538 258,457 131,801 126,656 3,881 776 3,105 15,679 5,642 10,037
50 - 54 303,583 151,897 151,686 38,082 18,381 19,701 242,018 126,236 115,782 7,049 1,279 5,769 16,435 6,000 10,434
55 - 59 252,846 127,236 125,609 26,740 11,922 14,818 200,970 108,659 92,311 11,550 1,805 9,745 13,586 4,850 8,736
60 - 64 196,387 96,539 99,849 16,757 6,974 9,783 152,802 83,547 69,255 17,398 2,732 14,667 9,431 3,286 6,145
65 - 69 113,602 54,361 59,241 6,644 3,020 3,624 83,028 46,722 36,307 19,224 2,819 16,406 4,705 1,801 2,904
70 - 74 95,333 44,472 50,861 4,943 2,375 2,568 61,919 36,780 25,139 25,425 4,143 21,282 3,047 1,175 1,872
75 - 79 66,508 28,195 38,313 2,678 1,344 1,334 35,133 22,338 12,795 27,139 3,961 23,178 1,559 552 1,007
80 - 84 40,546 15,481 25,066 1,082 496 586 16,047 11,194 4,853 22,770 3,556 19,214 648 234 413
85 & Over 28,071 9,024 19,047 558 243 315 7,323 5,497 1,825 19,882 3,161 16,722 308 123 185
-continued
Number
Age Group
(Years)
Below Secondary
Total 900,147 394,640 505,508 99,461 61,007 38,454 623,084 298,835 324,250 133,406 18,860 114,547 44,196 15,939 28,257
15 - 19 4,313 2,430 1,883 4,155 2,411 1,744 158 19 139 - - - - - -

20 - 24 7,644 3,652 3,991 5,444 3,246 2,198 1,914 343 1,571 6 - 6 279 63 217
25 - 29 12,044 4,773 7,271 4,718 3,048 1,670 6,776 1,548 5,228 20 - 20 530 176 354
30 - 34 20,766 8,138 12,627 4,816 3,210 1,605 14,656 4,485 10,171 67 14 53 1,227 429 798
35 - 39 38,224 14,946 23,278 6,541 4,343 2,198 28,924 9,626 19,298 303 31 271 2,456 945 1,511
40 - 44 63,778 28,490 35,288 9,641 6,477 3,164 49,728 20,504 29,225 629 81 548 3,779 1,428 2,351
45 - 49 105,495 51,150 54,345 14,718 9,778 4,939 82,628 38,590 44,038 1,822 341 1,481 6,327 2,441 3,886
50 - 54 127,860 61,812 66,048 16,203 10,515 5,687 99,501 47,485 52,015 4,102 706 3,397 8,054 3,105 4,949
55 - 59 128,580 59,226 69,354 13,007 7,438 5,569 99,590 47,942 51,649 8,004 1,055 6,949 7,979 2,792 5,187
60 - 64 117,489 51,992 65,497 8,960 4,659 4,301 89,158 43,483 45,674 13,427 1,851 11,576 5,944 1,999 3,945
65 - 69 80,346 34,488 45,858 4,145 2,259 1,886 56,460 28,893 27,567 16,506 2,173 14,332 3,234 1,162 2,072
70 - 74 74,060 30,782 43,278 3,608 1,889 1,719 45,332 24,796 20,536 22,887 3,384 19,503 2,232 713 1,520
75 - 79 57,291 22,174 35,117 2,174 1,103 1,071 28,318 17,267 11,051 25,518 3,418 22,101 1,280 386 894
80 - 84 36,724 13,024 23,701 885 411 473 13,724 9,308 4,416 21,512 3,095 18,417 603 209 394
85 & Over 25,535 7,563 17,972 446 218 228 6,217 4,545 1,672 18,603 2,710 15,893 270 91 179
-continued
Number
Age Group
(Years)
Secondary
Total 526,359 242,851 283,508 110,389 58,859 51,530 376,267 172,534 203,732 13,454 2,624 10,830 26,250 8,834 17,416
15 - 19 11,894 6,758 5,135 11,603 6,696 4,907 291 63 228 - - - - - -

20 - 24 23,846 13,726 10,120 20,150 12,721 7,430 3,350 918 2,432 25 6 18 321 81 240
25 - 29 29,719 14,869 14,849 14,654 9,498 5,156 13,876 5,051 8,825 45 - 45 1,143 320 823
30 - 34 37,345 17,136 20,209 10,193 6,586 3,608 25,115 9,808 15,307 66 6 60 1,970 735 1,234
35 - 39 52,255 23,069 29,186 9,507 5,668 3,839 39,422 16,107 23,315 248 51 197 3,079 1,243 1,836
40 - 44 67,309 27,042 40,267 9,598 4,754 4,845 52,967 20,754 32,212 514 85 429 4,229 1,449 2,780
45 - 49 84,984 35,645 49,340 10,194 4,428 5,766 69,179 29,672 39,507 1,061 189 872 4,551 1,356 3,196
50 - 54 82,309 35,973 46,336 10,518 3,971 6,547 65,461 30,362 35,099 1,767 247 1,520 4,563 1,393 3,169
55 - 59 62,612 29,269 33,344 7,324 2,449 4,876 49,819 25,528 24,291 2,231 286 1,945 3,238 1,006 2,232
60 - 64 40,768 20,038 20,730 4,166 1,233 2,933 32,209 17,765 14,444 2,532 422 2,110 1,862 619 1,243
65 - 69 15,935 8,740 7,195 1,300 418 882 12,322 7,723 4,599 1,543 289 1,254 770 310 460
70 - 74 9,885 5,893 3,992 749 243 505 7,509 5,128 2,382 1,263 320 943 365 202 162
75 - 79 4,249 2,740 1,509 276 139 137 3,092 2,248 844 746 253 494 135 101 34
80 - 84 1,821 1,153 667 106 44 62 1,029 843 186 685 266 420 - - -
85 & Over 1,428 800 628 50 13 37 626 564 61 727 204 523 26 19 6
-continued
Number
Age Group
(Years)
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)
Total 307,562 174,939 132,623 113,318 72,951 40,367 179,182 96,597 82,585 4,665 1,365 3,300 10,396 4,026 6,371
15 - 19 21,163 13,991 7,172 21,033 13,976 7,057 130 15 115 - - - - - -

20 - 24 41,592 28,730 12,862 39,299 28,010 11,289 2,132 695 1,437 19 6 13 142 19 124
25 - 29 29,737 17,729 12,008 18,094 12,704 5,390 11,046 4,802 6,244 12 6 6 586 217 368
30 - 34 27,838 15,136 12,702 8,921 5,918 3,002 17,815 8,694 9,120 20 6 14 1,083 518 565
35 - 39 37,992 19,108 18,884 7,524 4,390 3,134 28,563 14,070 14,492 135 31 104 1,770 617 1,153
40 - 44 36,264 18,301 17,963 5,504 2,948 2,556 28,873 14,651 14,223 223 56 167 1,663 646 1,017
45 - 49 32,551 16,994 15,557 4,323 2,051 2,272 26,427 14,339 12,088 343 64 279 1,459 540 919
50 - 54 30,859 16,001 14,858 3,839 1,421 2,418 25,025 13,882 11,143 517 121 396 1,478 577 900
55 - 59 22,089 12,513 9,576 2,587 881 1,706 17,922 11,077 6,845 630 163 467 950 393 557
60 - 64 13,534 8,013 5,521 1,358 405 953 10,863 7,178 3,684 668 207 461 645 224 422
65 - 69 6,651 3,921 2,730 499 139 360 5,341 3,538 1,803 482 140 342 329 104 225
70 - 74 4,194 2,663 1,531 255 87 168 3,182 2,254 928 547 200 347 210 121 89
75 - 79 1,826 1,085 741 59 14 44 1,218 895 323 504 156 348 44 19 25
80 - 84 776 439 337 12 - 12 468 361 107 263 52 211 32 26 6
85 & Over 497 315 181 12 6 6 178 147 31 300 156 145 6 6 -
-continued
Number
Age Group
(Years)
Diploma* & Professional Qualification
Total 411,358 215,847 195,510 160,507 86,464 74,042 237,238 124,890 112,349 2,881 834 2,048 10,731 3,659 7,072
15 - 19 5,854 3,076 2,778 5,816 3,057 2,759 37 19 18 - - - - - -

20 - 24 63,097 35,454 27,643 60,746 34,937 25,809 2,246 492 1,754 12 - 12 93 25 68
25 - 29 63,654 31,227 32,427 41,639 23,754 17,885 21,445 7,394 14,051 6 - 6 564 79 485
30 - 34 66,862 31,956 34,905 21,930 12,261 9,670 43,162 19,023 24,140 19 6 12 1,750 667 1,084
35 - 39 62,234 29,424 32,810 11,965 5,579 6,387 47,879 23,191 24,688 138 13 126 2,251 642 1,609
40 - 44 48,015 24,183 23,832 7,008 2,968 4,040 38,857 20,483 18,374 193 52 140 1,957 680 1,277
45 - 49 36,202 19,492 16,709 4,969 1,880 3,089 29,398 16,974 12,424 286 60 226 1,548 577 971
50 - 54 27,017 15,891 11,127 3,308 1,088 2,219 22,249 14,362 7,887 326 88 238 1,135 353 782
55 - 59 17,252 11,448 5,804 1,739 493 1,247 14,576 10,554 4,022 310 132 178 626 269 357
60 - 64 11,067 7,172 3,895 857 273 583 9,319 6,581 2,737 390 103 287 502 215 287
65 - 69 4,853 3,105 1,748 288 64 224 4,014 2,843 1,171 364 101 263 187 97 90
70 - 74 3,049 2,010 1,039 147 66 81 2,471 1,801 670 344 100 244 87 44 43
75 - 79 1,433 923 510 62 25 37 1,153 838 314 200 53 147 19 6 12
80 - 84 543 354 189 19 12 6 347 267 80 172 75 96 6 - 6
85 & Over 228 131 96 13 6 7 86 68 18 122 51 71 6 6 -
* 'Diploma' includes Polytechnic and other diplomas.

-continued
Number
Age Group
(Years)
University
Total 634,098 326,446 307,652 195,051 86,811 108,241 424,622 233,873 190,749 3,091 1,145 1,946 11,334 4,617 6,717
15 - 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20 - 24 24,086 4,518 19,569 22,616 4,390 18,227 1,441 120 1,322 - - - 29 8 20
25 - 29 114,272 49,623 64,650 77,482 37,574 39,908 36,455 11,965 24,490 14 - 14 322 84 237
30 - 34 136,504 64,395 72,109 42,680 22,517 20,162 92,137 41,337 50,800 59 8 51 1,628 532 1,096
35 - 39 126,589 66,235 60,353 23,651 11,170 12,481 100,371 54,132 46,239 151 66 85 2,415 867 1,548
40 - 44 88,134 50,115 38,019 12,705 5,456 7,249 72,931 43,648 29,283 253 70 183 2,245 941 1,304
45 - 49 60,392 36,005 24,387 7,404 2,931 4,473 50,825 32,225 18,600 369 121 248 1,794 728 1,066
50 - 54 35,538 22,220 13,318 4,214 1,386 2,828 29,782 20,145 9,637 336 118 218 1,205 571 634
55 - 59 22,313 14,781 7,532 2,083 662 1,421 19,063 13,559 5,504 374 169 206 793 391 402
60 - 64 13,529 9,323 4,206 1,416 404 1,012 11,254 8,539 2,715 381 150 231 478 230 248
65 - 69 5,818 4,108 1,710 412 140 272 4,891 3,725 1,166 330 115 214 186 128 58
70 - 74 4,146 3,125 1,021 184 89 94 3,425 2,802 624 384 139 245 153 95 58
75 - 79 1,710 1,274 436 107 63 45 1,351 1,089 262 170 82 88 81 40 41
80 - 84 683 510 172 60 28 32 479 416 63 138 67 71 6 - 6
85 & Over 384 214 170 37 - 37 216 173 43 130 40 90 - - -
Table 15 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over Born In Singapore by Age Group, Marital Status and Sex
Number
Age Group Total Single Married Widowed Divorced/Separated
Total 2,335,328 1,182,082 1,153,246 869,670 464,016 405,654 1,276,230 669,195 607,035 103,324 16,725 86,599 86,104 32,145 53,958
15 - 19 245,688 128,180 117,508 245,063 128,061 117,002 625 120 506 - - - - - -

20 - 24 216,345 113,779 102,566 207,509 111,322 96,187 7,865 2,219 5,646 81 32 49 890 206 684
25 - 29 191,903 99,813 92,089 137,187 78,774 58,413 51,744 20,223 31,520 86 12 74 2,886 803 2,082
30 - 34 180,949 93,342 87,607 70,081 41,300 28,780 104,145 49,399 54,746 143 25 118 6,581 2,618 3,963
35 - 39 204,440 104,089 100,351 48,301 26,036 22,265 145,487 74,024 71,463 662 170 492 9,991 3,859 6,132
40 - 44 211,438 107,136 104,302 37,722 19,601 18,121 160,891 82,800 78,091 1,262 263 999 11,563 4,472 7,091
45 - 49 249,763 126,350 123,413 37,369 19,136 18,233 195,692 101,521 94,171 3,118 660 2,458 13,584 5,034 8,551
50 - 54 253,579 128,263 125,316 34,847 16,948 17,899 198,374 104,904 93,470 5,859 1,094 4,765 14,500 5,317 9,183
55 - 59 205,328 104,644 100,684 24,297 10,892 13,405 160,169 87,924 72,245 9,444 1,535 7,909 11,418 4,293 7,125
60 - 64 151,589 75,395 76,194 14,783 6,119 8,664 116,224 64,424 51,800 12,974 2,127 10,847 7,608 2,726 4,882
65 - 69 81,674 40,187 41,487 5,589 2,517 3,072 59,272 34,127 25,144 13,385 2,175 11,210 3,428 1,367 2,061
70 - 74 66,633 31,884 34,748 4,024 1,964 2,060 42,986 26,054 16,932 17,445 3,001 14,444 2,178 865 1,313
75 - 79 42,347 17,779 24,567 1,922 947 974 21,791 13,813 7,977 17,663 2,621 15,041 972 397 574
80 - 84 22,029 7,822 14,207 688 285 403 8,036 5,512 2,524 12,955 1,881 11,074 350 144 206
85 & Over 11,622 3,417 8,205 288 113 175 2,931 2,131 800 8,247 1,129 7,118 155 44 111
Table 16 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over Born Outside Singapore by Age Group, Marital Status and Sex
Number
Age Group Total Single Married Widowed Divorced/Separated
Total 770,420 335,346 435,075 130,796 63,074 67,723 568,376 259,157 309,219 54,232 8,129 46,103 17,016 4,986 12,030
15 - 19 25,297 12,094 13,203 25,237 12,080 13,157 61 15 46 - - - - - -

20 - 24 26,015 10,721 15,294 22,278 10,246 12,033 3,688 467 3,221 - - - 49 8 41
25 - 29 69,529 26,706 42,823 30,119 15,623 14,496 39,109 11,003 28,106 24 - 24 277 81 196
30 - 34 110,737 44,519 66,218 19,681 9,863 9,817 89,860 34,370 55,490 88 16 72 1,108 270 838
35 - 39 113,772 49,040 64,732 11,203 5,252 5,952 100,221 43,305 56,917 327 22 305 2,019 461 1,559
40 - 44 92,578 41,246 51,332 6,881 3,064 3,817 82,817 37,422 45,396 558 82 476 2,322 678 1,644
45 - 49 70,152 33,047 37,106 4,315 1,952 2,363 62,943 30,358 32,584 763 116 647 2,132 620 1,512
50 - 54 50,148 23,725 26,423 3,254 1,452 1,802 43,769 21,404 22,365 1,190 186 1,005 1,935 684 1,251
55 - 59 47,598 22,635 24,963 2,456 1,036 1,420 40,869 20,773 20,097 2,106 270 1,836 2,167 557 1,611
60 - 64 44,829 21,162 23,667 1,980 855 1,124 36,596 19,142 17,455 4,430 605 3,825 1,823 560 1,263
65 - 69 31,936 14,181 17,754 1,055 503 552 23,764 12,601 11,163 5,840 644 5,196 1,277 433 844
70 - 74 28,701 12,588 16,112 919 410 508 18,933 10,726 8,207 7,979 1,141 6,838 869 310 559
75 - 79 24,162 10,416 13,746 756 397 360 13,342 8,524 4,817 9,476 1,340 8,136 587 155 433
80 - 84 18,518 7,659 10,859 393 211 182 8,011 5,682 2,329 9,815 1,675 8,140 298 91 207
85 & Over 16,449 5,607 10,842 269 130 139 4,392 3,366 1,026 11,635 2,032 9,603 153 79 74
Table 17 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group
Number
Age Group Total
None 1 Child 2 Children 3 Children 4 Children 5 Children 6 to 7 Children 8 or More Children
(Years)
Total
Total 1,114,944 131,576 214,414 383,718 221,939 80,744 33,140 31,277 18,137
15 - 19 552 121 344 81 6 - - - -

20 - 24 9,641 3,655 4,003 1,620 295 50 19 - -
25 - 29 62,003 27,931 20,857 10,443 2,248 375 111 39 -
30 - 34 115,228 30,393 39,442 34,974 8,170 1,857 310 56 26
35 - 39 136,867 20,289 34,550 56,212 20,020 4,587 857 320 31
40 - 44 133,696 14,130 27,367 56,921 26,850 6,575 1,366 431 56
45 - 49 139,923 11,355 24,570 58,323 34,106 9,117 1,731 629 91
50 - 54 132,038 9,078 20,762 54,857 35,677 9,131 1,881 579 74
55 - 59 110,822 6,059 16,371 46,760 30,710 8,357 1,810 643 113
60 - 64 90,073 4,142 11,906 32,094 26,848 10,542 3,160 1,149 232
65 - 69 55,617 1,739 4,747 14,445 15,583 9,910 4,924 3,493 777
70 - 74 48,293 1,253 3,942 8,621 10,741 8,779 6,125 6,232 2,600
75 - 79 36,979 738 2,390 4,165 5,705 5,803 5,151 8,030 4,998
80 - 84 24,480 398 1,590 2,365 2,769 3,308 3,293 5,700 5,056
85 & Over 18,732 296 1,573 1,837 2,210 2,354 2,403 3,976 4,083
-continued
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Chinese
Total 837,762 100,793 160,879 299,865 163,865 53,879 22,621 23,252 12,607
15 - 19 218 51 148 18 - - - - -
20 - 24 4,204 1,868 1,684 546 106 - - - -
25 - 29 36,783 20,108 10,998 4,723 848 93 14 - -
30 - 34 77,239 24,198 26,580 21,725 4,045 625 55 12 -
35 - 39 98,359 16,182 26,367 41,016 12,552 1,951 230 62 -
40 - 44 97,311 11,016 21,547 44,033 17,694 2,665 293 56 6
45 - 49 103,074 8,681 19,806 46,466 23,208 4,273 440 169 31
50 - 54 102,010 7,060 17,239 45,454 26,388 5,068 639 156 6
55 - 59 88,630 4,687 13,862 39,647 24,015 5,313 897 171 37
60 - 64 74,173 3,289 10,173 28,206 22,253 7,856 1,783 556 57
65 - 69 46,968 1,455 4,203 12,918 13,726 8,375 3,708 2,243 342
70 - 74 40,207 1,005 3,487 7,633 9,616 7,574 4,952 4,592 1,348
75 - 79 30,593 612 2,012 3,712 4,980 5,004 4,425 6,590 3,258
80 - 84 21,094 336 1,375 2,030 2,449 2,924 2,988 5,021 3,972
85 & Over 16,899 247 1,396 1,739 1,985 2,160 2,198 3,625 3,550
-continued
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Malays
Total 137,831 12,115 18,695 33,012 35,647 20,356 7,740 5,852 4,415
15 - 19 241 25 154 56 6 - - - -
20 - 24 2,847 785 1,143 694 162 44 19 - -
25 - 29 10,513 2,974 3,359 2,801 1,022 237 82 39 -
30 - 34 13,013 2,117 3,257 4,012 2,407 981 183 44 12
35 - 39 15,334 1,349 2,215 4,677 4,321 2,035 487 226 25
40 - 44 17,706 1,210 1,849 4,538 5,690 3,165 884 328 43
45 - 49 21,003 1,149 1,844 5,331 7,168 3,966 1,090 403 52
50 - 54 17,632 931 1,710 4,278 5,992 3,289 1,042 341 49
55 - 59 13,204 673 1,300 3,441 4,189 2,451 698 383 70
60 - 64 9,627 496 953 1,843 2,837 1,870 1,035 453 139
65 - 69 5,055 152 236 570 908 1,018 853 939 378
70 - 74 4,668 124 221 395 435 680 681 1,061 1,071
75 - 79 4,014 62 232 199 307 373 413 1,037 1,392
80 - 84 1,876 37 106 134 114 168 129 394 793
85 & Over 1,096 31 114 45 88 81 142 205 390
-continued
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Indians
Total 97,650 11,307 22,673 36,707 16,543 5,140 2,355 1,906 1,020
15 - 19 69 37 26 6 - - - - -
20 - 24 1,750 740 769 216 18 6 - - -
25 - 29 10,804 3,397 4,856 2,224 283 37 6 - -
30 - 34 16,878 2,386 6,281 6,909 1,071 166 58 - 8
35 - 39 14,186 1,401 3,358 7,080 1,913 315 88 25 6
40 - 44 11,329 941 2,143 5,485 2,126 490 113 25 6
45 - 49 10,901 763 1,803 4,632 2,790 697 156 51 8
50 - 54 9,459 622 1,292 4,065 2,661 593 154 60 12
55 - 59 7,221 477 949 2,867 2,135 509 202 76 6
60 - 64 5,370 294 614 1,674 1,536 772 323 119 37
65 - 69 3,073 100 187 740 870 469 341 311 56
70 - 74 2,849 100 168 437 534 485 443 509 173
75 - 79 1,952 31 121 185 316 339 282 359 317
80 - 84 1,264 12 85 146 188 180 145 242 266
85 & Over 542 6 18 41 100 81 43 128 125
-continued
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Others
Total 41,701 7,361 12,167 14,133 5,885 1,369 425 267 95
15 - 19 24 8 16 - - - - - -
20 - 24 839 261 405 164 8 - - - -
25 - 29 3,903 1,452 1,643 696 96 8 8 - -
30 - 34 8,097 1,693 3,323 2,329 647 85 14 - 6
35 - 39 8,988 1,357 2,610 3,440 1,234 286 53 8 -
40 - 44 7,349 963 1,828 2,864 1,340 256 77 22 -
45 - 49 4,944 762 1,117 1,894 939 181 44 6 -
50 - 54 2,936 466 520 1,059 635 181 46 22 6
55 - 59 1,767 222 260 804 371 84 12 14 -
60 - 64 903 62 165 371 221 43 18 20 -
65 - 69 520 32 121 218 80 48 21 - -
70 - 74 568 25 65 156 156 40 49 70 8
75 - 79 421 33 25 70 101 87 31 44 31
80 - 84 247 13 25 56 18 37 31 43 25
85 & Over 196 12 44 13 37 32 20 18 19
Table 18 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Residential Status
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Total
Total 1,114,944 131,576 214,414 383,718 221,939 80,744 33,140 31,277 18,137
15 - 19 552 121 344 81 6 - - - -

20 - 24 9,641 3,655 4,003 1,620 295 50 19 - -
25 - 29 62,003 27,931 20,857 10,443 2,248 375 111 39 -
30 - 34 115,228 30,393 39,442 34,974 8,170 1,857 310 56 26
35 - 39 136,867 20,289 34,550 56,212 20,020 4,587 857 320 31
40 - 44 133,696 14,130 27,367 56,921 26,850 6,575 1,366 431 56
45 - 49 139,923 11,355 24,570 58,323 34,106 9,117 1,731 629 91
50 - 54 132,038 9,078 20,762 54,857 35,677 9,131 1,881 579 74
55 - 59 110,822 6,059 16,371 46,760 30,710 8,357 1,810 643 113
60 - 64 90,073 4,142 11,906 32,094 26,848 10,542 3,160 1,149 232
65 - 69 55,617 1,739 4,747 14,445 15,583 9,910 4,924 3,493 777
70 - 74 48,293 1,253 3,942 8,621 10,741 8,779 6,125 6,232 2,600
75 - 79 36,979 738 2,390 4,165 5,705 5,803 5,151 8,030 4,998
80 - 84 24,480 398 1,590 2,365 2,769 3,308 3,293 5,700 5,056
85 & Over 18,732 296 1,573 1,837 2,210 2,354 2,403 3,976 4,083
-continued
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Singapore Citizens
Total 921,103 93,121 153,721 317,667 201,587 75,449 31,513 30,264 17,780
15 - 19 512 104 321 81 6 - - - -

