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PREFACE The Census of Population 2020 was the sixth census carried out in Singapore since Independence and the fifteenth in the series of census taking from 1871.

The census is the most comprehensive source of information on population and households and provides benchmark data for demographic and social statistics.
Similar to Census 2000 and 2010, Census 2020 adopted a register-based approach with a large-scale sample survey.

Basic population count and characteristics were compiled from administrative records.

More detailed information on language, economic characteristics, transport, religion, difficulty in performing basic activities as well as housing and household characteristics were obtained from a sample enumeration of about 150,000 households.
For Census 2020, a tri-modal data collection strategy comprising Internet enumeration, Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) and face-to-face interviews using mobile devices was adopted to facilitate data collection for the households in the census sample.

Leveraging technological advances, machine learning was also applied to improve the data processing processes.
The Census of Population 2020 Statistical Release 1 - Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion is the first of the two statistical publications on detailed census results.

This release provides the broad trends and changes in the demographic characteristics, marriage and fertility, education, literacy and home language and religion of the resident population since 2010.
The report comprises detailed statistical tables to facilitate users carrying out more comprehensive studies and analysis.

I would like to thank all who have, in one way or another, contributed to the success of Census 2020, which was conducted under challenging conditions with the evolving COVID-19 situation in 2020.

My deep appreciation is extended to all participating households who had given their full support and co-operation to the Census.
The contributions of government ministries and statutory boards, which provided pertinent information for Census 2020, are also gratefully acknowledged.
Wong Wee Kim Chief Statistician Singapore June 2021 i Our Vision National Statistical Service of Quality, Integrity and Expertise Our Mission We deliver Insightful Statistics and Trusted Statistical Services that Empower Decision Making Our Guiding Principles Professionalism & Expertise We adhere to professional ethics and develop statistical competency to produce quality statistics that comply with international concepts and best practices.

Relevance We produce statistics that users need and trust.
& Reliability Accessibility We facilitate ease of access to our statistics through user-friendly platforms.

Confidentiality We protect the confidentiality of individual information collected by us.

Timeliness We disseminate statistics at the earliest possible date while maintaining data quality.

Innovation We constantly seek ways to improve our processes, leveraging on new technology, to deliver better products and services to users.
Collaboration We engage users on data needs, data providers and respondents on supply of data, and undertake the role of national statistical coordination.

Effectiveness We optimise resource utilisation, leveraging on administrative and alternative data sources to ease respondent burden.
ii CONTENTS Preface Executive Summary Key Indicators of Resident Population Introduction Key Findings Chapter 1 Demographic Characteristics Chapter 2 Marriage and Fertility Chapter 3 Education Chapter 4 Literacy and Home Language Chapter 5 Religion Statistical Tables Glossary of Terms and Definitions Appendix A - Sample Design and Sampling Variability Page i vii ix xiii 4 10 18 24 32 39 213 223 iii LIST OF STATISTICAL TABLES Register-based Census Basic Demographic Characteristics Page 1 Resident Population by Age Group, Ethnic Group, Sex and Residential Status 2 Resident Population Below 1 Year of Age by Month, Ethnic Group and Sex 3 Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Ethnic Group and Sex 4 Chinese Resident Population by Age Group, Detailed Ethnic Group and Sex 5 Malay Resident Population by Age Group, Detailed Ethnic Group and Sex 6 Indian Resident Population by Age Group, Detailed Ethnic Group and Sex 7 Resident Population of Other Ethnic Groups by Age Group, Detailed Ethnic Group and Sex 8 Resident Population by Age Group, Place of Birth and Sex 9 Resident Population by Place of Birth, Ethnic Group and Sex 10 Resident Population Born In Singapore by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex 11 Resident Population Born Outside Singapore by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex Sample Enumeration Marital Status and Number of Children Born 12 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group 13 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Residential Status 14 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Highest Qualification Attained 15 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over Born In Singapore by Age Group, Marital Status and Sex 16 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over Born Outside Singapore by Age Group, Marital Status and Sex 17 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group 18 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by
 Age Group, Number of Children Born and Residential Status 19 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Labour Force Status 20 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Number of Children Born, Labour Force Status and Ethnic Group 21 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Highest Qualification Attained 22 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group 39 42 43 47 50 51 53 55 58 59 60 61 66 69 75 76 77 82 85 88 89 95 iv LIST OF STATISTICAL TABLES (cont’d) Education 23 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group 24 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group 25 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group 26 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Residential Status and Sex 27 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Labour Force Status and Sex 28 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Place of Birth, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex Page 100 105 115 120 121 122 29 Resident Polytechnic Diploma Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of 124 Study, Ethnic Group and Sex 30 Resident Polytechnic Diploma Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of 125 Study, Place Where Highest Qualification was Attained and Sex 31 Resident University Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, Ethnic Group and Sex 32 Resident University Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, Country Where Highest Qualification was Attained and Sex 126 127 Language Literate In 33 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age 129 Group, Sex and Ethnic Group 34 Resident Population
 Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Marital 139 Status and Sex 35 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, 140 Residential Status and Sex 36 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Labour 141 Force Status and Sex 37 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Place of Birth and Sex 38 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex 39 Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Ethnic 142 145 147 Group and Sex 40 Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Level of 148 Education Attending and Sex v LIST OF STATISTICAL TABLES (cont’d) Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Page 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Ethnic Group, Language Most / 150 Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home and Age Group 42 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most 164 Frequently Spoken at Home, Ethnic Group and Sex 43 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most 166 Frequently Spoken at Home, Residential Status and Sex 44 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Ethnic Group, Language Most / 168 Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home and Type of Dwelling 45 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most 175 Frequently Spoken at Home, Place of Birth and Sex 46 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most 179 Frequently Spoken at Home, Labour Force Status and Sex 47 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most 181 Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex 48 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Ethnic Group, Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home and Highest Qualification Attained 49 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level
 of Education Attending and Sex 50 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Ethnic Group and Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home 185 190 194 Religion 51 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Religion and Sex 52 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Ethnic Group and Sex 53 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Marital Status and Sex 54 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Residential Status and 198 200 201 202 Sex 55 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Religion and 203 Sex 56 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Place of Birth and Sex 57 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Highest Qualification 205 208 Attained and Sex NOTES Figures in the statistical tables and in the key findings may not add up to the totals due to rounding.
vi Executive Summary Singapore’s total population grew by around 1.1 per cent a year between 2010 and 2020.

The citizen population increased from 3.23 million to 3.52 million over this period, while the permanent resident population remained stable at around 0.5 million.

Ethnic composition of the resident population1 remained stable, with 74.3 per cent Chinese, 13.5 per cent Malays and 9.0 per cent Indians in 2020.
Marital Status The proportion of singles rose across age groups, with the increase being the most prominent for residents aged 25-34 years.

Between 2010 and 2020, the proportion of singles among residents aged 25-29 years rose from 74.6 per cent to 81.6 per cent for males, and from 54.0 per cent to 69.0 per cent for females.
Similarly, the proportion of singles among those aged 30-34 years rose from 37.1 per cent to 41.9 per cent for males and from 25.1 per cent to 32.8 per cent for females over the same period.

Number of Children Born Females generally had fewer children compared to a decade ago.

The average number of children born to resident ever-married females aged 40-49 years decreased from 2.02 per female in 2010 to 1.76 per female in 2020.
Higher educated females had fewer children on average than those with lower educational qualifications.

Among resident ever-married females aged 40-49 years, university graduates had an average of 1.66 children in 2020, lower than the average of 1.94 children among those with secondary qualification.

Educational Attainment The education profile of the resident population improved between 2010 and 2020.
Among residents aged 25 years and over in 2020, 58.3 per cent attained post- secondary or higher qualifications, up from 46.5 per cent in 2010.