20 - 24 6,760 2,425 2,714 1,265 286 50 19 - -
25 - 29 37,043 17,136 10,935 6,661 1,866 328 87 31 -
30 - 34 67,948 19,175 20,991 20,277 5,652 1,524 254 56 18
35 - 39 92,440 13,641 21,276 37,358 15,407 3,716 738 273 31
40 - 44 102,840 10,231 19,026 44,016 22,170 5,750 1,208 384 56
45 - 49 121,276 8,988 19,530 51,017 31,124 8,414 1,541 589 75
50 - 54 122,786 7,923 18,804 51,452 33,807 8,513 1,707 506 74
55 - 59 104,798 5,476 15,323 44,515 29,350 7,767 1,667 595 105
60 - 64 86,511 3,866 11,262 30,986 26,013 10,073 2,993 1,101 217
65 - 69 53,415 1,619 4,460 13,802 15,131 9,600 4,716 3,333 753
70 - 74 46,480 1,182 3,751 8,197 10,351 8,471 5,990 6,050 2,489
75 - 79 35,994 691 2,277 4,005 5,587 5,661 4,991 7,886 4,895
80 - 84 23,941 382 1,534 2,255 2,666 3,253 3,230 5,589 5,032
85 & Over 18,360 280 1,517 1,782 2,171 2,330 2,372 3,872 4,035
-continued
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Permanent Residents
Total 193,842 38,455 60,693 66,051 20,352 5,296 1,627 1,013 356
15 - 19 40 16 24 - - - - - -
20 - 24 2,881 1,230 1,288 355 8 - - - -
25 - 29 24,961 10,795 9,923 3,782 382 47 24 8 -
30 - 34 47,280 11,218 18,450 14,697 2,517 333 57 - 8
35 - 39 44,427 6,648 13,274 18,855 4,612 871 119 48 -
40 - 44 30,856 3,899 8,341 12,905 4,681 825 158 47 -
45 - 49 18,646 2,367 5,041 7,307 2,983 704 189 40 16
50 - 54 9,253 1,154 1,957 3,405 1,870 618 175 73 -
55 - 59 6,024 583 1,049 2,245 1,360 590 142 48 8
60 - 64 3,562 276 644 1,108 835 469 167 48 16
65 - 69 2,202 120 286 643 452 310 207 160 24
70 - 74 1,813 71 191 424 391 308 134 183 111
75 - 79 986 47 112 161 118 142 160 143 103
80 - 84 539 16 56 111 103 55 63 112 24
85 & Over 373 16 56 55 39 24 31 104 48
Table 19 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Economic Activity
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Total
Total 1,114,944 131,576 214,414 383,718 221,939 80,744 33,140 31,277 18,137
15 - 19 552 121 344 81 6 - - - -

20 - 24 9,641 3,655 4,003 1,620 295 50 19 - -
25 - 29 62,003 27,931 20,857 10,443 2,248 375 111 39 -
30 - 34 115,228 30,393 39,442 34,974 8,170 1,857 310 56 26
35 - 39 136,867 20,289 34,550 56,212 20,020 4,587 857 320 31
40 - 44 133,696 14,130 27,367 56,921 26,850 6,575 1,366 431 56
45 - 49 139,923 11,355 24,570 58,323 34,106 9,117 1,731 629 91
50 - 54 132,038 9,078 20,762 54,857 35,677 9,131 1,881 579 74
55 - 59 110,822 6,059 16,371 46,760 30,710 8,357 1,810 643 113
60 - 64 90,073 4,142 11,906 32,094 26,848 10,542 3,160 1,149 232
65 - 69 55,617 1,739 4,747 14,445 15,583 9,910 4,924 3,493 777
70 - 74 48,293 1,253 3,942 8,621 10,741 8,779 6,125 6,232 2,600
75 - 79 36,979 738 2,390 4,165 5,705 5,803 5,151 8,030 4,998
80 - 84 24,480 398 1,590 2,365 2,769 3,308 3,293 5,700 5,056
85 & Over 18,732 296 1,573 1,837 2,210 2,354 2,403 3,976 4,083
-continued
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Economically Active
Total 581,867 102,981 136,576 213,634 97,698 23,105 5,013 2,331 530
15 - 19 168 39 86 44 - - - - -
20 - 24 5,969 2,636 2,320 815 161 31 6 - -
25 - 29 46,667 24,500 14,296 6,333 1,296 197 45 - -
30 - 34 85,957 26,581 29,533 23,448 5,222 980 155 19 20
35 - 39 96,463 17,004 24,965 38,229 13,112 2,561 437 148 7
40 - 44 89,653 11,101 19,523 37,847 16,775 3,517 704 173 12
45 - 49 88,777 8,653 16,508 37,612 20,070 4,909 777 243 6
50 - 54 76,611 6,176 13,590 33,050 18,988 3,943 639 207 18
55 - 59 50,284 3,662 9,042 22,246 12,080 2,576 509 157 12
60 - 64 27,082 1,909 4,870 10,556 6,875 2,144 522 169 37
65 - 69 8,365 459 1,145 2,447 2,072 1,208 567 429 37
70 - 74 4,172 187 537 780 892 745 416 445 169
75 - 79 1,276 75 132 169 138 200 167 259 136
80 - 84 322 - 31 49 13 57 56 68 49
85 & Over 102 - - 6 6 37 13 14 25
-continued
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Economically Inactive
Total 533,077 28,595 77,838 170,085 124,241 57,639 28,127 28,946 17,606
15 - 19 383 82 258 37 6 - - - -
20 - 24 3,671 1,019 1,683 805 133 19 13 - -
25 - 29 15,337 3,431 6,561 4,110 952 178 66 39 -
30 - 34 29,271 3,812 9,909 11,526 2,948 877 155 37 6
35 - 39 40,404 3,285 9,585 17,983 6,908 2,026 420 172 25
40 - 44 44,043 3,029 7,844 19,073 10,076 3,058 662 258 43
45 - 49 51,146 2,702 8,063 20,712 14,036 4,208 954 386 85
50 - 54 55,427 2,902 7,172 21,806 16,689 5,188 1,243 372 55
55 - 59 60,538 2,397 7,329 24,513 18,631 5,780 1,301 486 100
60 - 64 62,991 2,233 7,037 21,537 19,972 8,398 2,638 980 195
65 - 69 47,253 1,280 3,601 11,998 13,512 8,702 4,357 3,064 740
70 - 74 44,121 1,066 3,405 7,841 9,849 8,034 5,708 5,787 2,431
75 - 79 35,703 663 2,258 3,997 5,568 5,603 4,984 7,771 4,861
80 - 84 24,158 398 1,560 2,316 2,757 3,251 3,237 5,632 5,006
85 & Over 18,631 296 1,573 1,831 2,204 2,317 2,390 3,962 4,058
Table 20 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Number of Children Born, Economic Activity and Ethnic Group
Number
Number of Children Total Economically Active Economically Inactive
Born Total Chinese Malays Indians Others Total Chinese Malays Indians Others Total Chinese Malays Indians Others
Total 1,114,944 837,762 137,831 97,650 41,701 581,867 448,553 62,836 46,394 24,084 533,077 389,209 74,995 51,256 17,617
None 131,576 100,793 12,115 11,307 7,361 102,981 81,094 8,556 7,921 5,410 28,595 19,699 3,559 3,386 1,951
1 Child 214,414 160,879 18,695 22,673 12,167 136,576 106,186 11,304 11,704 7,382 77,838 54,694 7,391 10,968 4,785
2 Children 383,718 299,865 33,012 36,707 14,133 213,634 171,492 17,284 17,408 7,450 170,085 128,373 15,729 19,300 6,683
3 Children 221,939 163,865 35,647 16,543 5,885 97,698 71,551 15,967 7,119 3,061 124,241 92,313 19,680 9,424 2,824
4 Children 80,744 53,879 20,356 5,140 1,369 23,105 13,838 7,022 1,623 622 57,639 40,042 13,334 3,517 746
5 Children 33,140 22,621 7,740 2,355 425 5,013 2,678 1,859 359 117 28,127 19,943 5,881 1,995 308
6 to 7 Children 31,277 23,252 5,852 1,906 267 2,331 1,346 740 209 36 28,946 21,906 5,112 1,697 231
8 or More Children 18,137 12,607 4,415 1,020 95 530 368 105 51 6 17,606 12,239 4,310 969 89
Table 21 Resident Ever-Married Female Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born
and Highest Qualification Attained
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Total
Total 1,112,166 130,155 213,718 383,205 221,804 80,738 33,140 31,270 18,137
15 - 19 500 106 307 81 6 - - - -

20 - 24 9,234 3,394 3,902 1,602 268 50 19 - -
25 - 29 61,196 27,353 20,713 10,377 2,229 375 111 39 -
30 - 34 114,504 30,019 39,248 34,832 8,156 1,857 310 56 26
35 - 39 136,473 20,199 34,384 56,107 19,993 4,587 857 314 31
40 - 44 133,514 14,065 27,345 56,850 26,826 6,575 1,366 431 56
45 - 49 139,799 11,329 24,538 58,277 34,088 9,117 1,731 629 91
50 - 54 131,986 9,072 20,762 54,823 35,671 9,125 1,881 579 74
55 - 59 110,791 6,059 16,371 46,729 30,710 8,357 1,810 643 113
60 - 64 90,066 4,136 11,906 32,094 26,848 10,542 3,160 1,149 232
65 - 69 55,617 1,739 4,747 14,445 15,583 9,910 4,924 3,493 777
70 - 74 48,293 1,253 3,942 8,621 10,741 8,779 6,125 6,232 2,600
75 - 79 36,979 738 2,390 4,165 5,705 5,803 5,151 8,030 4,998
80 - 84 24,480 398 1,590 2,365 2,769 3,308 3,293 5,700 5,056
85 & Over 18,732 296 1,573 1,837 2,210 2,354 2,403 3,976 4,083
-continued
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Below Secondary
Total 467,053 23,091 57,186 136,649 117,382 56,869 28,361 29,673 17,843
15 - 19 139 26 82 25 6 - - - -
20 - 24 1,794 269 832 555 100 25 13 - -
25 - 29 5,601 903 1,960 1,921 605 137 44 32 -
30 - 34 11,022 1,557 3,018 3,935 1,656 634 183 31 6
35 - 39 21,080 2,322 4,610 8,171 4,231 1,340 246 142 18
40 - 44 32,124 2,620 5,507 12,740 8,025 2,449 553 194 37
45 - 49 49,405 3,353 7,498 19,235 13,805 4,220 908 338 47
50 - 54 60,361 3,679 7,932 23,620 18,501 5,137 1,048 396 49
55 - 59 63,785 2,801 8,130 25,013 19,673 6,131 1,406 536 93
60 - 64 61,196 2,291 6,572 18,714 20,227 9,175 2,899 1,098 220
65 - 69 43,971 1,144 3,157 9,516 12,334 8,945 4,712 3,399 765
70 - 74 41,559 896 2,888 6,211 8,945 8,041 5,870 6,113 2,594
75 - 79 34,046 629 2,064 3,280 4,777 5,422 5,012 7,913 4,949
80 - 84 23,227 353 1,459 2,071 2,463 3,059 3,185 5,629 5,006
85 & Over 17,744 246 1,478 1,640 2,034 2,154 2,282 3,851 4,059
-continued
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Secondary
Total 231,978 22,144 46,076 96,268 50,196 13,097 2,965 1,055 176
15 - 19 228 43 154 31 - - - - -
20 - 24 2,690 757 1,189 583 131 25 6 - -
25 - 29 9,693 2,625 3,372 2,666 823 164 42 - -
30 - 34 16,601 3,089 5,036 5,827 2,052 511 54 25 8
35 - 39 25,347 3,177 5,751 10,120 4,637 1,243 309 109 -
40 - 44 35,422 3,213 6,209 15,355 7,880 2,166 465 121 13
45 - 49 43,574 3,156 7,306 18,788 10,705 2,847 569 173 31
50 - 54 39,789 2,669 6,997 17,540 9,544 2,371 558 103 6
55 - 59 28,468 1,771 5,037 13,064 6,863 1,374 251 100 8
60 - 64 17,797 1,040 3,255 7,952 4,345 969 193 31 12
65 - 69 6,313 326 866 2,584 1,780 561 95 94 6
70 - 74 3,487 208 603 1,165 817 414 179 93 6
75 - 79 1,372 38 171 350 403 204 102 68 37
80 - 84 605 13 56 139 116 143 64 44 31
85 & Over 591 18 76 101 101 105 76 94 18
-continued
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)
Total 92,255 11,227 20,833 37,129 17,633 4,165 889 292 87
15 - 19 115 31 66 19 - - - - -
20 - 24 1,573 575 714 265 19 - - - -
25 - 29 6,618 2,148 2,574 1,449 361 56 25 6 -
30 - 34 9,699 1,802 3,198 3,265 1,156 245 27 - 6
35 - 39 15,750 2,072 3,719 6,340 2,720 737 129 19 13
40 - 44 15,407 1,514 3,266 6,734 3,122 583 144 43 -
45 - 49 13,285 1,091 2,483 5,932 2,928 672 106 68 6
50 - 54 12,439 882 2,034 5,361 3,255 698 160 37 12
55 - 59 7,870 554 1,396 3,747 1,691 386 77 6 12
60 - 64 4,568 319 785 2,303 945 173 37 6 -
65 - 69 2,371 133 271 951 687 262 60 - 6
70 - 74 1,363 70 187 430 434 160 63 19 -
75 - 79 697 25 65 234 206 93 18 49 6
80 - 84 325 12 57 54 77 49 31 27 18
85 & Over 175 - 19 45 31 50 12 12 6
-continued
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
Diploma* & Professional Qualification
Total 121,468 24,659 32,517 44,978 15,861 2,892 447 96 19
15 - 19 18 6 6 6 - - - - -
20 - 24 1,834 933 710 172 19 - - - -
25 - 29 14,542 7,234 4,876 2,129 291 12 - - -
30 - 34 25,236 7,077 8,738 7,596 1,547 258 20 - -
35 - 39 26,423 4,240 6,997 11,288 3,283 528 62 25 -
40 - 44 19,792 2,364 4,740 8,780 3,239 530 106 27 6
45 - 49 13,620 1,325 2,807 5,921 2,853 621 75 12 6
50 - 54 8,907 764 1,802 3,905 1,992 391 33 14 6
55 - 59 4,557 364 775 2,217 960 198 43 - -
60 - 64 3,312 223 664 1,559 746 107 13 - -
65 - 69 1,524 57 201 743 391 89 44 - -
70 - 74 957 35 139 409 299 57 12 6 -
75 - 79 473 12 44 166 179 60 12 - -
80 - 84 182 13 18 68 50 26 7 - -
85 & Over 89 12 - 18 12 14 20 12 -
* 'Diploma' includes Polytechnic and other diplomas.

-continued
Number
Age Group Total
(Years)
University
Total 199,411 49,033 57,105 68,181 20,732 3,715 478 154 12
15 - 19 - - - - - - - - -
20 - 24 1,342 859 457 26 - - - - -
25 - 29 24,742 14,443 7,931 2,213 148 6 - - -
30 - 34 51,947 16,495 19,258 14,208 1,745 208 26 - 6
35 - 39 47,872 8,386 13,307 20,187 5,121 739 111 20 -
40 - 44 30,770 4,354 7,624 13,241 4,560 847 98 46 -
45 - 49 19,914 2,403 4,444 8,401 3,797 757 73 38 -
50 - 54 10,489 1,077 1,997 4,397 2,379 528 82 29 -
55 - 59 6,112 569 1,033 2,687 1,524 267 32 - -
60 - 64 3,194 263 631 1,565 585 117 18 14 -
65 - 69 1,438 80 252 650 391 53 12 - -
70 - 74 927 44 125 406 245 105 - - -
75 - 79 391 33 46 135 141 25 6 - 6
80 - 84 140 7 - 33 64 31 6 - -
85 & Over 133 19 - 32 32 31 12 6 -
Table 22 Resident Ever-Married Female Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained,
Number
Total
Highest Qualification Attained None 1 Child 2 Children 3 Children 4 Children 5 Children 6 to 7 Children 8 or More Children
Total
Total 1,112,166 130,155 213,718 383,205 221,804 80,738 33,140 31,270 18,137
No Qualification 248,911 8,600 22,739 54,625 60,015 37,435 22,590 26,137 16,769
Primary 93,202 5,318 12,321 32,749 26,643 9,982 3,292 2,139 757
Lower Secondary 124,940 9,172 22,126 49,274 30,724 9,452 2,479 1,397 317
Secondary 231,978 22,144 46,076 96,268 50,196 13,097 2,965 1,055 176
Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 92,255 11,227 20,833 37,129 17,633 4,165 889 292 87
Polytechnic 52,875 11,841 14,353 18,802 6,535 1,152 136 43 13
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 68,593 12,818 18,164 26,176 9,326 1,740 311 53 6
University 199,411 49,033 57,105 68,181 20,732 3,715 478 154 12
-continued
Number
Total
Chinese
Total 836,018 99,827 160,435 299,596 163,807 53,873 22,621 23,252 12,607
Primary 69,779 3,920 9,646 26,621 19,978 6,357 1,691 1,175 389
Lower Secondary 92,808 6,993 17,299 39,409 21,956 5,113 1,134 717 187
Secondary 170,363 16,380 36,314 76,399 33,574 6,158 1,092 397 49
Polytechnic 42,913 9,639 11,651 15,667 5,112 772 59 12 -
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 55,089 10,685 14,792 21,221 7,176 1,071 131 12 -
University 138,234 38,310 37,006 44,826 15,089 2,626 298 73 6
-continued
Number
Total
Malays
Total 137,543 12,001 18,609 32,961 35,616 20,356 7,740 5,845 4,415
Primary 14,419 775 1,331 3,207 4,232 2,791 1,170 633 279
Lower Secondary 18,917 1,077 2,481 4,933 5,483 3,368 1,008 485 80
Secondary 39,297 3,303 5,288 11,126 11,730 5,701 1,524 537 89
Polytechnic 5,276 1,119 1,297 1,496 983 281 62 31 6
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 5,238 783 1,204 1,551 1,144 419 105 26 6
University 6,089 1,330 1,456 1,683 1,097 390 90 43 -
-continued
Number
Total
Indians
Total 97,138 11,085 22,558 36,570 16,504 5,140 2,355 1,906 1,020
No Qualification 12,490 523 1,075 2,474 3,085 1,897 1,257 1,336 843
Primary 7,315 389 838 2,370 2,214 743 379 293 89
Lower Secondary 9,536 628 1,319 3,631 2,728 760 285 148 37
Secondary 17,451 1,816 3,204 6,969 4,021 1,032 291 91 26
Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 7,437 942 1,588 2,929 1,536 290 103 31 18
Polytechnic 3,417 833 1,054 1,131 316 78 - - 6
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 5,396 848 1,473 2,333 602 122 18 - -
University 34,096 5,107 12,007 14,734 2,002 218 20 7 -
-continued
Number
Total
Others
Total 41,467 7,241 12,115 14,079 5,877 1,369 425 267 95
No Qualification 2,527 379 710 674 427 129 55 95 58

Primary 1,689 234 506 551 218 91 51 37 -
Lower Secondary 3,679 475 1,026 1,301 558 211 51 46 12
Secondary 4,866 644 1,271 1,774 870 206 57 31 12
Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 3,575 471 920 1,262 732 102 69 13 6
Polytechnic 1,270 251 351 509 123 21 15 - -
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 2,869 502 696 1,070 404 127 56 14 -
University 20,991 4,286 6,636 6,937 2,545 481 70 31 6
Table 23 Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over by Age Group, Mobility Status and Sex
Number
Age Group Total Ambulant Semi-Ambulant Non-Ambulant
Total 344,069 151,541 192,528 299,485 137,575 161,910 36,396 11,442 24,954 8,188 2,523 5,664
65 - 69 113,609 54,368 59,241 108,689 52,444 56,245 4,024 1,552 2,472 896 372 523
70 - 74 95,333 44,472 50,861 87,875 41,766 46,109 6,331 2,244 4,087 1,128 463 665
75 - 79 66,508 28,195 38,313 56,364 24,957 31,407 8,440 2,641 5,800 1,704 598 1,107
80 - 84 40,546 15,481 25,066 30,508 12,479 18,029 8,269 2,525 5,745 1,769 476 1,292
85 & over 28,071 9,024 19,047 16,049 5,929 10,120 9,331 2,481 6,851 2,691 614 2,077
Table 24 Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Mobility Status and Sex
Number
Total Ambulant Semi-Ambulant Non-Ambulant
Type of Dwelling
Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total 344,069 151,541 192,528 299,485 137,575 161,910 36,396 11,442 24,954 8,188 2,523 5,664
HDB Dwellings* 284,603 125,322 159,282 246,629 113,510 133,118 31,006 9,613 21,392 6,969 2,199 4,771
1- and 2-Room Flats 26,256 12,886 13,370 22,045 11,337 10,708 3,597 1,348 2,249 613 200 413
3-Room Flats 81,358 35,628 45,731 70,859 32,219 38,640 8,628 2,781 5,846 1,872 627 1,245
4-Room Flats 103,046 45,044 58,002 89,460 41,003 48,457 11,033 3,255 7,778 2,553 786 1,767
5-Room and Executive Flats 73,034 31,321 41,713 63,452 28,541 34,911 7,677 2,208 5,469 1,905 573 1,332
Condominiums and Private Flats 22,233 9,924 12,309 19,906 9,178 10,728 1,865 609 1,255 462 136 326
Landed Properties 34,432 14,972 19,459 30,465 13,676 16,789 3,248 1,114 2,134 718 182 536
Bungalows 5,475 2,390 3,085 4,810 2,182 2,629 578 196 382 87 12 74
Semi-Detached Bungalows 11,443 4,964 6,479 10,121 4,521 5,600 1,041 373 668 281 70 211
Terrace Houses 17,513 7,618 9,895 15,533 6,973 8,561 1,629 545 1,084 351 100 251
Others 2,801 1,323 1,478 2,485 1,211 1,275 278 106 172 38 6 32
* 'HDB Dwellings' includes other HDB dwellings.

Table 25 Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over by Living Arrangements, Mobility Status and Sex
Number
Total Ambulant Semi-Ambulant Non-Ambulant
Living Arrangements
Total 344,069 151,541 192,528 299,485 137,575 161,910 36,396 11,442 24,954 8,188 2,523 5,664
Living With Spouse 189,595 116,491 73,103 173,768 107,184 66,584 12,796 7,469 5,327 3,031 1,839 1,192
No Children in Household 66,841 39,403 27,437 61,413 36,216 25,197 4,486 2,587 1,899 942 600 341
With At Least One Working Child 109,733 68,608 41,125 100,622 63,224 37,398 7,330 4,335 2,994 1,782 1,049 733
With All Non-Working Children 13,021 8,480 4,541 11,733 7,743 3,990 981 547 434 308 190 118
Living With Children but Without Spouse 106,752 18,281 88,471 83,855 15,211 68,644 18,487 2,555 15,932 4,410 515 3,895
With At Least One Working Child 93,517 16,410 77,107 74,740 13,765 60,976 15,110 2,195 12,915 3,667 450 3,216
With All Non-Working Children 13,235 1,871 11,365 9,115 1,446 7,669 3,377 360 3,017 743 64 679
Not Living With Spouse or Children 47,722 16,769 30,953 41,862 15,180 26,681 5,113 1,418 3,695 747 170 577
Alone 28,086 9,559 18,527 25,525 8,765 16,760 2,375 731 1,644 186 63 123
With Other Elderly Persons Only 4,408 1,946 2,461 3,934 1,738 2,196 428 196 232 45 12 33
Others 15,228 5,263 9,965 12,402 4,677 7,725 2,310 492 1,819 516 94 421
Table 26 Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over by Living Arrangements, Age Group and Sex
Number
Total 65 - 69 Years 70 - 74 Years
Living Arrangements
Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total 344,069 151,541 192,528 113,609 54,368 59,241 95,333 44,472 50,861
Living With Spouse 189,595 116,491 73,103 78,977 45,004 33,973 58,110 35,243 22,867
No Children in Household 66,841 39,403 27,437 24,853 12,881 11,971 22,131 12,825 9,306
With At Least One Working Child 109,733 68,608 41,125 48,389 28,332 20,057 32,430 20,230 12,200
With All Non-Working Children 13,021 8,480 4,541 5,735 3,791 1,944 3,550 2,189 1,361
Living With Children but Without Spouse 106,752 18,281 88,471 19,744 3,546 16,199 23,776 4,167 19,609
With All Non-Working Children 13,235 1,871 11,365 1,408 333 1,074 2,116 274 1,842
Not Living With Spouse or Children 47,722 16,769 30,953 14,888 5,819 9,070 13,447 5,062 8,385
Alone 28,086 9,559 18,527 8,410 3,142 5,268 8,170 2,862 5,308
With Other Elderly Persons Only 4,408 1,946 2,461 1,473 649 825 1,427 632 795
Others 15,228 5,263 9,965 5,005 2,028 2,978 3,850 1,568 2,282
Table 26 Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over by Living Arrangements, Age Group and Sex
-continued
Number
75 - 79 Years 80 - 84 Years 85 Years & Over
Living Arrangements
Total 66,508 28,195 38,313 40,546 15,481 25,066 28,071 9,024 19,047
Living With Spouse 32,115 20,970 11,146 14,209 10,294 3,915 6,184 4,980 1,204
No Children in Household 12,368 8,101 4,267 5,298 3,859 1,439 2,191 1,737 454
With At Least One Working Child 17,751 11,583 6,168 7,823 5,731 2,092 3,340 2,733 608
With All Non-Working Children 1,997 1,286 711 1,088 704 384 652 511 142
Living With Children but Without Spouse 25,001 4,107 20,894 20,454 3,489 16,965 17,777 2,972 14,805
With All Non-Working Children 2,818 372 2,446 2,935 397 2,538 3,959 495 3,464
Not Living With Spouse or Children 9,393 3,119 6,274 5,883 1,697 4,186 4,111 1,072 3,039
Alone 6,020 1,959 4,061 3,596 1,013 2,583 1,890 583 1,307
With Other Elderly Persons Only 845 398 448 441 203 238 222 65 157
Others 2,528 763 1,765 1,846 481 1,365 1,999 424 1,575
Table 27 Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over by Main Source of Financial Support, Age Group and Sex
Number
Total 65 - 69 Years 70 - 74 Years
Main Source of Financial Support
Total 344,069 151,541 192,528 113,609 54,368 59,241 95,333 44,472 50,861
Allowances Given by Children 216,030 75,675 140,355 54,829 18,724 36,105 57,694 21,814 35,879
Allowances Given by Spouse 11,048 2,469 8,579 5,838 1,195 4,643 3,273 744 2,529
Income from Employment/Business 42,428 30,664 11,764 25,456 18,237 7,219 11,943 8,641 3,302
Savings/Interests Earned 36,757 20,846 15,911 13,392 7,642 5,749 11,170 6,554 4,616
Income from Rental/Dividends/Annuity/Trusts 10,022 5,230 4,792 3,963 2,176 1,786 3,136 1,683 1,453
Other Sources 27,784 16,657 11,127 10,132 6,394 3,738 8,118 5,037 3,081
Table 27 Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over by Main Source of Financial Support, Age Group and Sex
-continued
Number
75 - 79 Years 80 - 84 Years 85 Years & Over
Main Source of Financial Support
Total 66,508 28,195 38,313 40,546 15,481 25,066 28,071 9,024 19,047
Allowances Given by Spouse 1,382 384 998 436 120 316 118 25 93
Income from Employment/Business 3,871 2,877 995 942 744 197 216 165 51
Savings/Interests Earned 6,611 3,789 2,823 3,403 1,896 1,507 2,181 964 1,217
Income from Rental/Dividends/Annuity/Trusts 1,679 867 811 788 325 463 457 178 279
Other Sources 5,268 3,157 2,111 2,541 1,391 1,150 1,724 677 1,047
Table 28 Resident Population Aged 65 Years and Over by Main Source of Financial Support and Type of Dwelling
Number
HDB Dwellings
Condominiums
Main Source of Financial Support Total 1- and 2-Room 5-Room and Landed Properties Others
Total* 3-Room Flats 4-Room Flats and Private Flats
Flats Executive Flats
Total 344,069 284,603 26,256 81,358 103,046 73,034 22,233 34,432 2,801
Allowances Given by Spouse 11,048 7,994 693 2,559 2,608 2,096 1,054 1,840 160
Income from Employment/Business 42,428 34,377 4,054 10,721 12,012 7,308 3,027 4,596 428
Savings/Interests Earned 36,757 24,752 2,717 7,494 7,994 6,509 4,299 7,091 615
Income from Rental/Dividends/Annuity/Trusts 10,022 5,786 242 1,592 2,046 1,843 1,496 2,621 119
Other Sources 27,784 22,608 5,588 6,034 6,177 4,763 1,640 3,092 444
* 'Total' includes other HDB dwellings.