The Chinese, Malay and Indian communities all saw improvements in their educational attainment.

Females have made more significant progress in education.

Among residents aged 55 years and over in 2020, the proportion with post-secondary or higher qualifications was 34.0 per cent for males and 22.8 per cent for females, a 11.2 percentage-points difference.
This gap narrowed to a 2.4 percentage-points difference among those aged 35-44 years, with the proportion at 84.2 per cent for males and 81.8 per cent for females.

Among younger residents aged 25-34 years, the proportion for 1 The resident population comprises citizens and permanent residents.

vii females (90.2 per cent) marginally exceeded that for their male counterparts (90.0 per cent).

Literacy Literacy rate remained high at 97.1 per cent in 2020.
Multi-language literacy also remained high at 90.3 per cent among literate residents aged 15-24 years.

Language Spoken at Home English was the language most frequently spoken at home for 48.3 per cent of residents aged 5 years and over in 2020, up from 32.3 per cent in 2010.

Among the residents who spoke English most frequently at home, over 80 per cent also spoke a vernacular language at home.2 Religion Singapore continued to be religiously diverse.
Among residents aged 15 years and over in 2020, 31.1 per cent identified themselves as Buddhists, 8.8 per cent as Taoists, 18.9 per cent as Christians, 15.6 per cent as Muslims and 5.0 per cent as Hindus.

Those with no religious affiliation made up 20.0 per cent in 2020, up from 17.0 per cent in 2010.
2 Data on the language second most frequently spoken at home was first collected in 2020. viii KEY INDICATORS OF RESIDENT POPULATION Total Chinese Malays Indians Others 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 Demographic Characteristics Singapore Residents ('000) 3,771.7 4,044.2 2,794.0 3,006.8 503.9 545.5 348.1 362.3 125.8 129.7 Median Age (Years) 37.4 41.5 38.9 43.2 31.4 34.5 33.4 39.1 34.1 39.6 Proportion Aged 65 Years & Over (%) 9.0 15.2 10.1 17.1 6.1 10.3 5.7 10.0 3.5 6.4 Age Dependency Ratios (Per 100 residents aged 20-64 years) Child (Below 20 years) Old-Age (65 years & over) Sex Ratio (Males per 1,000 females) Ethnic Composition (%) 100.0 100.0 74.1 74.3 13.4 13.5 9.2 9.0 3.3 3.2 Marital Status & Fertility Marital Status (%) (Aged 15 years & over) Single Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Proportion of Singles (%) (Aged 30-39 years) Males Females (Aged 40-49 years) Males Females Ever-Married Females Aged 40-49 years by Number of Children Born (%) 0 1 2 3 4 & Over Average Number of Children Born (Per ever-married female aged 40-49 years) 2.02 1.76 1.89 1.65 2.73 2.43 2.05 1.86 1.78 1.76 Notes: Figures may not add up to the totals due to rounding.
ix KEY INDICATORS OF RESIDENT POPULATION (cont'd) Total Chinese Malays Indians Others 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 Education1/ Highest Qualification Attained (%) (Aged 25 years & over) Below Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Diploma and Professional Qualification University Proportion with Post-Secondary or Higher Qualification (%) 25-34 years 35-44 years 45-54 years Literacy & Language General Literacy Rate (%) (Aged 15 years & over) Literate Population (%) (Aged 15 years & over) Literate in one language only Literate in two or more languages Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home2/ (%) (Aged 5 years & over) English Mandarin Chinese Dialects Malay Tamil Others Religion Religion (%) (Aged 15 years & over) Buddhism Taoism3/ Christianity Islam Hinduism Other Religions No Religion - 0.2 100.0 47.6 40.2 11.8 0.2 - 0.2 100.0 17.0 0.1 - 82.7 0.1 0.2 100.0 39.0 0.1 - 60.7 - 0.2 100.0 41.6 0.1 - 7.9 36.7 13.6 100.0 59.2 0.1 - - 0.3 21.8 11.6 21.6 0.5 - 0.3 25.7 - 0.7 98.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 - 0.6 98.8 - - 0.4 - 12.8 21.7 58.9 4.6 1.1 - 12.6 23.4 57.3 3.9 2.2 0.6 57.6 9.2 0.8 1.1 10.6 0.6 48.5 14.2 0.9 2.6 14.6 1/ Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
2/ Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.

3/ 'Taoism' includes Chinese Traditional Beliefs.

Notations: - nil or negligible Notes: Figures may not add up to the totals due to rounding.

x Introduction xi xii INTRODUCTION The Census of Population is conducted once in ten years by the Singapore Department of Statistics (DOS).
It is the largest national statistical exercise undertaken in Singapore, collecting information on key characteristics of the population and households.

The Census 2020 was the sixth census carried out since Singapore’s Independence and the fifteenth in the series of census-taking in Singapore.

The Census of Population 2020 Statistical Release 1 - Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion is the first of two statistical publications on detailed census results.
This release provides the broad trends and changes in the demographic characteristics, marriage and fertility, education, literacy and home language and religion of the resident population since 2010.

The report comprises detailed statistical tables to facilitate users carrying out more comprehensive studies and analysis.

Census of Population – Concept and Coverage Since 2000, Singapore’s Census adopted the de jure concept for 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 valid 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 in Census 2020.

Non- residents 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 Similar to the last two Censuses, the Census 2020 adopted a register-based approach, supplemented with a large-scale sample survey.

Basic population count and characteristics such as age, sex, ethnic group, place of birth, type of dwelling and geographical distribution of place of residence were obtained from administrative records from multiple sources.
Sample Enumeration A sample enumeration of some 150,000 households was conducted to obtain additional information not available from administrative sources.

The sample survey supplemented the register-based data with detailed survey information on selected topics including language, transport, household characteristics and new data on geographic distribution of workplace and difficulty in performing basic activities.
xiii Tri-Modal Data Collection Strategy To facilitate data collection for the sample enumeration, the Census 2020 adopted a tri-modal data collection strategy.

The tri-modal approach was first successfully implemented in the Census 2000 and improved on in Census 2010.

In 2020, it comprised Internet Enumeration, Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) and face-to-face interviews using mobile devices.
Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Internet enumeration provided respondents with the flexibility to provide their Census returns anytime, anywhere, using any Internet-accessible device (e.g.

desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone), without having to go through a third party (i.e.

the interviewer).

In the light of the COVID-19 situation, this mode allowed respondents to complete their Census without the need for physical interaction with the field interviewer.
For respondents who were unable to complete their returns via the Internet, CATI was an alternative with no face-to-face contact.

Respondents called the Census 2020 Hotline to provide their returns over the phone with the assistance of CATI interviewers.

CATI interviewers also contacted households which did not complete their returns by a stipulated date for telephone interviews.
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing Circuit Breaker and other safe management measures implemented nationwide meant that adjustments had to be made to ensure the continued participation by households.

DOS used data analytics to monitor progress and optimise operational efficiency in the outreach and follow-up.
With delays in responses due to the pandemic and measures, DOS sent more reminder letters to encourage respondents to respond through Internet or CATI, while physical visits to households were reduced.

For households which did not respond via the Internet and could not be contacted by CATI after several attempts, field interviewers made visits to conduct face-to-face interviews.

Respondents who preferred to be contacted in person could also opt for the face-to-face interviews.
Mobile tablets were used in the Census 2020 field collection.

The use of tablets to submit responses via web-based form enhanced the data security for respondents’ returns.

Data were captured and updated to the system directly and authentication processes and security measures were in place to prevent unauthorised access.