Table 29 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group
Number
Total 5 - 9 Years 10 - 14 Years 15 - 19 Years 20 Years & Over
Level of Education Attending Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total
Total 796,548 405,513 391,034 219,224 113,621 105,602 251,099 129,188 121,912 227,762 114,020 113,743 98,463 48,685 49,778
Pre-Primary 61,492 32,075 29,417 61,492 32,075 29,417 - - - - - - - - -

Primary 282,150 146,390 135,760 157,731 81,546 76,185 123,614 64,369 59,245 631 369 262 173 106 68
Secondary 231,992 119,739 112,253 - - - 127,485 64,819 62,666 103,781 54,543 49,239 725 378 348
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 55,935 28,228 27,707 - - - - - - 50,722 25,053 25,669 5,213 3,175 2,038
Polytechnic 79,708 41,404 38,304 - - - - - - 61,234 31,288 29,946 18,474 10,116 8,358
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 14,885 6,533 8,352 - - - - - - 5,465 2,497 2,968 9,419 4,036 5,383
University 70,386 31,144 39,242 - - - - - - 5,929 271 5,658 64,457 30,874 33,584
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Number
Chinese
Total 558,533 285,269 273,264 143,266 74,534 68,732 173,366 89,522 83,843 163,071 81,755 81,316 78,831 39,459 39,372
Pre-Primary 39,895 21,056 18,839 39,895 21,056 18,839 - - - - - - - - -

Primary 187,014 97,321 89,693 103,370 53,478 49,893 83,106 43,524 39,582 414 257 157 124 62 61
Secondary 161,469 83,898 77,571 - - - 90,259 45,998 44,261 70,788 37,684 33,104 422 215 206
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 39,522 19,585 19,937 - - - - - - 36,564 17,711 18,853 2,959 1,874 1,085
Polytechnic 59,665 31,483 28,182 - - - - - - 46,863 24,308 22,556 12,802 7,175 5,627
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 10,448 4,677 5,771 - - - - - - 3,374 1,587 1,787 7,073 3,089 3,984
University 60,520 27,251 33,269 - - - - - - 5,069 208 4,861 55,451 27,043 28,408
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Number
Malays
Total 132,114 68,506 63,608 36,972 19,320 17,652 44,381 23,079 21,302 40,465 20,991 19,474 10,297 5,117 5,180
Pre-Primary 9,812 5,116 4,696 9,812 5,116 4,696 - - - - - - - - -

Primary 49,262 25,688 23,574 27,160 14,203 12,956 21,970 11,403 10,567 107 62 45 25 19 6
Secondary 43,184 22,695 20,489 - - - 22,411 11,675 10,735 20,581 10,908 9,674 192 112 80
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 10,440 5,852 4,588 - - - - - - 8,953 4,903 4,050 1,487 949 538
Polytechnic 12,997 6,467 6,530 - - - - - - 9,290 4,498 4,792 3,708 1,969 1,738
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 2,534 1,161 1,373 - - - - - - 1,304 607 697 1,230 554 676
University 3,885 1,526 2,359 - - - - - - 230 13 217 3,655 1,513 2,142
-continued
Number
Indians
Total 78,103 38,557 39,545 27,897 14,219 13,678 23,950 12,199 11,750 18,780 8,782 9,997 7,477 3,357 4,120
Pre-Primary 8,319 4,148 4,172 8,319 4,148 4,172 - - - - - - - - -

Primary 32,353 16,799 15,555 19,577 10,071 9,506 12,712 6,684 6,028 39 19 20 25 25 -
Secondary 20,620 9,976 10,644 - - - 11,238 5,515 5,722 9,277 4,417 4,861 105 44 61
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 4,891 2,343 2,548 - - - - - - 4,259 2,039 2,220 632 304 328
Polytechnic 5,724 2,824 2,900 - - - - - - 4,186 2,051 2,135 1,538 773 765
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 1,421 502 919 - - - - - - 597 224 373 824 278 546
University 4,775 1,966 2,809 - - - - - - 421 33 388 4,353 1,933 2,420
-continued
Number
Others
Total 27,798 13,181 14,617 11,090 5,549 5,541 9,403 4,388 5,015 5,446 2,492 2,955 1,859 752 1,106
Pre-Primary 3,465 1,755 1,711 3,465 1,755 1,711 - - - - - - - - -

Primary 13,521 6,583 6,938 7,624 3,794 3,830 5,825 2,758 3,068 71 31 40 - - -
Secondary 6,719 3,171 3,548 - - - 3,578 1,630 1,947 3,135 1,534 1,601 6 6 -
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 1,082 448 634 - - - - - - 947 400 547 135 48 87
Polytechnic 1,321 629 692 - - - - - - 894 430 464 427 199 229
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 482 194 288 - - - - - - 190 79 111 292 114 177
University 1,207 402 805 - - - - - - 209 17 192 998 385 613
Table 30 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group
Number
Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary

Age Group
Total
Total 2,779,524 1,354,723 1,424,800 424,443 159,806 264,637 193,181 91,940 101,242 282,523 142,894 139,629 526,359 242,851 283,508
15 - 19 43,223 26,255 16,968 759 416 342 708 428 280 2,846 1,585 1,261 11,894 6,758 5,135
20 - 24 160,265 86,080 74,185 1,450 702 748 1,568 765 803 4,626 2,185 2,441 23,846 13,726 10,120
25 - 29 249,427 118,221 131,206 2,035 735 1,301 2,489 1,092 1,396 7,520 2,946 4,574 29,719 14,869 14,849
30 - 34 289,314 136,762 152,552 3,947 1,491 2,456 4,807 2,106 2,700 12,012 4,541 7,471 37,345 17,136 20,209
35 - 39 317,293 152,782 164,511 9,039 3,704 5,334 8,796 3,556 5,240 20,389 7,685 12,704 52,255 23,069 29,186
40 - 44 303,499 148,131 155,368 17,697 8,689 9,009 15,366 6,727 8,638 30,715 13,074 17,641 67,309 27,042 40,267
45 - 49 319,624 159,287 160,337 31,105 14,740 16,364 28,245 13,264 14,981 46,145 23,146 22,999 84,984 35,645 49,340
50 - 54 303,583 151,897 151,686 45,317 19,978 25,340 37,340 17,770 19,570 45,202 24,064 21,139 82,309 35,973 46,336
55 - 59 252,846 127,236 125,609 49,343 18,865 30,478 32,808 14,658 18,150 46,429 25,703 20,725 62,612 29,269 33,344
60 - 64 196,387 96,539 99,849 58,972 21,533 37,438 25,777 12,111 13,666 32,740 18,348 14,393 40,768 20,038 20,730
65 - 69 113,602 54,361 59,241 51,962 18,856 33,106 13,972 7,398 6,574 14,412 8,235 6,177 15,935 8,740 7,195
70 - 74 95,333 44,472 50,861 53,367 18,986 34,381 10,308 5,738 4,570 10,385 6,058 4,327 9,885 5,893 3,992
75 - 79 66,508 28,195 38,313 46,227 15,646 30,581 6,179 3,540 2,639 4,885 2,989 1,897 4,249 2,740 1,509
80 - 84 40,546 15,481 25,066 30,890 9,694 21,197 3,161 1,846 1,314 2,673 1,484 1,190 1,821 1,153 667
85 & Over 28,071 9,024 19,047 22,333 5,771 16,561 1,658 939 719 1,544 853 691 1,428 800 628
-continued
Number
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University

Age Group
Total
Total 307,562 174,939 132,623 250,213 148,657 101,556 161,144 67,190 93,954 634,098 326,446 307,652
15 - 19 21,163 13,991 7,172 4,938 2,596 2,342 916 480 436 - - -

20 - 24 41,592 28,730 12,862 54,798 32,466 22,332 8,299 2,988 5,310 24,086 4,518 19,569
25 - 29 29,737 17,729 12,008 46,658 24,999 21,660 16,996 6,228 10,767 114,272 49,623 64,650
30 - 34 27,838 15,136 12,702 40,870 22,633 18,237 25,992 9,323 16,669 136,504 64,395 72,109
35 - 39 37,992 19,108 18,884 31,924 18,378 13,546 30,310 11,046 19,264 126,589 66,235 60,353
40 - 44 36,264 18,301 17,963 25,667 15,386 10,281 22,347 8,797 13,551 88,134 50,115 38,019
45 - 49 32,551 16,994 15,557 17,686 11,411 6,275 18,515 8,081 10,434 60,392 36,005 24,387
50 - 54 30,859 16,001 14,858 12,923 9,238 3,685 14,094 6,653 7,442 35,538 22,220 13,318
55 - 59 22,089 12,513 9,576 7,660 5,937 1,723 9,592 5,511 4,081 22,313 14,781 7,532
60 - 64 13,534 8,013 5,521 3,871 3,083 788 7,196 4,089 3,107 13,529 9,323 4,206
65 - 69 6,651 3,921 2,730 1,768 1,399 369 3,085 1,706 1,379 5,818 4,108 1,710
70 - 74 4,194 2,663 1,531 959 767 192 2,090 1,243 847 4,146 3,125 1,021
75 - 79 1,826 1,085 741 292 228 64 1,141 695 447 1,710 1,274 436
80 - 84 776 439 337 147 108 39 396 246 150 683 510 172
85 & Over 497 315 181 52 27 25 175 104 71 384 214 170
-continued
Number

Age Group
Chinese
Total 2,107,603 1,020,777 1,086,826 349,688 135,290 214,398 146,823 70,798 76,025 214,934 110,607 104,327 384,440 175,048 209,391
15 - 19 28,898 18,356 10,542 371 209 161 382 246 136 1,598 924 674 6,564 3,909 2,655
20 - 24 106,700 58,046 48,654 672 372 300 623 320 303 2,139 1,145 993 13,105 8,116 4,989
25 - 29 177,473 85,082 92,391 953 430 523 1,227 663 564 4,287 1,980 2,307 17,509 8,859 8,650
30 - 34 207,476 98,384 109,092 2,139 1,022 1,117 2,830 1,436 1,395 7,846 3,319 4,526 25,958 11,957 14,002
35 - 39 231,327 108,886 122,441 6,235 2,932 3,304 6,080 2,758 3,322 15,221 6,003 9,218 37,180 16,329 20,851
40 - 44 222,396 106,442 115,954 12,806 6,718 6,088 10,807 4,873 5,934 23,100 10,085 13,015 48,472 19,043 29,430
45 - 49 239,016 118,170 120,846 23,685 11,671 12,014 20,810 9,737 11,074 34,650 17,703 16,947 61,678 25,304 36,374
50 - 54 237,416 118,365 119,051 36,290 16,889 19,402 29,160 13,947 15,214 34,565 18,180 16,385 63,357 27,067 36,291
55 - 59 204,346 102,863 101,483 40,938 16,522 24,416 25,957 11,753 14,204 37,224 20,583 16,640 49,743 22,728 27,016
60 - 64 162,857 79,952 82,905 49,936 19,036 30,899 20,813 9,842 10,971 26,515 14,875 11,639 33,519 16,077 17,441
65 - 69 96,097 45,840 50,258 44,797 16,646 28,151 11,391 5,914 5,476 11,853 6,700 5,154 13,389 7,247 6,142
70 - 74 79,952 37,345 42,607 45,365 16,497 28,867 8,228 4,575 3,653 8,454 4,786 3,668 8,129 4,813 3,316
75 - 79 55,021 23,225 31,796 38,923 13,421 25,503 4,661 2,602 2,059 4,138 2,529 1,609 3,277 2,072 1,205
80 - 84 34,048 12,405 21,643 26,644 8,092 18,553 2,473 1,383 1,091 2,066 1,081 985 1,389 887 502
85 & Over 24,581 7,417 17,164 19,934 4,833 15,100 1,382 751 631 1,278 712 566 1,170 642 528
-continued
Number

Age Group
Chinese
Total 209,040 116,634 92,407 200,553 118,456 82,098 125,420 49,126 76,294 476,705 244,818 231,887
15 - 19 15,379 10,524 4,855 4,019 2,216 1,802 585 328 257 - - -

20 - 24 22,611 16,890 5,720 42,109 25,499 16,609 5,641 2,103 3,538 19,802 3,600 16,201
25 - 29 14,964 9,119 5,845 35,600 19,032 16,568 12,401 4,423 7,979 90,531 40,575 49,956
30 - 34 17,097 9,050 8,047 32,321 17,396 14,925 19,669 6,455 13,214 99,615 47,748 51,867
35 - 39 26,110 12,570 13,540 25,919 14,188 11,731 23,856 7,667 16,189 90,726 46,441 44,285
40 - 44 25,249 11,870 13,378 21,304 12,372 8,932 17,027 6,035 10,992 63,630 35,445 28,185
45 - 49 23,066 11,364 11,702 15,057 9,609 5,448 14,593 5,773 8,821 45,476 27,009 18,467
50 - 54 23,653 11,874 11,780 11,197 7,985 3,212 11,558 5,196 6,363 27,633 17,228 10,405
55 - 59 17,728 9,753 7,975 6,746 5,163 1,583 8,176 4,549 3,628 17,835 11,814 6,021
60 - 64 11,383 6,524 4,859 3,488 2,786 702 6,117 3,360 2,757 11,088 7,451 3,637
65 - 69 5,680 3,317 2,363 1,600 1,275 325 2,684 1,427 1,257 4,703 3,312 1,390
70 - 74 3,688 2,346 1,342 859 695 164 1,722 976 746 3,507 2,657 850
75 - 79 1,455 840 615 213 168 45 987 589 398 1,367 1,005 363
80 - 84 604 357 247 91 58 33 263 163 100 518 385 133
85 & Over 374 236 137 31 12 19 139 82 57 274 148 126
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Number

Age Group
Malays
Total 336,206 162,237 173,969 51,805 17,428 34,377 30,670 14,984 15,686 42,083 21,008 21,074 91,140 43,208 47,932
15 - 19 9,722 5,145 4,577 282 126 156 231 126 106 932 457 475 3,691 1,902 1,788
20 - 24 36,051 19,149 16,902 428 252 176 692 364 328 1,835 767 1,068 7,649 3,885 3,764
25 - 29 35,611 17,524 18,087 639 221 418 778 316 462 1,962 657 1,305 8,397 4,297 4,101
30 - 34 28,669 13,265 15,404 1,187 330 857 1,270 502 768 2,424 775 1,649 7,216 3,241 3,975
35 - 39 31,128 14,292 16,836 1,852 616 1,236 1,777 576 1,201 2,930 993 1,937 9,479 4,281 5,198
40 - 44 36,309 17,141 19,168 3,465 1,437 2,028 3,028 1,335 1,693 4,884 2,086 2,798 12,385 5,242 7,143
45 - 49 43,798 21,300 22,498 5,122 2,176 2,946 5,159 2,579 2,579 7,608 3,745 3,863 16,069 6,997 9,072
50 - 54 37,563 18,529 19,035 6,036 2,120 3,915 5,625 2,731 2,895 6,923 3,927 2,997 12,401 5,865 6,536
55 - 59 27,483 13,208 14,275 5,878 1,616 4,262 4,415 1,994 2,421 5,881 3,303 2,578 7,915 4,018 3,897
60 - 64 19,017 8,826 10,191 6,411 1,769 4,641 3,242 1,557 1,685 3,885 2,326 1,560 3,948 2,088 1,859
65 - 69 9,779 4,575 5,204 5,081 1,568 3,513 1,642 995 647 1,406 880 526 1,052 696 356
70 - 74 8,715 3,984 4,732 5,695 1,893 3,801 1,308 810 497 860 644 215 567 400 167
75 - 79 6,805 2,735 4,070 5,270 1,596 3,674 883 630 253 293 225 68 245 189 56
80 - 84 3,509 1,627 1,882 2,795 1,057 1,738 425 318 107 189 176 12 69 57 13
85 & Over 2,046 938 1,108 1,665 650 1,014 196 151 45 71 46 25 57 51 6
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Number

Age Group
Malays
Total 64,473 38,659 25,815 26,264 14,590 11,674 12,576 5,101 7,475 17,194 7,258 9,936
15 - 19 3,850 2,268 1,582 597 214 383 138 51 87 - - -

20 - 24 14,615 9,010 5,605 8,077 4,180 3,896 1,538 544 994 1,218 147 1,071
25 - 29 10,977 6,530 4,447 6,578 3,267 3,311 2,345 783 1,563 3,935 1,454 2,480
30 - 34 7,125 4,086 3,039 3,845 2,155 1,690 2,056 702 1,354 3,546 1,473 2,073
35 - 39 7,315 4,015 3,300 2,484 1,490 994 2,015 795 1,220 3,275 1,526 1,749
40 - 44 6,481 3,837 2,644 2,029 1,370 659 1,697 679 1,018 2,340 1,153 1,187
45 - 49 5,927 3,682 2,244 1,268 876 391 1,254 621 634 1,392 623 769
50 - 54 4,296 2,535 1,761 919 638 281 670 365 305 694 349 346
55 - 59 2,380 1,557 823 267 236 31 313 218 95 434 267 167
60 - 64 892 677 216 100 82 19 380 237 142 160 91 69
65 - 69 341 241 100 50 38 12 97 65 32 111 92 19
70 - 74 145 132 13 19 19 - 52 21 32 71 64 6
75 - 79 63 50 12 19 13 7 12 12 - 19 19 -
80 - 84 19 6 12 12 12 - - - - - - -
85 & Over 50 31 18 - - - 9 9 - - - -
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Number

Age Group
Indians
Total 238,967 125,098 113,869 19,921 6,699 13,223 13,539 5,778 7,760 20,253 9,889 10,365 41,196 20,690 20,507
15 - 19 3,692 2,209 1,482 106 81 25 56 37 18 242 152 90 1,271 741 530

20 - 24 13,905 7,341 6,564 167 72 95 141 75 67 397 214 183 2,503 1,444 1,059
25 - 29 26,136 11,621 14,515 201 71 130 312 99 213 820 288 532 3,071 1,502 1,569
30 - 34 36,041 17,740 18,301 320 126 194 554 168 385 1,191 403 788 3,492 1,704 1,787
35 - 39 35,418 20,420 14,998 562 144 418 622 206 415 1,601 565 1,035 4,344 2,070 2,274
40 - 44 29,210 16,943 12,268 1,005 482 523 1,180 482 699 1,912 772 1,140 5,239 2,407 2,832
45 - 49 25,781 14,021 11,760 1,978 853 1,125 2,019 902 1,117 3,279 1,545 1,734 6,058 2,874 3,183
50 - 54 21,558 11,180 10,377 2,714 931 1,783 2,350 1,051 1,299 3,278 1,802 1,476 5,533 2,550 2,983
55 - 59 16,439 8,512 7,927 2,357 663 1,694 2,276 849 1,427 2,983 1,642 1,341 4,128 2,171 1,957
60 - 64 11,662 5,931 5,730 2,525 703 1,822 1,640 674 965 2,001 975 1,026 2,585 1,466 1,119
65 - 69 6,250 3,053 3,197 1,950 610 1,339 869 442 426 1,000 578 422 1,161 615 546
70 - 74 5,413 2,496 2,917 2,125 558 1,567 702 345 357 831 505 326 917 544 373
75 - 79 3,835 1,840 1,995 1,870 598 1,272 536 283 253 316 196 120 518 364 154
80 - 84 2,519 1,243 1,276 1,377 532 845 231 133 98 281 180 101 255 158 97
85 & Over 1,108 548 561 665 275 390 50 31 19 121 70 51 120 76 44
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Number

Age Group
Indians
Total 26,714 16,354 10,360 18,362 12,621 5,741 15,291 8,591 6,701 83,690 44,477 39,212
15 - 19 1,596 978 619 254 131 123 166 89 77 - - -

20 - 24 3,787 2,416 1,371 3,748 2,297 1,451 829 259 569 2,333 564 1,769
25 - 29 3,180 1,819 1,361 3,501 2,123 1,378 1,678 754 924 13,373 4,965 8,408
30 - 34 2,747 1,672 1,075 3,772 2,569 1,203 3,157 1,657 1,500 20,807 9,439 11,368
35 - 39 3,502 2,142 1,361 2,662 2,127 535 2,943 1,800 1,143 19,182 11,366 7,816
40 - 44 3,349 2,154 1,195 1,862 1,376 486 2,163 1,272 890 12,499 7,997 4,502
45 - 49 2,779 1,689 1,089 1,010 735 275 1,642 1,014 627 7,017 4,407 2,610
50 - 54 2,189 1,257 932 626 489 137 1,097 661 436 3,769 2,439 1,330
55 - 59 1,530 937 592 443 393 50 586 405 181 2,137 1,451 685
60 - 64 989 667 322 221 176 46 427 281 146 1,274 989 285
65 - 69 429 251 178 97 71 25 168 118 50 576 367 210
70 - 74 254 148 106 59 47 12 214 150 64 311 200 111
75 - 79 225 143 82 47 41 6 107 65 43 214 149 65
80 - 84 115 50 65 37 31 6 108 64 44 114 94 20
85 & Over 42 29 13 21 15 6 6 - 6 84 51 32
-continued
Number

Age Group
Others
Total 96,747 46,611 50,136 3,028 389 2,639 2,149 379 1,771 5,254 1,390 3,863 9,583 3,905 5,679
15 - 19 912 545 367 - - - 39 19 20 73 52 22 367 206 161

20 - 24 3,609 1,544 2,065 184 6 178 112 6 105 255 59 197 589 281 308
25 - 29 10,207 3,995 6,212 242 12 230 172 15 157 450 21 430 741 211 530
30 - 34 17,127 7,373 9,754 301 13 288 152 - 152 551 43 508 679 233 445
35 - 39 19,420 9,184 10,237 389 13 376 317 17 301 637 123 513 1,252 390 863
40 - 44 15,584 7,606 7,978 422 52 370 351 38 313 819 130 689 1,212 350 862
45 - 49 11,030 5,797 5,233 320 40 280 258 46 212 608 153 454 1,180 469 711
50 - 54 7,046 3,823 3,224 277 38 239 204 41 162 436 155 281 1,018 492 527
55 - 59 4,578 2,653 1,924 170 65 106 160 62 98 341 175 166 826 352 474
60 - 64 2,851 1,829 1,022 100 25 75 83 38 45 339 171 168 717 406 311
65 - 69 1,476 894 582 134 31 103 70 45 25 153 77 75 333 181 152
70 - 74 1,253 648 606 183 38 145 71 8 63 240 122 118 272 136 136
75 - 79 848 396 452 162 31 131 99 25 74 138 38 100 209 115 94
80 - 84 471 206 265 75 13 61 31 12 18 138 46 92 107 52 55
85 & Over 335 121 214 69 13 57 31 6 25 75 25 50 81 31 50
-continued
Number

Age Group
Others
Total 7,334 3,293 4,041 5,034 2,990 2,044 7,856 4,372 3,484 56,509 29,893 26,616
15 - 19 337 221 116 67 34 33 27 12 15 - - -