Automatic branching of questions, consistency checks and electronically coded data were captured directly in the field and designed to reduce back-end processing efforts.
xiv Data Processing and Reports Census returns submitted from the various data collection modes were then processed for statistical coding, data validation, editing and verification of records to ensure consistency and data quality.

Machine learning was first adopted in the coding process in Census 2020, which helped to reduce the manpower resource and time taken for data processing.
After stringent quality checks and the completion of data processing, statistical reports by specific topics, together with detailed statistical tables were prepared for public release.

xv Key Findings Population Between 2010 and 2020, Singapore’s total population grew by around 1.1 per cent a year.
3.77 Mil Residents 1.31 Mil Non- Residents 4.04 Mil Residents 1.64 Mil Non- Residents 3.23 Mil Citizens 2010 5.08 Million 0.54 Mil Permanent Residents 3.52 Mil Citizens 2020 5.69 Million 0.52 Mil Permanent Residents Median age of resident population increased from 2010 to 2020.

2010 2020 37.4 Years 41.5 Years Resident old-age dependency ratio* increased from 2010 to 2020.

Resident ethnic distribution remained stable.


13.5 23.4 2010 2020 3.3% 9.2% 13.4% 2010 3.2% 9.0% 13.5% 2020 74.1% 74.3% * Residents aged 65 years and over per 100 residents aged 20-64 years.

Chinese Malays Indians Others CHAPTER 1 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS Population Size and Growth Between 2010 and 2020, Singapore’s total population grew by around 1.1 per cent a year.
The citizen population grew from 3.23 million to 3.52 million and the permanent resident population remained stable at around 0.5 million (Table 1.1).

The total population fell by 0.3 per cent to 5.69 million in 2020 from 5.70 million in 2019, mainly due to a 2.1 per cent decrease in the non-resident population in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent uncertain economic conditions.
Table 1.1 Singapore Population Size and Growth by Residential Status Year Total Population Number (‘000) Singapore Residents Total Citizens Permanent Residents Annual Growth1/ (Per Cent) Non- Residents Total Population Singapore Residents Total Citizens Permanent Residents Non- Residents -0.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.0 -0.6 0.4 -0.8 0.6 -0.8 9.3 4.1 2.1 2.5 -1.6 -0.1 2.0 -2.1 1/ For 2000, growth rate refers to the annualised change over the last ten years.
From 2010 onwards, growth rate refers to the change over the previous year.

4 Age Structure Singapore’s resident population continued to age.

Residents aged 65 years and over formed 15.2 per cent of the resident population in 2020, an increase from 9.0 per cent in 2010 (Chart 1.1).

By contrast, the proportion of residents aged below 15 years fell to 14.5 per cent in 2020 from 17.4 per cent a decade ago.
The median age of the resident population rose from 37.4 years in 2010 to 41.5 years in 2020 (Chart 1.2).
Chart 1.1 Age Distribution of the Resident Population Per Cent 17.4 14.5 13.5 11.4 Below 15 15-24 15.1 14.5 16.7 14.8 16.6 15.0 25-34 35-44 Age Group (Years) 45-54 2010 2020 14.6 11.7 15.2 9.0 55-64 65 & Over Chart 1.2 Age Pyramid of the Resident Population 2020 2010 Females Year 2020 2010 Median Age (Years) 41.5 37.4 Males Age Group (Years) 90 & Over 85 - 89 80 - 84 75 - 79 70 - 74 65 - 69 60 - 64 55 - 59 50 - 54 45 - 49 40 - 44 35 - 39 30 - 34 25 - 29 20 - 24 15 - 19 10 - 14 5 - 9 0 - 4 200 100 Persons ('000) 0 0 100 Persons ('000) 200 5 Age Dependency Ratios Overall, the dependency ratio increased to 54.0 in 2020 from 50.0 in 2010 as the increase in old-age dependency ratio (residents aged 65 years and over per 100 residents aged 20-64 years) outpaced the drop in child dependency ratio (residents aged below 20 years per 100 residents aged 20-64 years).
Reflecting the changes in the age profile of the population, the child dependency ratio decreased from 36.5 in 2010 to 30.6 in 2020, while the old-age dependency ratio increased from 13.5 to 23.4 over the same period (Chart 1.3).