20 - 24 580 413 166 865 490 376 291 82 209 733 206 527
25 - 29 617 262 355 979 577 403 572 269 302 6,433 2,628 3,805
30 - 34 869 328 541 932 512 419 1,109 509 600 12,535 5,735 6,801
35 - 39 1,065 381 684 859 574 285 1,496 784 712 13,405 6,902 6,503
40 - 44 1,184 439 745 472 268 204 1,460 810 650 9,665 5,520 4,145
45 - 49 780 259 521 351 190 161 1,026 673 353 6,508 3,967 2,541
50 - 54 720 335 385 181 126 55 769 431 338 3,441 2,204 1,236
55 - 59 452 266 186 204 146 58 516 339 177 1,908 1,248 659
60 - 64 270 146 124 62 40 22 273 211 62 1,007 792 215
65 - 69 200 112 89 21 15 6 135 95 40 429 337 92
70 - 74 107 37 69 21 6 15 102 96 6 257 204 53
75 - 79 83 50 32 12 6 6 34 28 6 110 102 8
80 - 84 38 26 13 7 7 - 25 19 6 51 32 19
85 & Over 32 19 13 - - - 21 13 8 27 14 12
Table 31 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group
Number
Highest Qualification Attained Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total
Total 2,779,524 1,354,723 1,424,800 678,726 366,091 312,635 1,840,394 926,729 913,665 157,498 24,828 132,670 102,907 37,075 65,832
No Qualification 424,443 159,806 264,637 40,937 25,211 15,725 259,057 116,199 142,858 104,983 12,328 92,655 19,467 6,068 13,399
Primary 193,181 91,940 101,242 22,814 14,774 8,040 145,691 70,132 75,559 14,869 3,231 11,638 9,808 3,803 6,005
Lower Secondary 282,523 142,894 139,629 35,711 21,022 14,689 218,336 112,503 105,833 13,555 3,301 10,254 14,921 6,068 8,853
Secondary 526,359 242,851 283,508 110,389 58,859 51,530 376,267 172,534 203,732 13,454 2,624 10,830 26,250 8,834 17,416
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 307,562 174,939 132,623 113,318 72,951 40,367 179,182 96,597 82,585 4,665 1,365 3,300 10,396 4,026 6,371
Polytechnic 250,213 148,657 101,556 119,719 71,038 48,681 124,869 74,993 49,875 926 431 495 4,700 2,195 2,505
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 161,144 67,190 93,954 40,788 15,427 25,361 112,370 49,896 62,474 1,955 402 1,553 6,031 1,465 4,566
University 634,098 326,446 307,652 195,051 86,811 108,241 424,622 233,873 190,749 3,091 1,145 1,946 11,334 4,617 6,717
-continued
Number
Chinese
Total 2,107,603 1,020,777 1,086,826 533,092 282,284 250,808 1,375,242 691,463 683,779 123,645 19,448 104,197 75,623 27,581 48,042
Primary 146,823 70,798 76,025 18,187 11,942 6,246 111,179 53,862 57,317 10,598 2,294 8,304 6,859 2,701 4,158
Lower Secondary 214,934 110,607 104,327 27,957 16,438 11,519 166,183 87,006 79,178 9,955 2,535 7,420 10,838 4,628 6,210
Secondary 384,440 175,048 209,391 80,809 41,781 39,028 275,794 125,264 150,530 9,746 1,957 7,788 18,091 6,046 12,045
Polytechnic 200,553 118,456 82,098 96,428 57,243 39,185 99,457 58,986 40,471 786 375 411 3,882 1,852 2,030
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 125,420 49,126 76,294 32,884 11,679 21,205 86,219 36,041 50,178 1,540 325 1,215 4,777 1,081 3,696
University 476,705 244,818 231,887 167,196 73,543 93,653 298,274 166,975 131,299 2,277 802 1,475 8,958 3,498 5,460
-continued
Number
Malays
Total 336,206 162,237 173,969 84,504 48,078 36,426 215,342 105,539 109,803 20,152 3,333 16,819 16,208 5,287 10,921
No Qualification 51,805 17,428 34,377 4,520 2,474 2,046 30,928 12,579 18,349 13,408 1,657 11,751 2,949 719 2,231
Primary 30,670 14,984 15,686 3,276 2,009 1,267 23,106 11,557 11,548 2,394 657 1,737 1,894 760 1,134
Lower Secondary 42,083 21,008 21,074 5,217 3,059 2,157 32,288 16,519 15,769 1,888 504 1,384 2,690 926 1,764
Secondary 91,140 43,208 47,932 19,840 11,206 8,635 64,287 30,021 34,266 1,776 302 1,474 5,237 1,679 3,558
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 64,473 38,659 25,815 27,582 17,743 9,840 34,330 19,953 14,377 436 150 286 2,125 813 1,312
Polytechnic 26,264 14,590 11,674 14,103 7,705 6,398 11,685 6,708 4,977 37 13 25 439 165 274
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 12,576 5,101 7,475 3,899 1,662 2,237 7,986 3,293 4,693 130 12 118 562 134 427
University 17,194 7,258 9,936 6,067 2,221 3,847 10,733 4,910 5,824 82 37 45 311 91 221
-continued
Number
Indians
Total 238,967 125,098 113,869 43,171 26,440 16,731 175,867 94,047 81,820 11,941 1,732 10,209 7,988 2,879 5,109
No Qualification 19,921 6,699 13,223 1,901 1,168 733 10,880 4,707 6,174 5,962 515 5,446 1,179 309 870
Primary 13,539 5,778 7,760 1,202 756 445 9,777 4,474 5,304 1,661 253 1,408 899 296 603
Lower Secondary 20,253 9,889 10,365 2,076 1,248 829 15,674 7,980 7,694 1,327 218 1,109 1,176 443 733
Secondary 41,196 20,690 20,507 7,913 4,857 3,055 29,390 14,639 14,751 1,587 306 1,281 2,306 887 1,419
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 26,714 16,354 10,360 8,852 5,928 2,924 16,343 9,920 6,423 578 124 454 942 382 560
Polytechnic 18,362 12,621 5,741 7,199 4,875 2,324 10,863 7,601 3,261 81 44 37 220 101 119
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 15,291 8,591 6,701 2,734 1,430 1,304 11,904 7,014 4,890 237 52 186 416 96 320
University 83,690 44,477 39,212 11,295 6,179 5,116 71,035 37,712 33,323 508 221 287 851 365 486
-continued
Number
Others
Total 96,747 46,611 50,136 17,958 9,289 8,670 73,943 35,679 38,264 1,760 315 1,445 3,087 1,329 1,759
No Qualification 3,028 389 2,639 188 76 112 2,265 232 2,033 404 50 354 171 31 140
Primary 2,149 379 1,771 149 67 82 1,629 239 1,389 216 27 189 156 46 110
Lower Secondary 5,254 1,390 3,863 461 277 184 4,191 999 3,192 385 44 341 217 71 146
Secondary 9,583 3,905 5,679 1,827 1,015 812 6,795 2,610 4,185 345 59 286 616 221 394
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 7,334 3,293 4,041 1,581 1,115 466 5,358 2,076 3,282 116 37 79 278 64 214
Polytechnic 5,034 2,990 2,044 1,989 1,215 774 2,864 1,698 1,166 22 - 22 159 77 82
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 7,856 4,372 3,484 1,272 656 615 6,261 3,549 2,713 47 13 34 276 154 122
University 56,509 29,893 26,616 10,492 4,868 5,625 44,579 24,276 20,303 224 85 139 1,214 664 550
Table 32 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Residential Status and Sex
Number
Total Singapore Citizens Permanent Residents
Total 2,779,524 1,354,723 1,424,800 2,355,391 1,161,602 1,193,788 424,133 193,121 231,012
Primary 193,181 91,940 101,242 179,854 88,047 91,807 13,327 3,893 9,434
Lower Secondary 282,523 142,894 139,629 248,477 130,787 117,690 34,046 12,106 21,940
Secondary 526,359 242,851 283,508 479,635 226,765 252,870 46,724 16,086 30,638
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 307,562 174,939 132,623 274,283 159,822 114,461 33,279 15,117 18,161
Polytechnic 250,213 148,657 101,556 219,783 132,355 87,428 30,430 16,302 14,128
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 161,144 67,190 93,954 120,830 51,027 69,802 40,315 16,163 24,152
University 634,098 326,446 307,652 424,252 217,470 206,783 209,845 108,976 100,869
Table 33 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Economic Status and Sex
Number
Economically Active
Total Economically Inactive
Highest Qualification Attained Total Working Unemployed
Total 2,779,524 1,354,723 1,424,800 1,963,994 1,116,418 847,576 1,880,322 1,072,126 808,196 83,672 44,292 39,380 815,530 238,305 577,224
Primary 193,181 91,940 101,242 104,978 65,548 39,430 100,066 62,368 37,698 4,912 3,180 1,732 88,203 26,392 61,811
Lower Secondary 282,523 142,894 139,629 178,919 111,997 66,922 169,968 106,827 63,141 8,951 5,170 3,782 103,604 30,897 72,707
Secondary 526,359 242,851 283,508 382,927 203,633 179,294 364,838 194,385 170,453 18,089 9,248 8,842 143,432 39,218 104,214
Polytechnic 250,213 148,657 101,556 222,229 135,376 86,853 213,568 130,953 82,614 8,661 4,422 4,239 27,985 13,282 14,703
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 161,144 67,190 93,954 134,607 59,510 75,097 129,343 57,171 72,172 5,264 2,340 2,925 26,537 7,680 18,858
University 634,098 326,446 307,652 554,796 305,935 248,861 535,430 296,535 238,895 19,366 9,400 9,966 79,302 20,511 58,790
Table 34 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Place of Birth, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex
Number

Place of Birth
Total 2,779,524 1,354,723 1,424,800 424,443 159,806 264,637 193,181 91,940 101,242 282,523 142,894 139,629 526,359 242,851 283,508
Singapore 2,042,384 1,033,711 1,008,673 314,184 127,555 186,629 148,906 77,283 71,623 209,886 115,270 94,616 435,866 208,941 226,926
Outside Singapore 737,140 321,012 416,127 110,259 32,252 78,008 44,276 14,657 29,618 72,637 27,624 45,013 90,493 33,910 56,583
Malaysia 345,447 145,549 199,899 57,339 16,316 41,023 30,567 10,020 20,546 47,965 19,859 28,106 60,584 23,498 37,086
China, Hong Kong and Macao 146,623 60,505 86,118 35,907 12,236 23,671 6,221 2,930 3,291 11,625 4,539 7,086 14,044 5,347 8,697
105,019 57,519 47,500 6,064 2,275 3,789 2,905 1,164 1,740 4,842 1,893 2,949 6,436 2,846 3,590
and Sri Lanka
Indonesia 45,511 13,787 31,724 8,324 1,258 7,066 2,934 397 2,538 4,312 788 3,524 4,242 836 3,406
Other Asian Countries 74,948 30,453 44,496 2,451 101 2,350 1,591 100 1,491 3,565 376 3,189 4,219 902 3,316
European Countries 11,295 8,017 3,278 22 8 14 8 8 - 138 77 61 489 252 237
USA and Canada 3,182 2,136 1,046 - - - 6 6 - 8 8 - 89 49 40
Australia and New Zealand 2,538 1,563 975 25 6 18 12 12 - 68 32 36 176 82 94
Others 2,575 1,485 1,091 127 52 76 31 19 12 113 52 61 214 97 117
Table 34 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Place of Birth, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex
-continued
Number

Place of Birth
Total 307,562 174,939 132,623 250,213 148,657 101,556 161,144 67,190 93,954 634,098 326,446 307,652
Singapore 249,818 147,994 101,823 207,063 125,105 81,959 107,678 45,532 62,146 368,983 186,032 182,951
Outside Singapore 57,744 26,945 30,799 43,150 23,553 19,597 53,466 21,658 31,809 265,115 140,414 124,701
Malaysia 27,331 14,045 13,286 19,529 10,661 8,868 27,746 10,083 17,663 74,387 41,066 33,321
China, Hong Kong and Macao 14,397 5,604 8,793 9,596 3,558 6,038 9,491 2,506 6,986 45,342 23,784 21,558
6,547 3,990 2,557 7,261 5,949 1,313 6,766 4,698 2,068 64,198 34,704 29,494
and Sri Lanka
Indonesia 3,274 966 2,308 1,867 655 1,212 2,094 517 1,578 18,462 8,370 10,092
Other Asian Countries 4,604 1,321 3,283 4,176 2,256 1,921 4,916 2,106 2,811 49,426 23,291 26,135
European Countries 913 573 339 430 293 136 1,670 1,238 432 7,627 5,568 2,059
USA and Canada 259 200 59 119 79 40 139 107 32 2,562 1,687 875
Australia and New Zealand 229 150 79 47 31 16 375 231 144 1,605 1,018 588
Others 189 94 95 125 72 54 269 174 95 1,505 926 579
Table 35 Resident Polytechnic Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, Ethnic Group and Sex
Number
Field of Study
Total 250,213 148,657 101,556 200,553 118,456 82,098 26,264 14,590 11,674 18,362 12,621 5,741 5,034 2,990 2,044
Education 4,372 691 3,682 2,802 479 2,323 829 120 709 653 85 568 88 6 81
Fine & Applied Arts 10,092 4,866 5,226 8,566 4,070 4,496 1,015 515 501 292 151 142 219 131 88
Humanities & Social Sciences 2,671 1,172 1,500 1,818 794 1,024 422 176 246 296 137 159 136 64 71
Mass Communication &
3,991 1,632 2,359 2,885 1,211 1,674 594 238 356 374 145 229 139 38 101
Information Science
Business & Administration 51,612 17,035 34,577 44,197 14,526 29,671 4,292 1,273 3,019 2,278 935 1,342 845 301 544
Natural, Physical, Chemical &
5,123 2,328 2,795 4,235 1,963 2,272 492 188 304 301 141 160 94 36 58
Mathematical Sciences
Health Sciences 11,882 2,651 9,232 7,962 1,944 6,018 2,056 391 1,665 1,503 239 1,263 361 76 285
Information Technology 24,961 15,376 9,585 20,104 12,752 7,352 2,910 1,517 1,394 1,589 897 692 357 210 148
Architecture & Building 11,380 6,387 4,993 9,890 5,388 4,502 1,016 631 385 293 253 41 180 116 65
Engineering Sciences 114,005 90,295 23,710 91,289 71,421 19,867 10,957 8,413 2,544 9,567 8,676 891 2,193 1,785 408
Engineering, Manufacturing & 1,831 1,486 345 1,239 991 247 195 133 61 280 266 14 118 96 22
Related Trades
Services 5,979 3,693 2,287 4,049 2,250 1,799 1,050 807 242 676 541 136 204 95 109
Others 2,312 1,045 1,267 1,519 666 853 434 187 247 260 155 105 99 37 62
Table 36 Resident Polytechnic Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, Country Where Highest Qualification was Attained and Sex
Number
Total Singapore Outside Singapore
Field of Study
Total 250,213 148,657 101,556 231,817 139,168 92,649 18,396 9,489 8,907
Education 4,372 691 3,682 3,815 623 3,191 558 67 490

Fine & Applied Arts 10,092 4,866 5,226 9,235 4,595 4,639 858 271 587
Humanities & Social Sciences 2,671 1,172 1,500 2,049 1,002 1,047 622 169 453
3,991 1,632 2,359 3,720 1,577 2,144 271 56 216
Information Science
Business & Administration 51,612 17,035 34,577 46,989 16,077 30,912 4,623 959 3,664
5,123 2,328 2,795 4,882 2,236 2,645 241 92 149
Health Sciences 11,882 2,651 9,232 10,661 2,547 8,114 1,222 103 1,118
Information Technology 24,961 15,376 9,585 23,786 14,818 8,968 1,175 558 617
Architecture & Building 11,380 6,387 4,993 10,971 6,161 4,810 409 226 183
Engineering Sciences 114,005 90,295 23,710 106,914 84,064 22,851 7,091 6,231 859
Engineering, Manufacturing &
1,831 1,486 345 1,395 1,130 265 436 356 80
Related Trades
Services 5,979 3,693 2,287 5,224 3,370 1,854 755 323 432
Others 2,312 1,045 1,267 2,176 967 1,208 136 78 58
Table 37 Resident University Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, Ethnic Group and Sex
Number
Field of Study
Total 634,098 326,446 307,652 476,705 244,818 231,887 17,194 7,258 9,936 83,690 44,477 39,212 56,509 29,893 26,616
Education 18,296 4,515 13,780 13,101 3,390 9,711 1,644 367 1,276 2,269 531 1,739 1,281 227 1,054
Fine & Applied Arts 9,583 3,619 5,964 7,306 2,772 4,534 489 271 218 745 219 526 1,043 357 687
Humanities & Social Sciences 74,126 25,080 49,046 53,322 18,472 34,850 3,574 1,028 2,546 10,408 2,975 7,432 6,822 2,605 4,218
14,511 4,593 9,918 10,824 3,411 7,413 848 266 582 1,654 583 1,071 1,184 333 851
Information Science
Business & Administration 204,037 88,784 115,253 166,668 70,144 96,524 3,896 1,593 2,302 21,537 11,665 9,872 11,936 5,381 6,555
Law 12,085 5,931 6,155 8,478 3,939 4,539 371 141 230 2,128 1,245 883 1,109 606 503
47,961 21,011 26,950 33,355 15,357 17,998 1,141 376 765 9,003 3,206 5,797 4,461 2,072 2,389
Health Sciences 29,912 10,716 19,196 21,024 8,568 12,455 925 227 698 3,519 1,034 2,485 4,445 887 3,558
Information Technology 61,859 39,639 22,220 43,936 28,861 15,076 1,250 804 446 11,478 6,965 4,513 5,195 3,009 2,186
Architecture & Building 15,781 8,885 6,895 12,784 6,956 5,828 393 175 217 531 322 209 2,073 1,432 641
Engineering Sciences 135,945 107,978 27,966 99,701 79,360 20,341 2,325 1,824 501 18,538 14,655 3,883 15,381 12,140 3,241
Others 10,003 5,694 4,309 6,207 3,588 2,619 339 186 153 1,880 1,077 803 1,577 844 734
Table 38 Resident University Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, Country Where Highest Qualification was Attained and Sex
Number
Outside Singapore
Total Singapore
Field of Study Total UK USA
Total 634,098 326,446 307,652 329,741 164,186 165,555 304,357 162,260 142,096 49,715 31,498 18,216 32,259 20,197 12,062
Education 18,296 4,515 13,780 12,014 2,982 9,032 6,282 1,533 4,749 858 310 548 855 295 561
Fine & Applied Arts 9,583 3,619 5,964 3,087 1,244 1,843 6,496 2,375 4,121 1,104 425 679 1,054 387 667
Humanities & Social Sciences 74,126 25,080 49,046 41,625 13,965 27,660 32,500 11,115 21,385 4,307 2,020 2,287 3,691 2,037 1,654
14,511 4,593 9,918 7,164 2,306 4,857 7,347 2,287 5,060 604 207 397 1,405 515 889
Information Science
Business & Administration 204,037 88,784 115,253 113,179 46,318 66,861 90,858 42,467 48,391 13,883 7,280 6,602 13,477 8,227 5,250
Law 12,085 5,931 6,155 6,129 2,999 3,130 5,957 2,932 3,025 3,546 1,950 1,596 481 319 162
47,961 21,011 26,950 24,194 10,332 13,861 23,768 10,679 13,088 2,727 1,612 1,114 1,754 1,179 575
Health Sciences 29,912 10,716 19,196 14,784 6,236 8,548 15,128 4,480 10,648 2,755 1,589 1,167 716 296 420
Information Technology 61,859 39,639 22,220 26,241 17,693 8,548 35,618 21,946 13,672 5,192 3,584 1,608 2,626 1,755 871
Architecture & Building 15,781 8,885 6,895 8,579 4,357 4,222 7,202 4,528 2,674 1,438 951 487 439 282 157
Engineering Sciences 135,945 107,978 27,966 69,014 53,390 15,625 66,930 54,589 12,341 12,463 11,013 1,449 5,147 4,535 611
Others 10,003 5,694 4,309 3,732 2,364 1,368 6,271 3,330 2,942 839 557 283 614 371 244
Table 38 Resident University Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, Country Where Highest Qualification was Attained and Sex
-continued
Number
Outside Singapore
Field of Study Canada Australia and New Zealand China, Hong Kong and Macao India Others
Total 6,346 3,543 2,804 69,364 35,627 33,738 22,208 11,095 11,113 51,049 24,991 26,058 73,415 35,309 38,106
Education 107 27 80 1,395 382 1,014 939 159 780 673 104 569 1,455 257 1,198
Fine & Applied Arts 79 43 36 2,033 958 1,075 589 179 410 413 83 330 1,225 301 924
Humanities & Social Sciences 1,593 608 985 5,104 2,060 3,044 3,063 732 2,331 5,487 1,121 4,366 9,255 2,538 6,718
239 92 147 3,122 1,008 2,115 235 58 177 424 94 331 1,318 314 1,005
Information Science
Business & Administration 2,077 1,195 882 29,621 13,652 15,969 3,098 981 2,118 12,806 6,016 6,790 15,895 5,115 10,781
Law 30 22 8 539 229 310 187 - 187 307 88 219 866 323 543
667 375 292 2,928 1,225 1,703 1,801 1,110 691 7,145 2,421 4,724 6,746 2,758 3,988
Health Sciences 119 42 78 4,056 956 3,100 1,249 276 973 1,575 346 1,229 4,658 975 3,682
Information Technology 631 431 200 9,236 6,021 3,216 1,531 932 598 8,688 4,913 3,776 7,714 4,311 3,403
Architecture & Building 41 35 6 1,949 1,223 726 457 253 204 185 60 126 2,692 1,725 968
Engineering Sciences 714 651 62 8,138 7,144 994 8,500 6,103 2,397 12,191 9,250 2,941 19,778 15,891 3,887
Others 49 21 28 1,241 769 472 561 314 247 1,155 496 659 1,812 803 1,010
Table 39 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group
Number
Total 15 - 24 Years 25 - 34 Years 35 - 44 Years 45 - 54 Years
Language Literate In Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total
Total 3,105,748 1,517,428 1,588,321 513,346 264,775 248,571 553,118 264,380 288,738 622,228 301,510 320,718 623,643 311,385 312,258
Not Literate 128,661 29,785 98,875 1,273 694 580 1,755 860 895 4,450 2,168 2,282 14,091 6,085 8,005
Literate 2,977,088 1,487,642 1,489,446 512,073 264,081 247,992 551,363 263,520 287,843 617,778 299,342 318,436 609,553 305,300 304,253
One Language Only 878,214 421,914 456,300 48,891 27,982 20,908 67,873 30,873 37,000 116,718 53,306 63,412 222,148 107,769 114,379
Chinese Only 485,511 217,759 267,753 3,097 1,590 1,507 16,293 4,926 11,366 56,734 21,960 34,774 131,816 60,679 71,137
English Only 329,194 185,163 144,031 44,507 25,881 18,626 47,180 24,993 22,187 53,068 29,727 23,341 75,820 42,891 32,929
Malay Only 47,278 14,908 32,370 859 409 450 2,318 515 1,802 4,286 1,102 3,183 11,760 3,564 8,196
Tamil Only 10,939 3,367 7,572 189 59 130 962 300 662 1,256 357 898 1,839 511 1,328
Non-Official Language Only 5,292 717 4,575 239 44 195 1,120 138 983 1,374 159 1,215 913 123 789
Two Languages Only 1,896,268 966,239 930,029 441,230 227,893 213,337 423,609 207,483 216,126 442,016 217,165 224,851 353,391 178,306 175,084
English & Chinese Only 1,305,705 659,907 645,798 312,192 161,349 150,842 292,685 145,446 147,240 306,428 148,397 158,031 238,534 117,507 121,027
English & Malay Only 390,124 206,521 183,603 100,795 53,220 47,575 72,676 35,970 36,706 75,350 36,762 38,589 84,239 44,762 39,477
English & Tamil Only 104,570 55,234 49,336 20,834 10,113 10,721 27,730 13,212 14,518 26,846 16,047 10,799 16,965 9,066 7,898
English & Non-Official Language Only 82,972 39,984 42,988 7,161 3,152 4,009 28,766 12,342 16,423 30,146 15,156 14,989 11,461 6,155 5,306
Other Two Languages Only 12,898 4,594 8,304 247 57 190 1,752 514 1,238 3,246 802 2,444 2,192 816 1,376
Three or More Languages 202,606 99,489 103,117 21,952 8,206 13,746 59,881 25,163 34,717 59,044 28,871 30,172 34,014 19,224 14,790
English, Chinese & Malay Only 96,660 47,451 49,209 5,112 2,047 3,064 31,513 12,827 18,686 31,359 14,338 17,021 14,870 8,818 6,052
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 377 148 229 146 58 89 100 38 62 67 33 34 51 12 39
English, Malay & Tamil Only 16,423 9,294 7,129 1,161 627 533 2,458 1,224 1,234 3,462 1,990 1,472 4,860 2,706 2,154
Other Three or More Languages 89,147 42,597 46,550 15,534 5,473 10,060 25,810 11,075 14,735 24,156 12,510 11,646 14,233 7,688 6,544
-continued
Number
55 - 64 Years 65 - 74 Years 75 - 84 Years 85 Years & Over
Language Literate In Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total
Total 449,345 223,837 225,508 208,943 98,841 110,102 107,055 43,676 63,379 28,071 9,024 19,047
Not Literate 23,563 6,324 17,239 34,098 6,197 27,902 36,273 5,774 30,498 13,158 1,682 11,475
Literate 425,782 217,513 208,269 174,844 92,644 82,200 70,782 37,902 32,881 14,914 7,342 7,572
One Language Only 231,103 108,387 122,717 123,636 60,019 63,617 55,583 27,850 27,734 12,261 5,728 6,533
Chinese Only 140,929 62,607 78,323 87,596 41,665 45,930 40,175 20,342 19,834 8,871 3,989 4,883
English Only 72,857 41,357 31,500 25,063 14,619 10,444 8,650 4,671 3,979 2,048 1,025 1,023
Malay Only 14,411 3,960 10,451 7,901 2,760 5,141 4,776 2,070 2,706 968 528 441
Tamil Only 2,438 408 2,030 2,442 872 1,570 1,559 698 860 255 162 93
Non-Official Language Only 469 56 413 635 103 532 423 69 355 118 25 93
Two Languages Only 174,890 96,435 78,456 45,423 28,710 16,713 13,356 8,808 4,548 2,353 1,439 915
English & Chinese Only 118,312 63,369 54,942 29,117 18,321 10,797 7,098 4,701 2,396 1,340 816 524
English & Malay Only 42,518 25,698 16,821 10,549 7,237 3,312 3,444 2,515 929 551 357 193
English & Tamil Only 7,896 4,203 3,693 2,797 1,672 1,125 1,359 828 530 144 93 51
English & Non-Official Language Only 3,762 2,240 1,522 1,114 594 519 488 293 195 75 50 25
Other Two Languages Only 2,403 925 1,478 1,847 887 960 967 471 496 244 122 122
Three or More Languages 19,788 12,691 7,097 5,785 3,915 1,870 1,843 1,244 599 300 175 125
English, Chinese & Malay Only 10,125 6,849 3,275 2,828 1,965 863 713 521 192 141 86 56
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 12 6 6 - - - - - - - - -
English, Malay & Tamil Only 3,219 1,889 1,330 879 608 271 329 207 122 56 44 12
Other Three or More Languages 6,432 3,947 2,485 2,078 1,341 737 801 516 285 103 45 57
-continued
Number
Chinese
Total 2,349,505 1,141,990 1,207,514 364,713 189,239 175,474 396,336 191,159 205,177 454,690 215,793 238,897 476,758 236,690 240,068
Not Literate 111,768 26,425 85,343 851 448 403 1,191 684 506 3,414 1,839 1,575 11,326 5,327 6,000
Literate 2,237,737 1,115,565 1,122,172 363,861 188,791 175,071 395,145 190,475 204,671 451,276 213,954 237,322 465,431 231,363 234,068
Chinese Only 484,735 217,666 267,069 2,988 1,590 1,398 16,035 4,905 11,130 56,560 21,940 34,620 131,673 60,651 71,022
English Only 262,198 149,295 112,903 35,352 21,233 14,119 32,941 18,429 14,513 35,174 19,765 15,409 62,454 35,316 27,138
Malay Only 1,700 402 1,297 16 8 8 297 29 268 323 33 290 502 108 394
Tamil Only 55 14 41 - - - 14 - 14 16 8 8 6 6 -
Non-Official Language Only 827 150 676 31 8 22 168 26 142 167 12 155 208 46 162
English & Tamil Only 125 71 54 26 19 6 15 7 8 27 7 21 25 19 6
English & Non-Official Language Only 8,205 3,685 4,520 923 375 548 2,944 1,192 1,753 2,364 1,085 1,279 1,293 635 658
Other Two Languages Only 9,253 3,737 5,517 168 45 123 1,323 454 869 2,724 734 1,989 1,801 738 1,063
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 57 38 19 13 - 13 32 25 6 6 6 - - - -
English, Malay & Tamil Only 37 19 18 - - - - - - - - - 19 13 6
-continued
Number
Chinese
Total 367,303 182,871 184,432 176,056 83,192 92,864 89,069 35,630 53,439 24,581 7,417 17,164
Not Literate 20,171 5,645 14,525 30,349 5,726 24,623 32,283 5,275 27,008 12,184 1,481 10,703
Literate 347,132 177,226 169,906 145,707 77,466 68,241 56,786 30,355 26,431 12,397 5,936 6,461
Chinese Only 140,868 62,591 78,276 87,571 41,659 45,912 40,169 20,342 19,828 8,871 3,989 4,883
English Only 65,414 36,894 28,520 22,185 12,988 9,197 7,037 3,809 3,229 1,640 862 778
Malay Only 337 130 207 118 56 62 88 31 57 19 6 12
Tamil Only 13 - 13 6 - 6 - - - - - -
Non-Official Language Only 128 27 101 56 25 31 39 - 39 31 6 25
Two Languages Only 128,232 69,489 58,743 32,267 20,280 11,987 8,505 5,508 2,996 1,680 973 708
English & Chinese Only 118,113 63,265 54,847 29,061 18,283 10,778 7,079 4,695 2,384 1,340 816 524
English & Malay Only 7,922 5,089 2,833 2,123 1,303 820 892 533 359 205 82 124
English & Tamil Only 6 - 6 12 6 6 6 6 - 6 6 -
English & Non-Official Language Only 560 335 225 78 50 28 43 14 29 - - -
Other Two Languages Only 1,632 800 832 992 637 355 485 259 225 129 69 60
Three or More Languages 12,141 8,095 4,046 3,505 2,458 1,047 947 665 283 156 100 56
English, Chinese & Malay Only 9,854 6,712 3,142 2,772 1,934 838 692 512 180 129 79 49
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 6 6 - - - - - - - - - -
English, Malay & Tamil Only 12 6 6 6 - 6 - - - - - -
Other Three or More Languages 2,268 1,371 898 727 525 202 255 152 103 27 21 6
-continued
Number
Malays
Total 386,968 188,345 198,623 95,064 49,550 45,515 65,621 31,589 34,031 67,536 31,466 36,070 81,386 39,847 41,539
Not Literate 11,213 2,103 9,109 255 163 92 295 126 169 611 215 395 1,516 402 1,115
Literate 375,756 186,241 189,514 94,809 49,387 45,422 65,325 31,463 33,862 66,925 31,251 35,675 79,870 39,446 40,424
Chinese Only 73 19 54 - - - 8 - 8 19 6 13 19 6 13
English Only 7,332 3,477 3,855 1,881 953 928 1,574 673 901 1,633 797 836 1,451 614 837
Malay Only 43,356 13,836 29,520 787 363 424 1,935 449 1,486 3,754 995 2,759 10,675 3,257 7,419
Tamil Only 19 13 6 - - - 6 6 - - - - - - -
Non-Official Language Only 724 65 659 6 6 - 77 14 63 90 6 84 41 7 34
Two Languages Only 303,295 159,433 143,861 87,557 46,264 41,294 56,894 28,499 28,396 56,798 27,289 29,509 63,599 33,567 30,032
English & Chinese Only 1,257 648 609 482 212 270 214 96 117 230 132 99 213 126 87
English & Tamil Only 180 104 76 57 44 13 39 19 20 44 21 22 27 13 14
English & Non-Official Language Only 1,219 405 813 83 34 49 453 153 300 448 119 328 181 78 103
Other Two Languages Only 2,170 455 1,715 22 6 16 193 6 187 224 12 212 222 33 189
English, Chinese & Malay Only 2,213 864 1,349 481 115 366 612 179 434 604 262 343 330 200 130
English, Chinese & Tamil Only - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
English, Malay & Tamil Only 155 78 77 12 - 12 33 19 14 25 13 12 40 21 20
-continued
Number
Malays
Total 46,507 22,034 24,472 18,495 8,559 9,936 10,313 4,361 5,952 2,046 938 1,108
Not Literate 2,159 396 1,763 2,696 344 2,353 2,948 306 2,642 733 152 581
Literate 44,348 21,638 22,710 15,798 8,215 7,583 7,365 4,055 3,310 1,314 786 528
One Language Only 13,934 3,940 9,994 7,831 2,719 5,111 4,806 2,062 2,744 976 534 441
Chinese Only 21 6 15 6 - 6 - - - - - -
English Only 560 304 256 124 66 58 83 57 26 26 13 13
Malay Only 13,283 3,624 9,659 7,497 2,641 4,856 4,512 1,999 2,513 913 509 404
Tamil Only - - - 6 - 6 6 6 - - - -
Non-Official Language Only 70 6 63 197 12 185 205 - 205 37 12 25
Two Languages Only 28,349 16,588 11,761 7,431 5,141 2,290 2,371 1,854 517 295 233 62
English & Chinese Only 87 56 31 25 19 6 6 6 - - - -

English & Malay Only 27,614 16,422 11,192 6,881 4,985 1,896 2,026 1,704 322 231 200 31
English & Tamil Only 12 6 6 - - - - - - - - -
English & Non-Official Language Only 47 21 27 6 - 6 - - - - - -
Other Two Languages Only 588 83 505 519 137 382 339 144 195 64 33 31
Three or More Languages 2,065 1,111 955 537 355 182 189 139 49 43 19 25
English, Chinese & Malay Only 139 69 70 25 25 - 14 8 6 6 6 -

English, Chinese & Tamil Only - - - - - - - - - - - -
English, Malay & Tamil Only 19 13 6 6 - 6 6 6 - 12 6 6
Other Three or More Languages 1,908 1,029 879 505 330 176 168 125 43 25 6 18
-continued
Number
Indians
Total 265,223 137,238 127,985 42,248 20,878 21,370 63,495 30,104 33,391 64,856 37,398 27,457 47,392 25,229 22,164
Not Literate 5,134 1,200 3,934 120 83 37 120 44 76 287 108 179 1,178 344 834
Literate 260,089 136,038 124,051 42,128 20,795 21,333 63,375 30,060 33,315 64,569 37,291 27,278 46,214 24,884 21,330
Chinese Only 37 12 25 - - - 12 6 6 12 - 12 - - -
English Only 32,612 18,229 14,383 4,877 2,630 2,247 7,356 3,644 3,712 7,351 4,351 3,000 6,388 3,711 2,677
Malay Only 1,824 569 1,255 56 37 18 70 37 32 177 62 115 508 187 321
Tamil Only 10,858 3,340 7,518 189 59 130 942 294 648 1,240 349 890 1,833 505 1,328
Non-Official Language Only 1,133 250 883 22 6 16 152 23 129 130 53 77 107 29 78
English & Chinese Only 2,665 1,327 1,337 1,184 544 639 719 385 334 544 291 253 162 81 81
Other Two Languages Only 977 371 606 12 6 6 63 29 34 128 56 72 114 45 69
English, Chinese & Malay Only 540 265 275 133 58 75 147 77 70 103 47 56 82 39 44
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 320 110 210 134 58 76 68 12 56 61 27 34 51 12 39
English, Malay & Tamil Only 16,212 9,197 7,015 1,148 627 521 2,418 1,205 1,214 3,436 1,977 1,460 4,788 2,672 2,116
Other Three or More Languages 23,708 12,679 11,029 2,103 807 1,296 7,571 3,506 4,065 7,983 4,815 3,168 3,728 2,173 1,555
-continued
Number
Indians
Total 28,107 14,449 13,658 11,663 5,549 6,114 6,354 3,083 3,271 1,108 548 561
Not Literate 1,194 276 918 1,033 121 912 967 174 792 235 50 185
Literate 26,913 14,173 12,740 10,630 5,428 5,202 5,387 2,909 2,479 873 498 375
One Language Only 7,462 3,076 4,386 4,431 1,819 2,612 2,657 1,262 1,395 495 259 236
Chinese Only 6 - 6 6 6 - - - - - - -
English Only 4,178 2,498 1,680 1,491 849 643 806 462 343 166 85 81
Malay Only 691 156 535 173 44 129 125 39 86 25 6 18
Tamil Only 2,425 408 2,017 2,423 872 1,551 1,552 692 860 255 162 93
Two Languages Only 14,807 8,310 6,497 4,751 2,719 2,031 2,088 1,240 848 289 183 106
English & Chinese Only 38 13 25 12 12 - 6 - 6 - - -

English & Malay Only 5,590 3,403 2,186 1,029 659 370 240 133 107 32 25 6
English & Tamil Only 7,863 4,196 3,666 2,784 1,666 1,119 1,352 822 530 138 86 51
English & Non-Official Language Only 1,140 656 484 624 270 354 359 225 134 69 50 18
Three or More Languages 4,644 2,787 1,857 1,448 889 559 643 407 236 88 56 32
English, Chinese & Malay Only 50 37 12 19 6 12 6 - 6 - - -

English, Chinese & Tamil Only 6 - 6 - - - - - - - - -
English, Malay & Tamil Only 3,187 1,870 1,318 867 608 258 323 201 122 44 37 6
Other Three or More Languages 1,401 880 521 563 275 288 314 206 108 45 19 26
-continued
Number
Others
Total 104,053 49,855 54,198 11,321 5,109 6,213 27,666 11,528 16,139 35,146 16,853 18,293 18,107 9,619 8,488
Not Literate 546 57 489 47 - 47 149 6 143 139 6 132 69 13 56
Literate 103,507 49,798 53,709 11,274 5,109 6,165 27,517 11,522 15,996 35,008 16,847 18,160 18,037 9,606 8,431
Chinese Only 666 61 605 108 - 108 237 15 222 143 14 129 125 22 102
English Only 27,052 14,162 12,890 2,397 1,064 1,333 5,309 2,248 3,061 8,910 4,814 4,096 5,526 3,249 2,277
Malay Only 398 100 297 - - - 16 - 16 33 12 20 75 12 62
Tamil Only 6 - 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Non-Official Language Only 2,608 251 2,357 180 23 157 724 75 649 987 87 900 557 42 515
English & Chinese Only 3,743 1,656 2,087 1,794 889 904 875 352 524 717 265 452 258 109 148
English & Malay Only 9,630 5,247 4,384 2,135 1,194 941 1,415 743 672 1,741 890 851 2,061 1,150 911
English & Tamil Only 155 70 85 33 6 26 67 35 32 29 29 - 12 - 12
Other Two Languages Only 497 31 466 45 - 45 172 24 148 171 - 171 55 - 55
Three or More Languages 10,697 5,687 5,009 1,131 438 694 2,365 1,106 1,259 3,788 1,953 1,835 2,103 1,246 857
English, Chinese & Malay Only 270 107 164 50 31 18 33 6 27 56 19 37 32 19 12

English, Chinese & Tamil Only - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
English, Malay & Tamil Only 19 - 19 - - - 6 - 6 - - - 13 - 13
Other Three or More Languages 10,408 5,581 4,827 1,082 406 675 2,326 1,100 1,226 3,733 1,934 1,799 2,059 1,227 832
-continued
Number
Others
Total 7,429 4,482 2,946 2,729 1,541 1,188 1,319 601 717 335 121 214
Not Literate 39 6 33 21 6 14 75 19 56 6 - 6
Literate 7,389 4,476 2,913 2,708 1,535 1,173 1,243 583 661 329 121 208
One Language Only 2,949 1,729 1,220 1,439 752 687 787 343 444 229 71 157
Chinese Only 34 9 25 13 - 13 6 - 6 - - -
English Only 2,706 1,661 1,044 1,263 717 546 725 343 381 216 65 151
Malay Only 100 50 49 113 19 94 50 - 50 12 6 6
Tamil Only - - - 6 - 6 - - - - - -
Non-Official Language Only 110 8 102 44 16 28 6 - 6 - - -
Two Languages Only 3,502 2,048 1,454 975 571 404 393 206 186 88 50 39
English & Chinese Only 74 35 40 19 6 13 6 - 6 - - -

English & Malay Only 1,393 784 609 516 290 226 287 145 142 82 50 32
English & Tamil Only 14 - 14 - - - - - - - - -
English & Non-Official Language Only 2,014 1,229 785 406 275 131 86 54 32 6 - 6
Other Two Languages Only 6 - 6 34 - 34 13 7 6 - - -
Three or More Languages 938 699 238 295 212 83 64 33 31 12 - 12
English, Chinese & Malay Only 82 31 51 12 - 12 - - - 6 - 6

English, Chinese & Tamil Only - - - - - - - - - - - -
English, Malay & Tamil Only - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other Three or More Languages 855 668 187 283 212 70 64 33 31 6 - 6
Table 40 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Marital Status and Sex
Number
Total 3,105,748 1,517,428 1,588,321 1,000,467 527,090 473,377 1,844,606 928,352 916,254 157,556 24,854 132,702 103,120 37,132 65,988
Not Literate 128,661 29,785 98,875 15,295 8,940 6,355 56,953 17,040 39,913 51,505 2,774 48,731 4,907 1,031 3,876
Literate 2,977,088 1,487,642 1,489,446 985,171 518,150 467,021 1,787,653 911,312 876,341 106,051 22,080 83,971 98,213 36,100 62,112
Chinese Only 485,511 217,759 267,753 48,898 29,862 19,035 363,994 170,430 193,564 52,614 10,233 42,380 20,007 7,233 12,773
English Only 329,194 185,163 144,031 99,842 55,774 44,068 205,101 120,715 84,386 10,817 2,686 8,131 13,434 5,988 7,446
Malay Only 47,278 14,908 32,370 3,872 2,069 1,802 31,730 10,781 20,948 9,004 1,452 7,552 2,673 605 2,067
Tamil Only 10,939 3,367 7,572 636 428 208 7,132 2,573 4,559 2,811 274 2,536 360 91 268
Non-Official Language Only 5,292 717 4,575 303 179 124 4,052 492 3,560 834 46 788 102 - 102
Two Languages Only 1,896,268 966,239 930,029 774,623 405,282 369,342 1,038,317 533,998 504,319 26,733 6,592 20,141 56,595 20,368 36,227
English & Tamil Only 104,570 55,234 49,336 31,118 17,430 13,689 68,052 36,253 31,800 2,659 568 2,091 2,740 984 1,756
English & Non-Official Language Only 82,972 39,984 42,988 16,734 7,897 8,838 64,463 31,560 32,903 662 103 559 1,112 424 688
Other Two Languages Only 12,898 4,594 8,304 887 443 444 10,190 3,817 6,373 1,532 251 1,281 289 82 206
Three or More Languages 202,606 99,489 103,117 56,997 24,555 32,442 137,328 72,323 65,004 3,239 797 2,442 5,042 1,814 3,228
English, Chinese & Malay Only 96,660 47,451 49,209 24,207 10,687 13,519 69,285 35,614 33,671 1,186 412 775 1,981 738 1,243
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 377 148 229 215 84 132 156 64 91 - - - 6 - 6
English, Malay & Tamil Only 16,423 9,294 7,129 2,819 1,515 1,304 12,211 7,389 4,822 720 115 605 673 275 398
Other Three or More Languages 89,147 42,597 46,550 29,756 12,268 17,487 55,676 29,257 26,419 1,333 271 1,063 2,382 801 1,581
Table 41 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Residential Status and Sex
Number
Total 3,105,748 1,517,428 1,588,321 2,656,887 1,314,132 1,342,755 448,861 203,295 245,566
Not Literate 128,661 29,785 98,875 125,573 29,234 96,339 3,088 551 2,536
Literate 2,977,088 1,487,642 1,489,446 2,531,315 1,284,899 1,246,416 445,773 202,744 243,030
One Language Only 878,214 421,914 456,300 770,444 378,078 392,366 107,770 43,836 63,934
Chinese Only 485,511 217,759 267,753 431,573 198,756 232,818 53,938 19,003 34,935
English Only 329,194 185,163 144,031 285,364 162,448 122,916 43,831 22,715 21,115
Malay Only 47,278 14,908 32,370 42,924 14,273 28,650 4,354 634 3,719
Tamil Only 10,939 3,367 7,572 8,320 2,286 6,034 2,619 1,081 1,538
Non-Official Language Only 5,292 717 4,575 2,263 314 1,948 3,029 402 2,626
Two Languages Only 1,896,268 966,239 930,029 1,660,748 855,779 804,968 235,520 110,460 125,060
English & Chinese Only 1,305,705 659,907 645,798 1,206,473 616,810 589,663 99,232 43,097 56,135
English & Malay Only 390,124 206,521 183,603 362,236 193,404 168,833 27,887 13,117 14,770
English & Tamil Only 104,570 55,234 49,336 71,555 36,409 35,145 33,015 18,825 14,190
English & Non-Official Language Only 82,972 39,984 42,988 13,503 6,435 7,068 69,469 33,549 35,920
Other Two Languages Only 12,898 4,594 8,304 6,980 2,722 4,259 5,917 1,872 4,045
Three or More Languages 202,606 99,489 103,117 100,123 51,042 49,081 102,483 48,447 54,035
English, Chinese & Malay Only 96,660 47,451 49,209 33,154 18,602 14,553 63,505 28,849 34,656
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 377 148 229 329 132 198 48 16 31
English, Malay & Tamil Only 16,423 9,294 7,129 13,768 7,734 6,034 2,655 1,560 1,095
Other Three or More Languages 89,147 42,597 46,550 52,872 24,575 28,297 36,275 18,022 18,253
Table 42 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Economic Status and Sex
Number
Economically Active
Total Economically Inactive
Language Literate In Total Working Unemployed
Total
3,105,748 1,517,428 1,588,321 1,981,714 1,123,855 857,860 1,898,042 1,079,563 818,480 83,672 44,292 39,380 1,124,034 393,573 730,461
Not Literate
128,661 29,785 98,875 24,799 11,749 13,050 23,500 10,966 12,534 1,299 783 516 103,861 18,036 85,825
Literate 2,977,088 1,487,642 1,489,446 1,956,915 1,112,105 844,810 1,874,543 1,068,597 805,946 82,373 43,509 38,864 1,020,173 375,537 644,636
One Language Only
878,214 421,914 456,300 481,169 286,309 194,860 460,816 274,511 186,305 20,353 11,797 8,556 397,045 135,605 261,440
Chinese Only 485,511 217,759 267,753 243,737 140,694 103,043 233,929 134,976 98,953 9,809 5,718 4,091 241,774 77,064 164,710
English Only 329,194 185,163 144,031 216,841 134,754 82,086 207,411 129,139 78,271 9,430 5,615 3,815 112,354 50,409 61,945
Malay Only 47,278 14,908 32,370 15,174 8,399 6,775 14,360 7,988 6,372 814 411 403 32,104 6,509 25,595
Tamil Only 10,939 3,367 7,572 3,581 1,946 1,635 3,418 1,892 1,526 162 54 109 7,358 1,421 5,937
Non-Official Language Only 5,292 717 4,575 1,837 515 1,321 1,698 515 1,183 138 - 138 3,455 201 3,254
Two Languages Only 1,896,268 966,239 930,029 1,321,978 740,712 581,266 1,265,869 711,670 554,199 56,110 29,042 27,068 574,290 225,528 348,762
English & Non-Official Language Only 82,972 39,984 42,988 61,151 36,123 25,028 59,038 35,412 23,627 2,113 712 1,402 21,820 3,860 17,960
Other Two Languages Only 12,898 4,594 8,304 6,068 2,981 3,087 5,864 2,905 2,960 204 77 127 6,830 1,612 5,217
Three or More Languages
202,606 99,489 103,117 153,768 85,085 68,683 147,858 82,416 65,442 5,910 2,669 3,241 48,838 14,405 34,434
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 377 148 229 203 102 100 196 102 94 6 - 6 175 46 129
English, Malay & Tamil Only 16,423 9,294 7,129 12,121 7,780 4,341 11,517 7,417 4,100 604 363 242 4,301 1,513 2,788
Table 43 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Place of Birth and Sex
Number
Total Singapore Malaysia China, Hong Kong and Macao

Total 3,105,748 1,517,428 1,588,321 2,335,328 1,182,082 1,153,246 352,983 149,249 203,734 157,967 65,218 92,749
Not Literate 128,661 29,785 98,875 95,118 24,886 70,232 13,360 2,069 11,291 15,906 2,312 13,594
Literate 2,977,088 1,487,642 1,489,446 2,240,210 1,157,196 1,083,014 339,623 147,180 192,443 142,061 62,906 79,155
Chinese Only 485,511 217,759 267,753 328,034 162,087 165,946 90,295 30,648 59,646 58,992 23,343 35,649
English Only 329,194 185,163 144,031 262,443 150,950 111,493 23,722 12,009 11,713 2,521 1,367 1,154
Malay Only 47,278 14,908 32,370 35,712 12,146 23,566 8,043 2,281 5,762 - - -
Tamil Only 10,939 3,367 7,572 3,488 837 2,651 1,493 268 1,226 - - -
Non-Official Language Only 5,292 717 4,575 779 196 583 214 25 189 40 15 25
Two Languages Only 1,896,268 966,239 930,029 1,533,307 791,590 741,718 135,726 64,672 71,054 77,742 36,790 40,952
English & Chinese Only 1,305,705 659,907 645,798 1,124,850 576,218 548,632 88,988 40,914 48,074 76,950 36,410 40,540
English & Malay Only 390,124 206,521 183,603 343,804 183,416 160,388 36,908 19,588 17,320 197 60 137
English & Tamil Only 104,570 55,234 49,336 57,197 28,201 28,996 3,687 1,875 1,813 21 15 6
English & Non-Official Language Only 82,972 39,984 42,988 4,042 2,133 1,909 279 125 153 93 57 36
Other Two Languages Only 12,898 4,594 8,304 3,414 1,622 1,793 5,863 2,170 3,694 480 248 233
Three or More Languages 202,606 99,489 103,117 76,446 39,390 37,057 80,130 37,278 42,852 2,765 1,390 1,375
English, Chinese & Malay Only 96,660 47,451 49,209 20,909 12,887 8,022 71,865 32,914 38,951 515 363 153
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 377 148 229 298 113 185 14 14 - - - -
English, Malay & Tamil Only 16,423 9,294 7,129 11,192 6,165 5,027 3,345 1,782 1,563 - - -
Other Three or More Languages 89,147 42,597 46,550 44,048 20,225 23,822 4,906 2,568 2,339 2,250 1,028 1,222
-continued
Number
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Indonesia Other Asian Countries European Countries
Total 109,089 59,104 49,985 48,653 15,148 33,504 80,164 32,697 47,467 11,965 8,233 3,731
Not Literate 1,385 341 1,044 2,266 158 2,108 574 19 555 8 - 8
Literate 107,704 58,764 48,941 46,387 14,990 31,396 79,589 32,678 46,911 11,957 8,233 3,723
Chinese Only 47 19 28 5,743 1,177 4,566 2,272 422 1,849 19 6 12

English Only 13,301 7,246 6,055 3,827 1,407 2,419 13,570 5,678 7,892 4,597 3,277 1,320
Malay Only 45 33 12 3,381 393 2,988 52 36 16 - - -
Tamil Only 5,957 2,262 3,695 - - - - - - - - -
Non-Official Language Only 943 214 729 544 31 513 2,709 213 2,496 16 - 16
Two Languages Only 68,251 38,125 30,126 20,042 6,999 13,044 54,016 23,570 30,446 4,127 2,785 1,342
English & Chinese Only 174 73 101 5,299 2,297 3,002 7,405 2,935 4,470 735 371 364
English & Malay Only 1,184 702 483 6,947 2,223 4,724 720 307 413 205 122 82
English & Tamil Only 43,474 25,048 18,426 15 15 - 80 28 52 25 12 12
English & Non-Official Language Only 22,908 12,086 10,822 5,810 2,205 3,606 45,175 20,232 24,943 3,156 2,279 877
Other Two Languages Only 511 217 294 1,971 260 1,711 637 69 568 6 - 6
English, Chinese & Malay Only 13 13 - 3,049 1,114 1,935 253 114 139 21 21 -
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 65 21 44 - - - - - - - - -
English, Malay & Tamil Only 1,808 1,341 467 58 - 58 8 - 8 12 6 6
-continued
Number
USA and Canada Australia and New Zealand Others

Total 3,972 2,428 1,543 2,926 1,708 1,218 2,702 1,559 1,143
Not Literate - - - 12 - 12 31 - 31
Literate 3,972 2,428 1,543 2,914 1,708 1,206 2,672 1,559 1,113
One Language Only 2,225 1,451 774 2,190 1,306 884 998 568 430
Chinese Only 9 9 - - - - 101 45 55

English Only 2,191 1,425 766 2,178 1,300 878 844 504 340
Malay Only - - - 12 6 6 31 13 19
Tamil Only - - - - - - - - -
Non-Official Language Only 25 17 8 - - - 22 6 16
Two Languages Only 1,351 744 607 621 339 282 1,084 625 459
English & Chinese Only 782 402 380 346 177 169 176 110 66
English & Malay Only 23 14 8 90 57 33 45 31 14
English & Tamil Only 18 18 - 6 6 - 47 16 30
English & Non-Official Language Only 514 301 213 179 98 81 815 467 349
Other Two Languages Only 15 8 7 - - - - - -
Three or More Languages 396 233 162 102 63 39 590 366 224
English, Chinese & Malay Only 8 - 8 14 14 - 12 12 -

English, Chinese & Tamil Only - - - - - - - - -
English, Malay & Tamil Only - - - - - - - - -
Other Three or More Languages 388 233 155 88 49 39 578 354 224
Table 44 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex
Number

Total 2,779,524 1,354,723 1,424,800 424,443 159,806 264,637 193,181 91,940 101,242 282,523 142,894 139,629 526,359 242,851 283,508
Not Literate 128,419 29,636 98,783 125,383 28,172 97,211 2,678 1,269 1,409 147 88 59 143 63 80
Literate 2,651,105 1,325,088 1,326,017 299,060 131,635 167,426 190,503 90,670 99,833 282,376 142,806 139,571 526,216 242,788 283,428
Chinese Only 484,641 217,308 267,332 199,063 87,449 111,614 94,279 42,656 51,623 90,096 44,207 45,889 60,848 25,769 35,079
English Only 300,403 169,029 131,374 13,969 7,272 6,696 13,548 7,325 6,223 31,538 17,204 14,334 74,708 37,982 36,726
Malay Only 47,119 14,863 32,255 25,715 7,551 18,163 10,826 3,809 7,017 5,164 1,595 3,570 3,557 1,009 2,548
Tamil Only 10,906 3,367 7,539 5,480 1,589 3,892 2,535 698 1,837 1,259 355 904 697 211 486
Non-Official Language Only 5,230 702 4,528 1,995 153 1,842 726 33 693 979 117 862 446 88 358
English & Non-Official Language Only 78,072 37,960 40,112 602 107 495 587 114 473 2,153 442 1,710 3,776 1,121 2,655
Other Two Languages Only 12,778 4,565 8,213 3,560 1,248 2,312 2,338 890 1,448 3,393 1,181 2,212 2,044 701 1,344
English, Chinese & Malay Only 93,836 46,306 47,531 1,360 920 440 1,716 1,000 717 6,787 3,418 3,369 18,458 7,887 10,571
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 262 115 147 - - - 31 - 31 31 12 18 70 44 26
English, Malay & Tamil Only 15,795 8,980 6,814 665 306 359 893 402 491 2,300 1,266 1,034 5,172 2,753 2,420
Other Three or More Languages 78,292 38,674 39,618 1,289 560 729 1,241 577 664 3,178 1,386 1,792 8,736 3,820 4,916
Table 44 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex
-continued
Number
Professional Qualification and
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic University
Language Literate In Other Diploma
Total 307,562 174,939 132,623 250,213 148,657 101,556 161,144 67,190 93,954 634,098 326,446 307,652
Not Literate 31 19 12 25 19 6 6 6 - 6 - 6
Literate 307,531 174,920 132,610 250,189 148,639 101,550 161,138 67,184 93,954 634,092 326,446 307,646
Chinese Only 23,388 10,708 12,680 4,429 1,789 2,640 5,545 1,675 3,870 6,993 3,054 3,938
English Only 35,316 22,069 13,247 25,726 17,853 7,873 23,765 12,324 11,442 81,833 47,000 34,833
Malay Only 1,205 624 581 238 133 104 208 61 147 205 80 125
Tamil Only 243 130 112 154 125 29 74 39 35 465 221 244
Two Languages Only 227,588 130,999 96,589 204,058 119,914 84,144 109,784 44,468 65,316 464,392 233,886 230,506
English & Chinese Only 141,626 79,913 61,713 160,935 93,918 67,018 79,463 29,979 49,484 338,865 170,101 168,764
English & Malay Only 69,585 42,241 27,345 29,939 16,906 13,033 17,882 7,697 10,185 36,704 18,396 18,308
English & Tamil Only 11,686 7,186 4,500 9,344 6,694 2,650 6,646 3,838 2,808 30,751 15,679 15,072
English & Non-Official Language Only 4,074 1,442 2,632 3,755 2,372 1,384 5,618 2,874 2,744 57,507 29,489 28,018
English, Chinese & Malay Only 9,975 5,208 4,767 8,278 4,761 3,517 13,954 4,777 9,177 33,308 18,335 14,973
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 25 6 19 31 19 12 25 12 13 49 21 28
English, Malay & Tamil Only 2,196 1,418 778 948 609 339 1,374 850 524 2,246 1,377 869
Table 45 Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Ethnic Group and Sex
Number
Total 326,225 162,704 163,521 241,902 121,214 120,688 50,762 26,108 24,654 26,256 12,139 14,117 7,305 3,244 4,061
Not Literate 242 149 92 167 87 80 37 31 6 37 31 6 - - -
Literate 325,983 162,555 163,428 241,735 121,126 120,608 50,725 26,077 24,648 26,219 12,108 14,111 7,305 3,244 4,061
One Language Only 29,915 16,644 13,271 23,929 13,756 10,172 1,259 606 653 3,091 1,549 1,542 1,636 733 904
Chinese Only 871 450 421 871 450 421 - - - - - - - - -

English Only 28,791 16,134 12,657 23,052 13,306 9,745 1,094 555 539 3,059 1,549 1,510 1,587 724 863
Malay Only 159 45 114 - - - 159 45 114 - - - - - -
Tamil Only 32 - 32 - - - - - - 32 - 32 - - -
Non-Official Language Only 62 15 47 6 - 6 6 6 - - - - 49 8 41
English & Chinese Only 209,291 104,414 104,877 206,916 103,321 103,595 352 156 196 871 398 472 1,152 539 613
English & Malay Only 54,028 27,876 26,152 1,832 807 1,025 46,016 24,023 21,993 5,001 2,443 2,558 1,179 603 575
English & Tamil Only 13,308 6,154 7,155 13 6 6 38 25 13 13,239 6,116 7,124 19 6 12
English & Non-Official Language Only 4,900 2,024 2,876 506 173 333 69 35 34 1,871 762 1,108 2,453 1,053 1,400
Other Two Languages Only 120 29 91 98 29 69 - - - - - - 22 - 22
Three or More Languages 14,421 5,414 9,007 8,441 3,033 5,407 2,990 1,231 1,759 2,146 840 1,306 844 310 535
English, Chinese & Malay Only 2,823 1,145 1,678 2,455 1,050 1,405 249 44 205 82 33 49 37 19 18
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 115 33 82 6 - 6 - - - 109 33 76 - - -
English, Malay & Tamil Only 628 313 315 - - - 12 - 12 616 313 302 - - -
Other Three or More Languages 10,855 3,923 6,932 5,979 1,983 3,996 2,729 1,188 1,541 1,339 461 878 807 291 516
Table 46 Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Level of Education Attending and Sex
Number
Total Primary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)
Total 326,225 162,704 163,521 804 475 330 104,507 54,920 49,586 55,935 28,228 27,707
Not Literate 242 149 92 242 149 92 - - - - - -
Literate 325,983 162,555 163,428 563 325 238 104,507 54,920 49,586 55,935 28,228 27,707
One Language Only 29,915 16,644 13,271 184 122 61 9,496 5,664 3,832 4,474 2,308 2,166
Chinese Only 871 450 421 21 21 - 628 377 250 16 - 16

English Only 28,791 16,134 12,657 163 102 61 8,631 5,228 3,403 4,451 2,308 2,143
Malay Only 159 45 114 - - - 151 45 107 8 - 8
Tamil Only 32 - 32 - - - 32 - 32 - - -
Non-Official Language Only 62 15 47 - - - 54 15 39 - - -
Two Languages Only 281,647 140,497 141,150 363 203 160 91,369 47,694 43,675 49,209 25,099 24,110
English & Chinese Only 209,291 104,414 104,877 238 143 96 62,617 32,920 29,697 34,765 17,247 17,519
English & Malay Only 54,028 27,876 26,152 94 44 51 21,745 11,460 10,285 11,059 6,273 4,786
English & Tamil Only 13,308 6,154 7,155 - - - 4,787 2,340 2,447 2,645 1,236 1,409
English & Non-Official Language Only 4,900 2,024 2,876 31 17 14 2,191 960 1,231 718 343 375
Other Two Languages Only 120 29 91 - - - 29 14 15 22 - 22
Three or More Languages 14,421 5,414 9,007 16 - 16 3,642 1,562 2,080 2,252 821 1,431
English, Chinese & Malay Only 2,823 1,145 1,678 - - - 816 406 410 454 195 258
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 115 33 82 - - - 20 - 20 31 6 25
English, Malay & Tamil Only 628 313 315 - - - 186 87 99 83 50 32
Other Three or More Languages 10,855 3,923 6,932 16 - 16 2,620 1,069 1,551 1,684 569 1,115
Table 46 Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Level of Education Attending and Sex
-continued
Number
Polytechnic Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University
Total 79,708 41,404 38,304 14,885 6,533 8,352 70,386 31,144 39,242
Not Literate - - - - - - - - -
Literate 79,708 41,404 38,304 14,885 6,533 8,352 70,386 31,144 39,242
One Language Only 7,206 4,324 2,882 1,655 788 868 6,900 3,438 3,463
Chinese Only 46 24 22 107 12 94 54 16 38

English Only 7,160 4,301 2,860 1,541 775 765 6,846 3,421 3,425
Malay Only - - - - - - - - -
Tamil Only - - - - - - - - -
Non-Official Language Only - - - 8 - 8 - - -
Two Languages Only 69,884 36,018 33,867 12,522 5,527 6,994 58,299 25,956 32,344
English & Chinese Only 52,048 27,182 24,866 8,779 3,952 4,827 50,843 22,971 27,872
English & Malay Only 14,119 7,002 7,116 2,702 1,253 1,449 4,310 1,844 2,465
English & Tamil Only 2,995 1,478 1,518 699 228 470 2,183 872 1,311
English & Non-Official Language Only 702 341 360 314 94 220 944 269 675
Other Two Languages Only 20 14 6 28 - 28 20 - 20
Three or More Languages 2,617 1,062 1,555 708 218 489 5,187 1,751 3,436
English, Chinese & Malay Only 466 200 266 145 22 123 943 321 622
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 27 21 6 - - - 37 6 31
English, Malay & Tamil Only 138 63 75 95 56 39 127 57 70
Other Three or More Languages 1,987 778 1,209 468 140 328 4,080 1,367 2,713
Table 47 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home
Number
Chinese Dialects Indian Languages
Age Group
Total English Mandarin Other Chinese Malay Other Indian Others
(Years) Total Hokkien Teochew Cantonese Total Tamil
Dialects Languages
Total 3,399,054 1,097,443 1,211,505 487,031 238,843 94,302 121,136 32,750 414,475 151,000 110,667 40,334 37,600
5-9 219,631 110,941 62,234 1,930 582 208 989 150 28,865 12,818 9,066 3,752 2,843
10 - 14 251,246 115,129 85,113 2,551 1,113 283 1,004 150 36,489 9,402 7,114 2,288 2,561
15 - 19 269,921 110,395 101,068 5,103 2,198 697 1,888 320 43,913 7,488 6,138 1,349 1,955
20 - 24 237,472 81,598 99,087 7,936 3,640 1,067 2,777 452 40,538 7,133 6,017 1,116 1,180
25 - 29 244,055 69,485 107,941 16,636 7,818 2,758 5,140 919 33,342 13,061 9,266 3,795 3,589
30 - 34 275,529 84,963 112,552 25,970 12,431 4,245 7,990 1,304 23,532 21,514 13,832 7,682 6,997
35 - 39 300,697 104,793 111,930 32,111 15,606 5,369 9,049 2,086 24,746 20,603 13,500 7,103 6,513
40 - 44 286,522 98,550 104,108 33,195 17,008 5,439 8,454 2,295 30,913 15,057 10,395 4,662 4,698
45 - 49 301,606 94,292 113,909 39,303 21,167 6,752 8,860 2,522 39,118 11,619 8,864 2,755 3,365
50 - 54 284,794 85,543 105,286 46,782 26,265 8,470 9,728 2,320 35,990 9,344 7,827 1,517 1,849
55 - 59 236,591 60,564 89,637 51,295 27,264 9,767 12,328 1,936 27,031 7,018 6,094 923 1,046
60 - 64 181,907 41,375 58,646 56,928 29,123 12,040 13,209 2,557 19,177 5,301 4,567 734 479
65 - 69 103,852 16,883 28,252 45,798 22,071 10,332 10,545 2,851 9,608 3,118 2,458 660 193
70 - 74 85,676 11,390 18,022 44,341 18,884 10,127 11,682 3,648 8,606 3,133 2,360 773 184
75 - 79 59,044 6,131 8,293 35,357 16,615 7,302 8,168 3,271 6,880 2,313 1,720 594 70
80 - 84 35,698 3,337 3,720 23,575 10,021 5,562 5,141 2,851 3,569 1,457 1,015 442 41
85 & over 24,814 2,073 1,705 18,220 7,035 3,883 4,185 3,117 2,156 623 435 188 37
Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
Table 48 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Ethnic Group and Sex
Number
Language Most Frequently Total Chinese Malays Indians Others
Spoken at Home Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total 3,399,054 1,670,982 1,728,072 2,527,562 1,240,437 1,287,125 459,210 226,123 233,088 300,587 151,955 148,633 111,694 52,468 59,226
English 1,097,443 550,094 547,349 824,616 414,957 409,659 78,090 36,848 41,243 125,076 64,275 60,801 69,661 34,014 35,646
Mandarin 1,211,505 587,455 624,049 1,206,556 586,789 619,767 404 89 314 333 140 193 4,211 436 3,775
Chinese Dialects 487,031 233,827 253,204 485,765 233,625 252,140 187 37 150 75 31 44 1,004 134 871
Hokkien 238,843 120,001 118,842 238,072 119,930 118,142 146 31 115 38 12 25 587 27 560
Teochew 94,302 44,277 50,026 94,132 44,239 49,893 33 6 27 19 13 6 118 19 100
Cantonese 121,136 55,178 65,959 120,884 55,114 65,770 8 - 8 19 6 12 226 57 169
Other Chinese Dialects 32,750 14,372 18,378 32,677 14,341 18,336 - - - - - - 73 31 42
Malay 414,475 206,548 207,926 6,292 3,100 3,191 379,567 188,750 190,816 23,839 12,335 11,504 4,777 2,363 2,414
Indian Languages 151,000 74,994 76,006 55 6 49 279 130 149 150,029 74,552 75,477 637 306 331
Tamil 110,667 55,082 55,584 49 6 43 230 103 127 110,274 54,932 55,341 114 41 73
Other Indian Languages 40,334 19,912 20,422 6 - 6 49 27 22 39,755 19,620 20,136 523 265 258
Others 37,600 18,063 19,537 4,278 1,959 2,319 684 268 416 1,235 621 614 31,403 15,215 16,189
Table 49 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home
Number
Chinese Malays Indians Others
Age Group
(Years) Chinese Other Indian
English Mandarin Others* English Malay Others* English Malay Tamil Others* English Malay Others*
Dialects Languages
Total 824,616 1,206,556 485,765 10,625 78,090 379,567 1,553 125,076 23,839 110,274 39,755 1,643 69,661 4,777 37,256
5-9 78,936 62,020 1,911 606 10,339 26,571 107 13,625 1,542 9,026 3,655 162 8,041 331 2,758
10 - 14 85,385 84,922 2,532 535 10,686 33,772 51 12,518 1,923 7,087 2,282 118 6,539 423 2,472
15 - 19 84,669 100,864 5,066 624 9,457 40,519 77 12,228 2,507 6,113 1,341 179 4,040 477 1,759
20 - 24 62,000 98,536 7,900 714 7,498 37,073 72 9,423 2,502 6,011 1,055 73 2,678 487 1,450
25 - 29 50,372 107,035 16,573 1,258 5,887 30,153 145 9,278 2,119 9,225 3,724 164 3,947 406 3,769
30 - 34 59,749 111,699 25,855 1,494 6,957 21,119 277 10,725 1,500 13,798 7,617 149 7,532 268 6,788
35 - 39 75,114 111,113 31,833 1,239 7,574 22,598 337 11,821 1,337 13,429 7,029 232 10,285 263 6,494
40 - 44 72,164 103,512 32,950 806 6,251 28,717 186 11,270 1,414 10,362 4,584 193 8,864 323 4,925
45 - 49 71,293 113,559 39,131 740 5,994 36,392 95 10,788 1,944 8,839 2,697 135 6,217 315 3,467
50 - 54 69,315 105,181 46,643 605 3,388 32,999 55 8,805 2,199 7,821 1,480 75 4,035 410 1,782
55 - 59 49,330 89,554 51,236 487 2,087 24,400 79 6,291 1,998 6,076 915 33 2,857 325 924
60 - 64 34,680 58,613 56,910 354 1,069 17,172 19 3,802 1,576 4,548 719 50 1,823 211 359
65 - 69 13,753 28,232 45,771 259 495 8,679 19 1,741 550 2,434 660 31 895 219 117
70 - 74 9,128 18,022 44,309 320 215 7,931 - 1,269 275 2,360 773 18 778 132 147
75 - 79 4,753 8,270 35,350 246 88 6,324 27 751 224 1,707 594 12 540 124 34
80 - 84 2,445 3,720 23,575 177 45 3,252 7 524 137 1,002 442 6 324 37 6
85 & over 1,529 1,705 18,220 161 62 1,896 - 216 93 435 188 12 266 25 6
* Not elsewhere included.
Table 50 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Residential Status and Sex
Number
Total 3,399,054 1,670,982 1,728,072 2,941,100 1,467,698 1,473,402 457,955 203,285 254,670
English 1,097,443 550,094 547,349 965,722 486,789 478,933 131,721 63,305 68,416
Mandarin 1,211,505 587,455 624,049 1,033,963 515,576 518,387 177,541 71,879 105,662
Chinese Dialects 487,031 233,827 253,204 454,717 220,494 234,223 32,314 13,333 18,981
Hokkien 238,843 120,001 118,842 228,627 115,920 112,707 10,215 4,081 6,135
Teochew 94,302 44,277 50,026 91,734 43,313 48,420 2,569 964 1,605
Cantonese 121,136 55,178 65,959 106,025 48,803 57,222 15,111 6,375 8,736
Other Chinese Dialects 32,750 14,372 18,378 28,331 12,458 15,873 4,419 1,914 2,505
Malay 414,475 206,548 207,926 399,808 202,219 197,588 14,667 4,329 10,338
Indian Languages 151,000 74,994 76,006 82,324 40,143 42,181 68,676 34,851 33,825
Tamil 110,667 55,082 55,584 70,836 34,523 36,313 39,830 20,559 19,271
Other Indian Languages 40,334 19,912 20,422 11,488 5,620 5,867 28,846 14,291 14,555
Others 37,600 18,063 19,537 4,566 2,477 2,089 33,035 15,587 17,448
Table 51 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home
Number
Chinese Dialects Indian Languages
Type of Dwelling Total English Mandarin Other Chinese Malay Other Indian Others
Total Hokkien Teochew Cantonese Total Tamil
Dialects Languages
Total 3,399,054 1,097,443 1,211,505 487,031 238,843 94,302 121,136 32,750 414,475 151,000 110,667 40,334 37,600
HDB Dwellings* 2,801,116 721,607 1,078,178 435,732 218,591 84,400 104,366 28,375 406,104 132,785 102,806 29,979 26,709
1-and 2-Room Flats 78,879 9,058 17,125 21,791 12,415 3,614 4,788 974 26,006 4,727 4,424 303 172
3-Room Flats 529,028 83,412 198,051 127,659 63,712 23,902 31,999 8,046 78,688 35,029 27,583 7,446 6,190
4-Room Flats 1,178,367 243,008 497,982 184,074 97,314 35,699 39,347 11,714 184,170 57,636 44,672 12,965 11,496
5-Room & Executive Flats 1,008,894 385,433 361,471 101,001 44,543 20,897 28,116 7,445 117,150 35,184 25,919 9,265 8,653
Condominiums and Private Flats 347,853 217,616 78,510 24,781 8,843 3,701 10,340 1,898 4,577 13,242 4,622 8,620 9,128
Landed Properties 229,253 146,062 50,909 24,197 10,555 5,806 5,633 2,203 2,934 3,930 2,577 1,353 1,222
Bungalows 29,613 21,003 4,633 2,912 1,219 788 683 222 223 619 206 413 223
Semi-Detached Bungalows 70,948 45,182 16,081 7,577 3,368 1,831 1,619 760 658 970 569 401 479
Terrace Houses 128,692 79,877 30,195 13,707 5,968 3,186 3,331 1,221 2,053 2,341 1,802 539 520
Others 20,832 12,158 3,908 2,322 853 396 798 274 859 1,044 662 382 542
* 'HDB Dwellings' includes other HDB dwellings.
Table 52 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home
Number
Type of Dwelling Chinese Other Indian
English Mandarin Others* English Malay Others* English Malay Tamil Others* English Malay Others*
Dialects Languages
Total 824,616 1,206,556 485,765 10,625 78,090 379,567 1,553 125,076 23,839 110,274 39,755 1,643 69,661 4,777 37,256
HDB Dwellings** 512,765 1,073,719 434,524 7,977 70,939 373,218 1,293 94,301 23,370 102,492 29,497 1,288 43,602 4,505 27,626
1-and 2-Room Flats 4,087 16,960 21,661 381 1,984 23,438 101 2,045 1,838 4,399 303 41 942 373 326
3-Room Flats 52,376 196,753 127,262 1,759 9,240 72,430 404 13,581 4,446 27,475 7,342 226 8,216 719 6,799
4-Room Flats 165,195 496,039 183,590 3,244 25,342 169,954 412 35,263 10,371 44,575 12,706 664 17,209 1,870 11,933
5-Room & Executive Flats 290,567 360,427 100,813 2,571 34,353 107,352 376 43,387 6,685 25,834 9,145 357 17,126 1,543 8,358
Condominiums and Private Flats 178,438 78,234 24,757 2,254 4,100 3,187 197 18,862 234 4,573 8,548 237 16,215 86 7,930
Landed Properties 123,969 50,723 24,161 350 2,467 2,403 40 10,541 203 2,571 1,353 119 9,085 161 1,107
Bungalows 16,857 4,633 2,906 109 185 126 8 1,505 12 206 413 - 2,455 25 173
Semi-Detached Bungalows 38,946 16,019 7,570 69 561 547 24 3,150 21 569 401 80 2,525 62 403
Terrace Houses 68,166 30,071 13,685 172 1,722 1,731 8 5,885 170 1,796 539 39 4,104 74 531
Others 9,444 3,880 2,322 45 584 759 24 1,372 31 638 358 - 758 25 593
** 'HDB Dwellings' includes other HDB dwellings.
Table 53 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Place of Birth and Sex
Number
Language Most Frequently Total Singapore Malaysia China, Hong Kong and Macao
Spoken at Home
Total 3,399,054 1,670,982 1,728,072 2,642,295 1,345,299 1,296,996 335,935 141,896 194,039 151,513 62,594 88,919
English 1,097,443 550,094 547,349 915,007 462,485 452,522 71,442 35,641 35,802 9,415 3,859 5,555
Mandarin 1,211,505 587,455 624,049 914,275 469,697 444,578 177,591 72,209 105,383 94,151 38,375 55,776
Chinese Dialects 487,031 233,827 253,204 372,766 189,339 183,427 56,757 21,730 35,027 47,783 20,268 27,514
Hokkien 238,843 120,001 118,842 201,202 105,591 95,611 20,572 7,998 12,574 11,551 5,047 6,504
Teochew 94,302 44,277 50,026 75,798 37,657 38,141 6,861 2,462 4,399 9,173 3,600 5,573
Cantonese 121,136 55,178 65,959 79,666 38,250 41,417 22,939 8,844 14,096 17,387 7,709 9,678
Other Chinese Dialects 32,750 14,372 18,378 16,100 7,842 8,258 6,385 2,427 3,958 9,672 3,912 5,759
Malay 414,475 206,548 207,926 380,578 194,129 186,449 22,524 8,903 13,621 27 - 27
Indian Languages 151,000 74,994 76,006 57,844 28,683 29,161 7,491 3,333 4,158 37 29 8
Tamil 110,667 55,082 55,584 52,281 25,588 26,694 6,699 2,975 3,724 15 15 -
Other Indian Languages 40,334 19,912 20,422 5,563 3,096 2,467 792 359 434 22 14 8
Others 37,600 18,063 19,537 1,825 966 859 129 80 49 101 62 39
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Number
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and
Language Most Frequently Indonesia Other Asian Countries European Countries
Sri Lanka
Spoken at Home
Total 115,058 58,366 56,692 48,395 15,260 33,135 82,830 33,967 48,863 11,589 7,336 4,253
English 28,619 14,796 13,823 15,366 6,084 9,282 38,205 15,423 22,782 9,512 6,306 3,207
Mandarin 70 34 36 12,463 3,284 9,178 11,944 3,348 8,596 272 148 125
Chinese Dialects 56 31 25 7,489 1,869 5,620 1,991 498 1,493 19 6 12
Hokkien 6 6 - 4,356 1,108 3,247 1,110 251 858 - - -

Teochew 12 6 6 2,190 491 1,698 241 46 196 - - -
Cantonese 37 19 18 473 137 337 517 143 374 19 6 12
Other Chinese Dialects - - - 471 133 338 123 58 65 - - -
Malay 435 322 113 10,278 2,971 7,307 433 136 297 42 6 35
Indian Languages 84,897 42,682 42,215 104 8 96 373 163 209 105 45 60
Tamil 51,505 26,462 25,043 56 8 48 66 27 39 20 - 20

Other Indian Languages 33,392 16,220 17,172 48 - 48 306 136 170 85 45 40
Others 982 501 481 2,696 1,044 1,652 29,884 14,399 15,485 1,639 825 813
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Number
Language Most Frequently USA and Canada Australia and New Zealand Others
Spoken at Home
Total 5,406 2,991 2,415 3,510 1,856 1,653 2,524 1,417 1,107
English 4,761 2,681 2,080 3,207 1,713 1,494 1,909 1,108 802
Mandarin 456 198 258 149 66 84 133 96 37
Chinese Dialects 31 19 12 62 40 22 78 27 51
Hokkien - - - 14 - 14 32 - 32
Teochew - - - - - - 27 14 12
Cantonese 31 19 12 48 40 8 19 13 6
Other Chinese Dialects - - - - - - - - -
Malay - - - 83 38 46 75 44 31
Indian Languages 59 36 24 8 - 8 82 14 68
Tamil - - - 8 - 8 16 8 8
Other Indian Languages 59 36 24 - - - 66 6 60
Others 98 58 41 - - - 247 129 118
Table 54 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Economic Status and Sex
Number
Economically Active
Language Most Frequently Total Economically Inactive
Total Working Unemployed
Spoken at Home
Total 2,928,178 1,427,810 1,500,368 1,856,701 1,053,340 803,360 1,778,283 1,012,221 766,061 78,418 41,119 37,299 1,071,477 374,469 697,008
English 871,374 433,060 438,314 587,333 321,723 265,610 563,837 309,593 254,244 23,496 12,130 11,366 284,041 111,337 172,704
Mandarin 1,064,157 512,043 552,113 717,881 392,210 325,670 690,795 378,222 312,573 27,085 13,988 13,097 346,276 119,833 226,443
Chinese Dialects 482,550 231,325 251,225 242,557 147,465 95,092 231,418 140,087 91,330 11,139 7,377 3,762 239,993 83,860 156,134
Hokkien 237,147 119,043 118,104 123,413 79,360 44,052 117,471 75,177 42,294 5,942 4,183 1,759 113,735 39,683 74,051
Teochew 93,811 43,995 49,816 43,522 26,427 17,094 41,734 25,340 16,394 1,788 1,087 701 50,289 17,568 32,722
Cantonese 119,143 54,085 65,057 61,783 33,924 27,858 59,052 32,258 26,795 2,731 1,667 1,064 57,360 20,161 37,199
Other Chinese Dialects 32,449 14,201 18,248 13,839 7,753 6,086 13,161 7,313 5,848 678 440 239 18,609 6,448 12,162
Malay 349,121 172,396 176,724 204,559 124,883 79,675 192,676 119,085 73,591 11,882 5,798 6,084 144,562 47,513 97,049
Indian Languages 128,781 63,587 65,193 80,381 53,249 27,131 76,451 51,723 24,728 3,930 1,527 2,403 48,400 10,338 38,062
Tamil 94,487 46,571 47,916 58,742 38,226 20,516 55,885 36,962 18,923 2,857 1,264 1,593 35,746 8,345 27,401
Other Indian Languages 34,293 17,016 17,277 21,639 15,023 6,616 20,566 14,761 5,805 1,073 262 810 12,654 1,993 10,661
Others 32,196 15,398 16,798 23,991 13,810 10,182 23,106 13,511 9,594 886 298 587 8,204 1,588 6,616
Table 55 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex
Number
Language Most Frequently Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary

Spoken at Home
Total 2,604,303 1,266,098 1,338,204 387,098 144,766 242,333 182,114 85,551 96,563 266,213 133,676 132,538 499,769 230,537 269,232
English 735,870 366,753 369,117 10,608 4,294 6,314 12,052 5,711 6,342 39,575 18,213 21,362 151,293 65,153 86,140
Mandarin 937,790 448,710 489,080 107,849 43,184 64,665 78,077 33,392 44,685 120,628 57,659 62,969 184,407 83,540 100,867
Chinese Dialects 475,055 227,196 247,858 202,867 75,808 127,059 52,500 28,018 24,482 54,113 32,045 22,068 64,458 33,656 30,802
Hokkien 234,341 117,482 116,859 108,509 42,740 65,768 28,170 16,162 12,008 27,228 17,203 10,025 29,816 16,891 12,925
Teochew 92,665 43,320 49,346 43,473 16,035 27,438 10,264 5,413 4,850 9,629 5,817 3,812 12,306 6,496 5,811
Cantonese 116,061 52,385 63,676 37,194 12,671 24,522 11,002 4,945 6,057 14,164 7,288 6,876 18,085 8,177 9,908
Other Chinese Dialects 31,987 14,010 17,978 13,692 4,362 9,330 3,063 1,497 1,566 3,091 1,737 1,354 4,250 2,092 2,158
Malay 305,568 149,356 156,212 52,885 17,751 35,134 31,354 15,297 16,057 40,830 20,750 20,080 82,062 39,946 42,116
Indian Languages 120,180 59,709 60,471 12,449 3,633 8,816 7,985 3,109 4,876 10,524 4,889 5,634 16,365 7,826 8,539
Tamil 87,525 43,436 44,088 10,786 3,259 7,527 7,348 2,838 4,510 9,218 4,382 4,836 14,041 6,896 7,145
Other Indian Languages 32,655 16,272 16,383 1,663 374 1,289 637 271 367 1,306 507 799 2,324 930 1,394
Others 29,841 14,375 15,466 439 95 344 146 25 121 544 119 425 1,184 416 768
Table 55 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex
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Number
Language Most Frequently Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University
Spoken at Home
Total 294,143 167,754 126,388 239,707 142,122 97,585 149,957 62,581 87,376 585,301 299,111 286,190
English 90,322 49,005 41,318 81,363 48,932 32,431 66,174 28,634 37,540 284,480 146,810 137,670
Mandarin 106,477 59,552 46,925 106,755 60,752 46,003 52,288 19,034 33,254 181,309 91,597 89,712
Chinese Dialects 27,749 16,783 10,966 20,528 13,639 6,889 13,717 5,961 7,756 39,122 21,287 17,836
Hokkien 12,910 8,373 4,537 9,352 6,397 2,955 4,748 2,112 2,635 13,608 7,604 6,005
Teochew 4,799 2,967 1,832 3,592 2,308 1,284 2,220 954 1,266 6,383 3,330 3,053
Cantonese 8,221 4,398 3,823 6,316 4,146 2,170 5,514 2,385 3,129 15,564 8,374 7,190
Other Chinese Dialects 1,819 1,044 775 1,268 789 479 1,235 509 726 3,568 1,979 1,588
Malay 57,092 35,125 21,966 21,569 12,195 9,374 8,836 3,600 5,236 10,939 4,691 6,248
Indian Languages 11,086 6,752 4,334 7,813 5,619 2,194 6,814 4,188 2,626 47,144 23,692 23,452
Tamil 8,925 5,639 3,286 6,135 4,419 1,716 4,975 3,071 1,905 26,096 12,932 13,164
Other Indian Languages 2,161 1,113 1,048 1,678 1,200 478 1,839 1,118 721 21,048 10,760 10,288
Others 1,417 538 879 1,679 985 694 2,127 1,163 964 22,305 11,034 11,271
Table 56 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home
Number
Highest Qualification Attained Other
Chinese
English Mandarin Others* English Malay Others* English Malay Tamil Indian Others* English Malay Others*
Dialects
Languages
Total 554,755 933,448 473,838 8,631 46,543 279,239 1,307 84,024 17,855 87,216 32,220 1,217 50,548 3,464 29,997
No Qualification 7,227 106,790 202,447 968 858 48,157 175 1,656 3,480 10,730 1,655 126 867 463 1,499
Primary 7,707 77,362 52,188 379 1,072 28,671 82 2,537 2,097 7,305 637 20 736 244 1,076
Lower Secondary 27,131 119,718 53,963 612 3,346 37,416 139 6,139 2,325 9,148 1,290 85 2,959 548 1,396
Secondary 113,581 183,776 64,281 900 13,028 75,961 217 18,238 4,468 13,969 2,289 168 6,447 972 1,474
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 63,888 106,144 27,698 625 10,229 53,311 54 11,412 2,873 8,916 2,114 75 4,793 474 1,535
Polytechnic 65,251 106,519 20,507 461 6,175 19,647 74 7,409 1,427 6,123 1,647 98 2,529 255 1,586
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 50,548 52,161 13,696 408 4,240 7,917 57 6,681 519 4,975 1,824 85 4,704 185 1,955
University 219,422 180,978 39,058 4,277 7,595 8,158 510 29,951 667 26,050 20,765 559 27,513 323 19,477
Table 57 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Sex
Number
Language Most Frequently Total Pre-Primary Primary Secondary
Spoken at Home Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total 793,333 404,098 389,235 61,185 31,919 29,266 281,568 146,079 135,489 231,559 119,518 112,041
English 361,015 183,042 177,974 31,701 16,701 15,000 135,945 70,762 65,184 99,484 51,255 48,228
Mandarin 273,356 138,564 134,792 16,625 8,641 7,985 85,921 44,076 41,845 83,079 42,745 40,334
Chinese Dialects 11,937 6,610 5,327 411 162 249 2,878 1,733 1,145 3,044 1,644 1,400
Hokkien 4,468 2,504 1,964 109 37 72 1,040 652 388 1,327 738 589
Teochew 1,637 957 680 56 31 25 350 203 148 370 210 160
Cantonese 5,070 2,787 2,283 224 87 137 1,242 728 514 1,191 623 568
Other Chinese Dialects 762 362 400 22 6 16 245 150 95 156 73 83
Malay 108,647 57,063 51,584 7,571 3,958 3,613 39,221 20,570 18,652 36,626 19,299 17,327
Indian Languages 30,659 15,163 15,496 3,940 1,928 2,012 14,014 7,166 6,848 7,306 3,650 3,655
Tamil 23,028 11,548 11,480 2,718 1,318 1,400 10,184 5,407 4,777 5,728 2,880 2,848
Other Indian Languages 7,630 3,615 4,015 1,222 610 612 3,830 1,759 2,071 1,578 770 808
Others 7,719 3,656 4,063 937 530 407 3,590 1,773 1,817 2,020 924 1,095
Table 57 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Sex
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Number
Language Most Frequently Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University
Spoken at Home Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Total 55,689 28,145 27,544 79,430 41,294 38,136 14,593 6,408 8,186 69,308 30,735 38,573
English 24,730 11,567 13,163 30,248 16,242 14,007 5,551 2,394 3,157 33,356 14,122 19,235
Mandarin 18,623 9,548 9,075 34,241 17,487 16,754 5,796 2,583 3,213 29,070 13,484 15,586
Chinese Dialects 1,039 560 479 1,843 1,023 819 509 253 255 2,213 1,234 979
Hokkien 381 216 164 766 395 371 195 82 113 650 383 267
Teochew 136 85 51 259 153 106 84 53 31 382 223 159
Cantonese 446 217 229 724 430 294 202 119 83 1,040 583 457
Other Chinese Dialects 76 42 35 94 46 48 28 - 28 140 45 95
Malay 9,219 5,442 3,777 11,041 5,582 5,459 2,159 1,009 1,150 2,810 1,204 1,606
Indian Languages 1,743 877 866 1,764 834 930 433 147 286 1,459 561 898
Tamil 1,408 704 705 1,583 712 871 385 135 250 1,023 393 630
Other Indian Languages 335 173 162 181 122 59 48 12 36 436 168 268
Others 334 151 183 294 127 167 145 21 125 400 130 270
Table 58 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Religion and Sex
Number
Age Group Total No Religion Buddhism Taoism* Islam

(Years)
Total 3,105,748 1,517,428 1,588,321 527,553 278,683 248,870 1,032,879 500,579 532,300 339,149 166,927 172,222 457,435 225,956 231,478
15 - 19 270,986 140,275 130,711 56,647 30,077 26,570 73,554 38,391 35,163 18,935 9,785 9,150 58,492 30,389 28,102
20 - 24 242,360 124,500 117,860 51,030 26,375 24,655 65,725 34,391 31,335 20,737 10,795 9,942 52,678 27,446 25,231
25 - 29 261,431 126,519 134,913 53,774 27,312 26,463 77,391 37,802 39,589 23,738 11,917 11,821 44,261 21,716 22,545
30 - 34 291,687 137,861 153,826 56,105 27,862 28,243 91,699 42,896 48,803 24,154 12,177 11,977 35,814 16,842 18,972
35 - 39 318,212 153,129 165,083 58,490 28,436 30,055 104,736 50,291 54,445 23,534 11,489 12,045 38,140 18,253 19,887
40 - 44 304,016 148,382 155,634 53,455 26,672 26,783 102,555 49,510 53,046 25,030 12,484 12,546 42,812 20,694 22,118
45 - 49 319,916 159,397 160,519 48,947 26,203 22,744 113,029 56,818 56,211 30,638 15,644 14,995 50,399 24,880 25,519
50 - 54 303,727 151,988 151,739 42,404 23,254 19,151 111,099 56,231 54,869 37,764 19,111 18,653 43,796 22,028 21,768
55 - 59 252,926 127,280 125,647 36,479 20,930 15,549 94,262 47,001 47,261 36,670 18,972 17,698 32,333 15,838 16,495
60 - 64 196,418 96,557 99,861 28,729 17,061 11,667 71,699 34,346 37,353 32,552 16,087 16,465 22,802 10,910 11,892
65 - 69 113,609 54,368 59,241 15,448 9,317 6,131 42,515 19,624 22,891 21,313 10,375 10,938 11,686 5,788 5,898
70 - 74 95,333 44,472 50,861 12,075 7,496 4,579 35,278 15,922 19,356 17,185 8,018 9,167 10,157 4,876 5,281
75 - 79 66,508 28,195 38,313 6,983 4,212 2,771 23,994 9,406 14,587 13,124 5,715 7,409 7,785 3,345 4,440
80 - 84 40,546 15,481 25,066 3,931 2,049 1,882 14,793 5,031 9,762 8,145 2,847 5,297 4,011 1,891 2,120
85 & Over 28,071 9,024 19,047 3,055 1,428 1,628 10,548 2,919 7,629 5,630 1,510 4,121 2,270 1,058 1,212
* 'Taoism' includes Chinese Traditional Beliefs.

Table 58 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Religion and Sex
-continued
Number
Christianity
Age Group Hinduism Sikhism Other Religions
Catholic Other Christians
(Years)
Total 157,854 81,634 76,220 10,744 5,283 5,461 219,133 100,083 119,050 350,111 153,251 196,860 10,891 5,031 5,860
15 - 19 11,687 5,504 6,183 883 439 444 16,613 8,715 7,898 33,282 16,525 16,757 893 450 444
20 - 24 9,684 4,675 5,009 1,031 568 462 13,979 7,057 6,922 26,779 12,902 13,877 718 291 426
25 - 29 16,465 7,023 9,442 929 532 397 17,689 8,304 9,385 26,446 11,612 14,834 737 300 437
30 - 34 24,623 12,086 12,537 826 382 443 24,841 10,980 13,861 32,794 14,199 18,594 831 436 395
35 - 39 24,402 14,341 10,061 1,009 505 504 26,491 12,096 14,395 40,379 17,304 23,075 1,031 413 618
40 - 44 18,522 11,095 7,427 1,035 530 505 22,272 10,530 11,742 37,312 16,388 20,924 1,023 479 544
45 - 49 15,121 8,337 6,785 1,253 624 629 20,920 9,470 11,450 38,334 16,765 21,569 1,275 657 618
50 - 54 12,128 6,332 5,795 1,048 480 568 18,887 8,517 10,371 35,257 15,348 19,909 1,343 687 656
55 - 59 8,705 4,582 4,123 981 530 451 16,492 7,274 9,218 26,045 11,690 14,354 961 463 498
60 - 64 6,057 2,988 3,069 497 263 234 14,775 6,518 8,257 18,481 8,014 10,466 827 368 458
65 - 69 3,302 1,458 1,843 324 70 253 8,369 3,493 4,877 10,198 4,065 6,133 454 177 277
70 - 74 2,950 1,220 1,730 376 140 236 7,846 3,364 4,482 9,195 3,347 5,848 271 89 182
75 - 79 2,143 924 1,219 288 125 163 4,852 1,955 2,897 7,091 2,419 4,672 249 93 156
80 - 84 1,463 775 688 145 44 100 3,034 1,158 1,876 4,853 1,596 3,258 172 90 83
85 & Over 604 293 311 121 50 70 2,071 653 1,418 3,665 1,075 2,590 106 38 68
Table 59 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Ethnic Group and Sex
Number
Religion
Total 3,105,748 1,517,428 1,588,321 2,349,505 1,141,990 1,207,514 386,968 188,345 198,623 265,223 137,238 127,985 104,053 49,855 54,198
No Religion 527,553 278,683 248,870 512,717 270,299 242,418 872 364 508 2,940 1,928 1,011 11,024 6,092 4,932
With Religion 2,578,196 1,238,745 1,339,451 1,836,788 871,691 965,096 386,096 187,981 198,115 262,284 135,309 126,974 93,028 43,763 49,266
Buddhism 1,032,879 500,579 532,300 1,009,158 491,163 517,996 628 159 469 2,022 1,057 965 21,070 8,200 12,870
Taoism* 339,149 166,927 172,222 338,406 166,871 171,535 120 34 86 31 6 25 593 16 576
Islam 457,435 225,956 231,478 8,332 4,305 4,027 382,017 186,565 195,452 57,546 30,174 27,372 9,540 4,913 4,626
Hinduism 157,854 81,634 76,220 312 73 238 401 170 231 156,339 80,917 75,421 803 473 330
Sikhism 10,744 5,283 5,461 56 32 25 53 19 34 10,591 5,218 5,374 43 15 29
Christianity 569,244 253,334 315,910 472,636 205,774 266,862 2,680 946 1,734 34,024 17,061 16,963 59,904 29,553 30,351
Catholic 219,133 100,083 119,050 155,515 68,876 86,639 1,389 524 866 19,460 9,942 9,519 42,769 20,743 22,027
Other Christians 350,111 153,251 196,860 317,121 136,898 180,223 1,291 422 869 14,564 7,120 7,444 17,135 8,810 8,325
Other Religions 10,891 5,031 5,860 7,888 3,474 4,413 197 88 108 1,731 876 855 1,075 592 483

Table 60 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Marital Status and Sex
Number
Religion
Total 3,105,748 1,517,428 1,588,321 1,000,467 527,090 473,377 1,844,606 928,352 916,254 157,556 24,854 132,702 103,120 37,132 65,988
No Religion 527,553 278,683 248,870 209,977 114,523 95,453 287,015 153,408 133,607 12,929 3,444 9,484 17,632 7,307 10,325
With Religion 2,578,196 1,238,745 1,339,451 790,490 412,567 377,923 1,557,591 774,944 782,647 144,627 21,409 123,218 85,488 29,824 55,663
Buddhism 1,032,879 500,579 532,300 305,719 163,072 142,647 635,115 316,575 318,541 59,035 8,542 50,493 33,009 12,391 20,618
Taoism* 339,149 166,927 172,222 97,468 53,622 43,846 204,042 104,500 99,543 28,157 4,596 23,561 9,482 4,210 5,273
Islam 457,435 225,956 231,478 156,772 86,346 70,426 258,896 129,549 129,346 22,944 3,889 19,055 18,824 6,173 12,651
Hinduism 157,854 81,634 76,220 35,584 20,084 15,500 111,261 59,109 52,152 6,889 914 5,976 4,120 1,528 2,592
Sikhism 10,744 5,283 5,461 3,124 1,838 1,286 6,332 3,169 3,163 775 94 681 513 182 331
Christianity 569,244 253,334 315,910 188,551 86,081 102,470 335,346 158,842 176,503 26,250 3,282 22,968 19,098 5,129 13,969
Catholic 219,133 100,083 119,050 68,477 32,797 35,681 132,924 63,513 69,412 10,059 1,391 8,668 7,673 2,383 5,290
Other Christians 350,111 153,251 196,860 120,074 53,285 66,789 202,421 95,330 107,092 16,191 1,891 14,300 11,425 2,746 8,679
Other Religions 10,891 5,031 5,860 3,272 1,524 1,748 6,600 3,201 3,398 577 94 483 442 212 230

Table 61 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Residential Status and Sex
Number
Religion
Total 3,105,748 1,517,428 1,588,321 2,656,887 1,314,132 1,342,755 448,861 203,295 245,566
No Religion 527,553 278,683 248,870 441,453 238,554 202,898 86,100 40,129 45,971
With Religion 2,578,196 1,238,745 1,339,451 2,215,434 1,075,578 1,139,856 362,762 163,167 199,595
Buddhism 1,032,879 500,579 532,300 891,789 442,050 449,739 141,090 58,529 82,561
Taoism* 339,149 166,927 172,222 317,094 157,997 159,097 22,055 8,930 13,125
Islam 457,435 225,956 231,478 432,986 216,424 216,562 24,449 9,532 14,916
Hinduism 157,854 81,634 76,220 91,533 45,573 45,959 66,322 36,061 30,261
Sikhism 10,744 5,283 5,461 9,297 4,677 4,620 1,447 606 841
Christianity 569,244 253,334 315,910 464,132 204,920 259,213 105,112 48,414 56,698
Catholic 219,133 100,083 119,050 165,520 74,946 90,573 53,614 25,137 28,477
Other Christians 350,111 153,251 196,860 298,612 129,973 168,639 51,499 23,277 28,221
Other Religions 10,891 5,031 5,860 8,604 3,937 4,666 2,287 1,093 1,194

Table 62 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Religion and Sex
Number
Total No Religion Buddhism Taoism* Islam

Type of Dwelling
Total 3,105,748 1,517,428 1,588,321 527,553 278,683 248,870 1,032,879 500,579 532,300 339,149 166,927 172,222 457,435 225,956 231,478
HDB Dwellings** 2,563,476 1,254,569 1,308,907 397,724 209,466 188,258 899,916 437,792 462,124 304,351 150,412 153,939 439,373 217,278 222,095
1-and 2-Room Flats 94,055 48,689 45,366 12,987 8,160 4,828 27,669 14,113 13,556 11,643 6,443 5,200 27,987 13,544 14,444
3-Room Flats 532,655 254,119 278,536 77,361 39,794 37,568 196,308 92,970 103,339 69,812 34,051 35,761 87,281 42,873 44,408
4-Room Flats 1,059,163 520,639 538,523 151,595 79,532 72,063 390,458 191,788 198,670 136,606 67,760 68,846 189,865 94,360 95,506
5-Room & Executive Flats 870,921 427,589 443,333 154,617 81,315 73,302 282,640 137,461 145,179 85,032 41,491 43,541 134,085 66,429 67,656
Condominiums and Private Flats 313,492 151,864 161,628 78,749 41,346 37,402 75,815 35,754 40,061 16,726 8,005 8,720 9,344 4,458 4,887
Landed Properties 207,885 100,498 107,387 47,223 25,814 21,409 51,846 24,340 27,506 16,707 7,793 8,914 7,157 3,408 3,749
Bungalows 27,253 12,945 14,308 6,676 3,694 2,982 5,661 2,519 3,142 1,566 767 798 883 392 492
Semi-Detached Bungalows 64,056 30,912 33,144 14,129 7,649 6,480 15,088 7,240 7,847 5,432 2,558 2,874 1,656 849 807
Terrace Houses 116,575 56,640 59,935 26,418 14,471 11,947 31,097 14,581 16,516 9,709 4,468 5,241 4,617 2,167 2,451
Others 20,895 10,496 10,399 3,857 2,057 1,800 5,302 2,693 2,609 1,366 716 650 1,561 813 748

Table 62 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Religion and Sex
-continued
Number
Christianity
Hinduism Sikhism Other Religions
Type of Dwelling Catholic Other Christians
Total 157,854 81,634 76,220 10,744 5,283 5,461 219,133 100,083 119,050 350,111 153,251 196,860 10,891 5,031 5,860
HDB Dwellings** 128,933 66,421 62,512 8,194 3,958 4,236 149,893 68,304 81,589 227,343 97,472 129,872 7,749 3,467 4,283
1-and 2-Room Flats 4,318 2,341 1,976 145 53 92 3,693 1,734 1,958 5,352 2,205 3,147 261 96 165
3-Room Flats 29,965 15,789 14,176 1,646 734 912 28,191 12,004 16,187 40,223 15,109 25,114 1,867 795 1,072
4-Room Flats 53,257 27,191 26,066 2,809 1,347 1,462 53,740 24,292 29,448 77,899 33,050 44,849 2,934 1,319 1,615
5-Room & Executive Flats 41,129 20,924 20,205 3,595 1,825 1,771 63,876 30,082 33,794 103,291 46,818 56,474 2,656 1,244 1,411
Condominiums and Private Flats 20,335 10,779 9,555 1,223 642 580 39,092 17,908 21,184 70,173 31,935 38,238 2,037 1,037 1,000
Landed Properties 6,974 3,523 3,450 1,266 643 624 27,611 12,760 14,851 48,167 21,763 26,404 935 454 481
Bungalows 797 394 403 199 88 111 4,068 1,765 2,303 7,303 3,279 4,024 101 48 53
Semi-Detached Bungalows 2,303 1,100 1,203 436 222 214 8,786 4,070 4,716 15,898 7,059 8,839 329 164 165
Terrace Houses 3,874 2,029 1,844 632 333 299 14,757 6,925 7,832 24,966 11,425 13,541 505 242 263
Others 1,613 910 703 60 40 20 2,538 1,111 1,427 4,428 2,082 2,347 170 73 96

Table 63 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Place of Birth and Sex
Number
Total Singapore Malaysia China, Hong Kong and Macao
Religion
Total 3,105,748 1,517,428 1,588,321 2,335,328 1,182,082 1,153,246 352,983 149,249 203,734 157,967 65,218 92,749
No Religion 527,553 278,683 248,870 384,332 209,883 174,449 50,268 24,716 25,552 73,823 34,301 39,522
With Religion 2,578,196 1,238,745 1,339,451 1,950,996 972,199 978,797 302,715 124,533 178,182 84,144 30,917 53,227
Buddhism 1,032,879 500,579 532,300 776,631 400,060 376,571 165,604 67,856 97,748 46,522 17,192 29,330
Taoism* 339,149 166,927 172,222 277,640 143,469 134,171 39,594 15,965 23,630 17,264 6,414 10,850
Islam 457,435 225,956 231,478 403,121 202,427 200,694 25,541 10,206 15,335 172 54 118
Hinduism 157,854 81,634 76,220 69,613 34,848 34,764 10,037 4,750 5,287 149 53 96
Sikhism 10,744 5,283 5,461 7,039 3,859 3,180 1,170 477 694 12 6 6
Christianity 569,244 253,334 315,910 409,719 184,161 225,558 59,665 24,859 34,805 19,476 6,956 12,520
Catholic 219,133 100,083 119,050 144,748 66,581 78,167 20,428 8,885 11,543 5,397 1,949 3,449
Other Christians 350,111 153,251 196,860 264,972 117,581 147,391 39,237 15,974 23,262 14,079 5,008 9,071
Other Religions 10,891 5,031 5,860 7,233 3,374 3,859 1,103 421 682 550 241 309

-continued
Number
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Indonesia Other Asian Countries European Countries
Religion
Total 109,089 59,104 49,985 48,653 15,148 33,504 80,164 32,697 47,467 11,965 8,233 3,731
No Religion 891 604 287 3,789 1,533 2,255 8,289 3,375 4,915 3,549 2,661 888
With Religion 108,198 58,500 49,697 44,864 13,615 31,249 71,874 29,323 42,552 8,415 5,572 2,843
Buddhism 1,175 629 546 15,576 4,285 11,291 26,652 10,172 16,481 194 148 46
Taoism* 6 - 6 3,241 723 2,518 1,315 302 1,013 28 14 14
Islam 17,008 9,847 7,161 8,541 2,033 6,508 2,046 685 1,361 480 349 131
Hinduism 76,745 41,427 35,318 236 60 176 501 217 284 221 104 117
Sikhism 2,333 912 1,420 77 - 77 62 21 41 8 - 8
Christianity 10,066 5,262 4,803 17,108 6,473 10,635 40,662 17,673 22,989 7,299 4,851 2,448
Catholic 5,880 3,105 2,775 8,055 3,051 5,004 29,344 13,196 16,148 2,874 1,929 945
Other Religions 865 422 443 86 41 45 635 253 382 184 106 78

-continued
Number
USA and Canada Australia and New Zealand Others
Religion
Total 3,972 2,428 1,543 2,926 1,708 1,218 2,702 1,559 1,143
No Religion 1,202 803 398 997 516 481 413 291 122
With Religion 2,770 1,625 1,145 1,930 1,192 738 2,290 1,268 1,022
Buddhism 201 78 123 132 73 60 192 87 105

Taoism* 19 12 6 14 6 8 28 22 6
Islam 102 72 30 143 98 45 280 186 95
Hinduism 89 57 31 47 39 8 217 78 139
Sikhism 26 - 26 8 8 - 8 - 8
Christianity 2,195 1,298 897 1,577 960 617 1,477 839 638
Catholic 858 463 395 716 429 286 834 496 338
Other Christians 1,337 835 502 861 530 331 643 343 299
Other Religions 139 107 31 8 8 - 88 56 31

Table 64 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex
Number

Religion
Total 2,779,524 1,354,723 1,424,800 424,443 159,806 264,637 193,181 91,940 101,242 282,523 142,894 139,629 526,359 242,851 283,508
No Religion 455,098 241,968 213,130 36,318 17,945 18,373 17,810 9,430 8,380 35,309 18,978 16,331 77,852 37,308 40,544
With Religion 2,324,426 1,112,755 1,211,670 388,125 141,861 246,263 175,371 82,509 92,862 247,214 123,916 123,298 448,507 205,543 242,965
Buddhism 943,369 455,379 487,990 180,842 67,507 113,335 83,632 39,504 44,128 117,456 60,074 57,381 186,148 87,123 99,025
Taoism* 314,886 154,601 160,285 100,826 40,877 59,949 33,791 17,226 16,564 37,224 20,901 16,323 48,664 24,026 24,638
Islam 397,386 195,231 202,154 59,465 20,519 38,947 35,989 17,630 18,359 49,307 24,816 24,491 104,860 50,379 54,481
Hinduism 144,215 75,622 68,594 10,335 3,199 7,136 6,988 2,796 4,192 10,817 5,228 5,589 21,413 10,786 10,627
Sikhism 9,484 4,682 4,802 983 209 775 455 220 236 866 388 478 2,178 1,116 1,062
Christianity 505,280 222,724 282,555 34,234 8,995 25,239 13,888 4,923 8,965 30,704 12,148 18,556 83,612 31,428 52,184
Catholic 198,201 89,672 108,530 12,803 3,552 9,250 5,834 2,082 3,752 14,560 5,968 8,592 36,361 14,529 21,831
Other Christians 307,079 133,053 174,026 21,432 5,443 15,989 8,054 2,840 5,214 16,144 6,180 9,964 47,251 16,898 30,353
Other Religions 9,806 4,516 5,290 1,438 556 882 627 210 417 840 360 480 1,632 684 947

Table 64 Resident Non-Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex
-continued
Number

Religion
Total 307,562 174,939 132,623 250,213 148,657 101,556 161,144 67,190 93,954 634,098 326,446 307,652
No Religion 50,730 29,184 21,546 53,657 31,886 21,771 30,146 12,452 17,694 153,275 84,784 68,491
With Religion 256,832 145,755 111,076 196,556 116,771 79,785 130,998 54,738 76,261 480,822 241,662 239,160
Buddhism 91,232 52,045 39,187 84,123 50,946 33,177 50,554 20,624 29,930 149,382 77,556 71,827
Taoism* 25,036 14,895 10,141 25,208 15,109 10,099 10,344 4,187 6,157 33,794 17,380 16,414
Islam 73,157 44,149 29,008 31,729 17,948 13,780 15,835 6,874 8,960 27,044 12,916 14,128
Hinduism 14,442 8,898 5,544 10,193 7,443 2,750 8,972 5,418 3,554 61,054 31,852 29,202
Sikhism 1,273 704 569 686 418 269 529 249 279 2,514 1,380 1,134
Christianity 50,734 24,622 26,112 43,946 24,501 19,445 44,119 17,076 27,043 204,042 99,032 105,011
Catholic 19,341 9,754 9,587 14,428 8,717 5,710 16,270 6,778 9,492 78,605 38,290 40,316
Other Religions 959 443 516 672 406 266 645 309 336 2,993 1,547 1,445

Glossary of Terms and
Definitions
GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
Age
Age refers to the number of completed years between a person’s date of birth and the
reference date of 30 June 2010.
Ethnic/ Dialect Group
Ethnic group refers to a person's race. It is as declared by the person. The population
is classified into the following four categories:
Chinese This refers to persons of Chinese origin such as Hokkiens,

Teochews, Cantonese, Hakkas, Hainanese, Hockchias,
Foochows, Henghuas, Shanghainese, etc.
Malays This refers to persons of Malay or Indonesian origin, such

as Javanese, Boyanese, Bugis, etc.
Indians This refers to persons of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi or

Sri Lankan origin such as Tamils, Malayalis, Punjabis,
Bengalis, Singhalese, etc.
Other Ethnic Groups This comprises all persons other than Chinese, Malays and
Indians. They include Eurasians, Europeans, Arabs,
Japanese, etc.
Residential Status
Singapore citizens and permanent residents are classified as Singapore residents or the
resident population. Singapore permanent residents refer to non-citizens who have
been granted permanent residence in Singapore. The non-resident population
comprised foreigners who were working, studying or living in Singapore but not
granted permanent residence, excluding tourists and short-term visitors.
Place of Birth
Place of birth refers to the geographical area in which the person was born.
Marital Status
Marital status refers to a person's conjugal status in relation to the marriage laws or
customs in Singapore.
Single This refers to persons who have never been married.
Married This refers to persons who are legally married or married

according to customary rites.
Widowed This refers to persons whose spouses are deceased and

have not remarried.
Divorced/Separated This refers to persons whose marriages have been legally

dissolved, or persons who have been legally separated or
estranged from their spouses and who have not remarried.
Ever-Married Females
Ever-married females refer to females who have been married before and are currently
married, widowed, or divorced/separated.
Number of children born refers to all the live-born children each resident woman aged
15 years and over has ever given birth to. It includes those children who are currently
staying with her, those who have set up their own homes and those who are no longer
living.
Religion
Religion refers to the religious faith or spiritual belief of a person, regardless of

whether or not he regularly attends religious ceremonies in a temple, mosque, church
or other religious building. He may or may not practise his faith or belief. It is as
declared by the person.
EDUCATION, LITERACY AND LANGUAGE
Literacy
This refers to a person’s ability to read with understanding, e.g. a newspaper, in the
language(s) specified. It is as declared by the person.
Language most frequently spoken at home refers to the language or dialect that a
person uses most frequently at home when speaking to household members.
Level of Education Attending
Level of education attending refers to the grade or standard of formal education which
a full-time student is attending. The Singapore Standard Educational Classification
2010 is used to classify students by level of education attending. Students aged 5 years
and over are classified into the following six main categories:
Pre-Primary This refers to students attending kindergartens or pre-primary

classes.
Primary This refers to students attending Primary 1 to 6 and special classes

for the educationally sub-normal.
Secondary This refers to students attending Secondary 1 to 5 or courses of

secondary level offered in the vocational, technical and commercial
education institutions, e.g. Institute of Technical Education (ITE)
Skills Certificate course.
Post-Secondary This refers to students attending Pre-University classes and junior

(Non-Tertiary) colleges or other courses at post-secondary level, e.g. National ITE
Certificate (Nitec), Higher Nitec and Master Nitec.
Polytechnic This refers to students attending polytechnic diploma or polytechnic

post/ advanced/ specialist/ management/ graduate diploma courses
offered by the local polytechnics such as the Singapore
Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Temasek Polytechnic,
Nanyang Polytechnic and Republic Polytechnic.
Professional Qualification and This refers to students attending courses leading to the award of
Other Diploma professional qualification and other diploma, e.g. ITE diploma,
National Institute of Education (NIE) diploma, Singapore Institute
of Management (SIM) diploma, LASALLE diploma, Nanyang
Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) diploma, Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants (ACCA) Qualification and Chartered
Financial Analyst (CFA).
University This refers to students attending degree or post-graduate courses in

universities.
Highest qualification attained refers to the highest grade or standard a person has
passed or the highest level where a certificate, diploma, or degree is awarded. The
Singapore Standard Educational Classification 2010 is used to classify persons by
highest qualification attained. Persons aged 15 years and over who are not attending
educational institutions as full-time students are classified into the following main
categories:
No Qualification This refers to those who have never attended school, or have
primary education but without Primary School Leaving
Examination (PSLE) certificate or their equivalent, or have
Certificate in Basic Education for Skills Training (BEST) 1-3.
Primary This refers to those who have PSLE or other certificate of

equivalent standard, or have Certificate in BEST 4 or at least 3
Employability Skills Systems (ESS) Workplace Literacy and
Numeracy (WPLN) Statements of Attainment at Level 1 or 2.
Lower Secondary This refers to those who have secondary education without a
General Certificate of Education (GCE) Normal (‘N’)/ Ordinary
(‘O’) Level pass or equivalent, or have Certificate in Worker
Improvement through Secondary Education (WISE) 1-3, or basic
vocational certificates (including ITE Basic Vocational Training),
or at least 3 ESS WPLN Statements of Attainment at Level 3 or 4.
Secondary This refers to those who have at least 1 GCE ‘N’/ ‘O’ Level pass, or
have National ITE Certificate (Intermediate) or equivalent (e.g.
National Technical Certificate Grade 3, Certificate of Vocational
Training), or have ITE Skills Certificate (ISC) or equivalent (e.g.
Certificate of Competency, Certificate in Service Skills) or at least
3 ESS WPLN Statements of Attainment at Level 5 and above.
Post-Secondary This refers to those who have at least 1 GCE Advanced (‘A’)/
(Non-Tertiary) Higher 2 (‘H2’) Level pass or other certificates/ qualifications of
equivalent standard. It also includes those who have Nitec (e.g.
Post Nitec Certificate, Certificate in Office Skills, National
Technical Certificate Grade 2, National Certificate in Nursing,
Advanced Builder Certificate), or have Higher Nitec (including
Certificate in Business Skills, Industrial Technician Certificate and
other polytechnic certificates), or Master Nitec or equivalent (e.g.
National Technical Certificate Grade 1). This group also includes
Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) Certificate/ Higher
Certificate/ Advanced Certificate or equivalent, International
Baccalaureate/ High school diploma or other advanced certificates
(e.g. SIM certificates).
Polytechnic This refers to those who have polytechnic diploma, or polytechnic

advanced diploma (including polytechnic advanced/ post/
specialist/ management/ graduate diploma), or polytechnic post-
diploma certificate.
Professional Qualification and This refers to those who have qualifications awarded by
Other Diploma professional bodies, or NIE diploma, ITE diploma and other
diploma qualifications (e.g. SIM diploma, LASALLE diploma,
NAFA diploma, WSQ diploma and WSQ specialist diploma).
University This refers to those who have Bachelor Degree, or Postgraduate

Diploma (including NIE postgraduate diploma), or Masters, or
Doctorate. It also includes persons with WSQ graduate certificate
and WSQ graduate diploma.
Field of Study
Field of study refers to the principal discipline, branch or subject matter of study that
leads to the award of the qualification attained. The Singapore Standard Educational
Classification 2010 is used to classify the subject matter of study.
ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
Economic Status
The economic status of a person refers to whether a person was working during the
seven days preceding the day he was enumerated. Persons aged 15 years and over are
classified as either economically active or economically inactive.
Economically active persons refer to persons who were working and those who were
actively looking for work if not working during the reference period.
Working A working person is one who during the reference period, worked
for pay or profit. It includes those serving national service, as well
as those who were helping in a family business without fixed pay. It
also includes all those who had a job or business to return to but
were temporarily absent because of illness, injury or other reasons.
Unemployed An unemployed person is one who was not working during the
reference period but was actively looking for work or planning to
start his own business.
Economically inactive persons refer to persons who were not working and not actively
looking for work during the reference period.
HOUSEHOLD AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS
Elderly Living Arrangement
Elderly persons aged 65 years and over are classified according to their co-residence
with their spouse or children. Additional dimension on the economic status of the
children is incorporated into the classification.
With At Least One Working This refers to an elderly person living with his/her children in the
Child same household, at least one of whom is working.
With All Non-Working This refers to an elderly person living with his/her children in the
Children same household, all of whom are not working.
Elderly persons who are not living with their spouse or children are classified
according to whether they are living alone or with other elderly persons. Elderly
persons living alone refer to those in one-person households, with or without other
occupants in the same dwelling unit.
Type of Dwelling
A dwelling refers to a building, part of a building, or a covered space used or intended

to be used by one or more persons as living quarters. Each dwelling has its own
separate entrance with direct access to a public road or pathway. A dwelling may be a
residential building by itself, or a unit in a residential building, or part of a non-
residential building such as a shop or factory with space used as living quarters.
Dwellings are broadly classified into the following three categories: Housing and
Development Board (HDB) flats, condominiums and private flats, and landed
properties.
Appendix
Appendix A
Sample Design and Sampling Variability

Introduction
The Census of Population 2010 adopted a register-based approach,

similar to the Census of Population 2000. Basic population count and
characteristics were compiled from administrative sources. Additional
information not available from administrative data sources were collected from a
sample survey of about 200,000 dwelling units.
Sample Design and Selection
The sampling frame used for the selection of the sample for Census 2010
is based on the National Database of Dwellings (NDD) maintained by DOS.
The NDD is a register of all residential dwelling units in Singapore. As the
sample survey of the Census 2010 covered only households in residential
dwellings, institutions such as military camps, hostels and hotels were excluded
from the frame.
The sample for the Census 2010 was selected based on a stratified design
with proportional allocation. The strata were defined based on the planning
areas demarcated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Each dwelling unit in
the frame was first placed into one of the strata based on its planning area.
Within each stratum, the units were sorted into dwelling type groupings. A
sample was selected using simple random sampling without replacement from
each broad dwelling type grouping. The selected samples across the strata were
combined to form the required sample of about 200,000 dwelling units.
Sampling Variability
The precision of estimates derived from the sample survey are affected by
sampling errors since the estimates are based on information obtained from a
fraction of the population instead of the whole population. Sampling errors refer
to the difference between the estimate based on a sample and its „true‟
population value that would result if the whole population has been surveyed.
The extent of sampling error of an estimate under a particular sample

design is assessed by the variability of the estimate across all possible samples
under the design. One common measure of this variability is given by the
standard error (SE), which is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution
of the estimate. Another measure is the relative standard error (RSE), which is
obtained by expressing the standard error as a percentage to the estimate. The
smaller the RSE, the more precise is the estimate.
Appendix A
Computation of Sampling Error
The sampling errors of the estimates under the actual sample design used
can be derived based on their relationship with those under a simple random
sample (SRS) design. The formula for standard error of TY based on simple
random sample is:
SE (TY; SRS) = Var (TY ; SRS)

= Var (N  PY ; SRS)
= N  Var (PY ; SRS)
= N  SE (PY; SRS)
N - n PY (1  PY )
=N  
N -1 n
where TY is the total number of elements in the population with a given

attribute Y
N is the total population count
n is the count of persons covered in the sample
PY is the proportion of the total population with a given attribute
The ratio of the variance of the estimate based on the sample design used
and that of a simple random sample of the same size is known as the “design
effect” (DEFF). This ratio gives the net effect of the various complexities of the
design used on the variance relative to a simple random sample design. The
square root of the design effect (DEFT) gives the ratio of the standard error of
the estimate under the sample design used to that of a simple random sample:
Var (TY ) SE (TY )

DEFT (TY) = DEFF (TY ) = =
Var (TY ; SRS) SE (TY ; SRS)
This implies that
SE (TY) = DEFT (TY)  SE (TY;SRS)

= DEFT (PY)  SE (TY;SRS), since TY = N  PY.
Generalized Sampling Errors Table
From Table A1, the DEFT of the selected attributes (TY) is about 1. It is
impractical to compute and display the sampling error for each and every of the
possible estimates such as the total number of elements in the population with a
given attribute Y from the Census 2010. Thus, a generalized sampling errors
Appendix A
table is provided instead as a guide to data users for estimating the errors of any
estimates.
Table A2 provides the generalised sampling errors of a selected range of

estimates with DEFT value of 1. The smaller the estimate, the larger is the RSE.
This implies that sample estimates of a rare characteristic would have high RSEs
and users would have to be careful in drawing inferences based on the sample
estimates.
Table A1 Sampling Errors and DEFT of TY for Selected Attributes

Sample Standard Relative
95% Confidence Interval DEFT
Estimate Error Standard Error
(TY ) (TY ) (TY ) Lower Upper (TY )
Residents Aged 15 Years & Over
Single 1,000,467 2,103 0.2 996,345 1,004,589 0.99
Married 1,844,606 2,621 0.1 1,839,468 1,849,744 1.02
Widowed 157,556 892 0.6 155,808 159,304 0.96
Divorced/Separated 103,120 729 0.7 101,691 104,549 0.97
Ever-Married Resident Females
With no Children Born 131,576 867 0.7 129,876 133,276 1.02
With 1 - 2 Children Born 598,132 1,736 0.3 594,729 601,535 1.01
With 3 - 4 Children Born 302,683 1,263 0.4 300,207 305,159 1.00
Resident Students
Attending Primary and Below 343,642 1,339 0.4 341,018 346,266 1.00
Attending Secondary 231,992 1,103 0.5 229,829 234,155 0.99
Attending Polytechnic 79,708 649 0.8 78,436 80,980 0.98
Attending University 70,386 612 0.9 69,186 71,586 0.98
Resident Non-Students
With Below Secondary Qualifications 900,147 2,011 0.2 896,205 904,089 0.98
With Secondary Qualifications 526,359 1,596 0.3 523,231 529,487 0.98
With Polytechnic Qualifications 250,213 1,131 0.5 247,996 252,430 0.98
With University Qualifications 634,098 1,777 0.3 630,616 637,580 1.00
Speaking English at Home 1,097,443 2,163 0.2 1,093,204 1,101,682 0.98
Speaking Mandarin at Home 1,211,505 2,242 0.2 1,207,110 1,215,900 0.98
Speaking Malay at Home 414,475 1,403 0.3 411,724 417,226 0.96
Speaking Tamil at Home 110,667 790 0.7 109,119 112,215 1.01
Not Literate 128,661 805 0.6 127,083 130,239 0.96
Literate in one language only 878,214 2,001 0.2 874,292 882,136 0.99
Literate in two languages only 1,896,268 2,630 0.1 1,891,114 1,901,422 1.02
Literate in three or more languages 202,606 1,072 0.5 200,506 204,706 1.02
Appendix A
Table A2 Sampling Errors for Square Root of Design Effect (DEFT) Equals 1
Size of Proportion of Standard Relative Standard 95% Confidence Interval

Estimates Total Population Error Error
(%) (%) Lower Upper
PERSONS
4,000,000 78.79 2,188 0.05 3,995,711 4,004,289
3,500,000 68.94 2,477 0.07 3,495,145 3,504,855
3,000,000 59.09 2,632 0.09 2,994,841 3,005,159
2,500,000 49.24 2,676 0.11 2,494,754 2,505,246
2,000,000 39.40 2,616 0.13 1,994,873 2,005,127
1,500,000 29.55 2,442 0.16 1,495,213 1,504,787
1,000,000 19.70 2,129 0.21 995,827 1,004,173
750,000 14.77 1,900 0.25 746,277 753,723
500,000 9.85 1,595 0.32 496,874 503,126
250,000 4.92 1,158 0.46 247,730 252,270
100,000 1.97 744 0.74 98,542 101,458
75,000 1.48 646 0.86 73,734 76,266
50,000 0.98 529 1.06 48,964 51,036
25,000 0.49 375 1.50 24,266 25,734
10,000 0.20 237 2.37 9,535 10,465
7,500 0.15 206 2.74 7,097 7,903
5,000 0.10 168 3.36 4,671 5,329
2,500 0.05 119 4.75 2,267 2,733
1,000 0.02 75 7.51 853 1,147
500 0.01 53 10.62 396 604
200 0.00 34 16.80 134 266
HOUSEHOLDS
1,150,000 99.85 89 0.01 1,149,825 1,150,175

850,000 73.80 1,023 0.12 847,995 852,005
550,000 47.76 1,162 0.21 547,722 552,278
250,000 21.71 959 0.38 248,120 251,880
100,000 8.68 655 0.66 98,716 101,284
75,000 6.51 574 0.77 73,875 76,125
50,000 4.34 474 0.95 49,071 50,929
25,000 2.17 339 1.36 24,335 25,665
10,000 0.87 216 2.16 9,577 10,423
7,500 0.65 187 2.50 7,133 7,867
5,000 0.43 153 3.06 4,700 5,300
2,500 0.22 108 4.33 2,288 2,712
1,000 0.09 69 6.85 866 1,134
500 0.04 48 9.69 405 595
200 0.02 31 15.33 140 260
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Census of Population 2010 Statistical Release 1

Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion

© Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Republic of Singapore

Statistical activities conducted by the Singapore Department of Statistics are

The Census 2010 adopted a register-based approach, similar to the Census of

As in the conduct of the Census 2000, a tri-modal collection strategy

The Census of Population 2010 Statistical Release 1 - Demographic

Wong Wee Kim

Our Guiding Principles

Relevance We constantly innovate our processes and

Accessibility We make our statistics readily available.

Confidentiality We protect the confidentiality of

Timeliness We produce statistics that users can

Cost We use resources effectively, minimising

Key Indicators of the Resident Population viii

Chapter 1 Marriage and Fertility 3

Chapter 2 Education, Literacy and Home Language 8

Glossary of Terms and Definitions 169

Appendix A- Sample Design and Sampling Variability 177

Basic Demographic Characteristics

Number of Children Born

Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home

Old Age Support Ratio

Age Dependency Ratio

Marital Status & Fertility

Marital Status (%)

Proportion Single (%)

Ever-Married Females Aged 40-49 years

Average Number of Children Born

Proportion with at least Post-Secondary

Literacy & Language

General Literacy Rate (%)

Literate Population (%)

Language Most Frequently Spoken

The Census of Population, Singapore’s largest national statistical exercise, is

The Census of Population 2010 Statistical Release 1 - Demographic

Census of Population – Concept and Coverage

Register-based Census of Population

In the register-based Census, the basic population statistics were compiled

To collect additional information not available from administrative sources,

The option of Internet enumeration was made available to all households

Data Processing and Reports

Table 1 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Marital Status

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Proportion of Singles by Age Group

Singapore Residents Singapore Citizens

Males 15 40-44 14 Females Males 17 40-44 16

Proportion of Singles by Education Attainment

Table 2 Proportion of Singles Among Singapore Citizens

Number of Children Born

There was a continuing delay in family formation, as reflected in the increase

Nonetheless, families with two children continued to be the norm. The

None 1 2 3 4 & Over None 1 2 3 4 & Over

40-49 Years 50 Years & Over

None 1 2 3 4 & Over None 1 2 3 4 & Over

Per Resident Ever–Married Female 3.85

15-29 30-39 40-49 50 & Over

Age Group (Years)

Table 4 Average Number of Children Born to Resident Ever-Married Females

Per Resident Ever-Married Female

Average Number of Children Born by Ethnic Group

Table 5 Average Number of Children Born among Resident Ever-Married Females