Chart 1.3 Resident Age Dependency Ratios No.


of Residents Aged Below 20 Years and 65 Years & Over Per 100 Residents Aged 20-64 Years 50.0 13.5 36.5 2010 Old-Age Dependency Ratio Child Dependency Ratio 54.0 23.4 30.6 2020 6 Ethnic Composition The ethnic composition of the resident and citizen population remained stable.

In 2020, Chinese, Malays and Indians constituted 74.3 per cent, 13.5 per cent and 9.0 per cent of the resident population respectively (Chart 1.4).
Among the citizen population, the shares of Chinese, Malays and Indians were 75.9 per cent, 15.0 per cent and 7.5 per cent respectively.

Chart 1.4 Ethnic Composition of the Resident and Citizen Population Per Cent 3.3 9.2 13.4 3.2 9.0 13.5 1.4 7.4 15.1 1.6 7.5 15.0 74.1 74.3 76.2 75.9 Others Indians Malays Chinese 2010 2020 2010 2020 Residents Citizens 7 Place of Birth In 2020, 76.6 per cent of residents were born in Singapore, a slight decrease from the 77.2 per cent in 2010 (Chart 1.5).
Residents born in Malaysia formed the next largest group at 11.4 per cent of the resident population in 2020.

Chart 1.5 Resident Population by Place of Birth Per Cent 1.4 3.9 4.1 10.2 3.1 1.4 3.7 4.2 11.4 2.8 77.2 76.6 2010 2020 Others Indonesia India Mainland China Malaysia Singapore 8 Marriage & Fertility The proportion of married persons in Singapore among residents aged 15 years and above decreased slightly over the last 10 years.
2010 2020 59.4% 32.2% 3.3% 5.1% Married Single Divorced/ Separated Widowed 58.8% 31.5% 4.3% 5.3% Increase in the proportion of singles was larger for residents aged 25-34 years.
MALES 2010/2020 FEMALES 97.6% 98.3% 74.6% 81.6% 37.1% 41.9% 20.4% 22.6% 15.3% 16.7% 13.2% 14.1% Male (2010) Male (2020) Female (2010) Female (2020) 20-24 Years 25-29 Years 30-34 Years 35-39 Years 40-44 Years 45-49 Years 25.1% 32.8% 17.1% 19.3% 14.1% 16.4% 12.8% 15.3% 91.8% 95.9% 54.0% 69.0% The average number of children born per ever-married resident female aged 40-49 years decreased from 2.02 in 2010, to 1.76 in 2020.
AVERAGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BORN 2010 2020 30-39 Years 1.49 40-49 Years 2.02 1.40 1.76 However, majority of them still had 2 or more children.

2020 62.5% of ever-married resident females aged 40 – 49 years had 2 or more children CHAPTER 2 MARRIAGE AND FERTILITY Marital Status The proportion of married residents dropped slightly to 58.8 per cent in 2020 from 59.4 per cent in 2010 (Chart 2.1).

Those who were either divorced or separated increased from 3.3 per cent in 2010 to 4.3 per cent in 2020.
There continued to be a larger share of widowed residents among females than males, due in part to the higher life expectancy for women.

In 2020, the proportion of residents who were widowed was 8.4 per cent for females as compared to 1.9 per cent for males.

With the ageing of the resident population coupled with lower singlehood rates among the older ages, the proportion of singles declined from 32.2 per cent in 2010 to 31.5 per cent in 2020.
Chart 2.1 Marital Status of Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Sex Per Cent Total Males Females 3.3 5.1 4.3 5.3 2.4 1.6 1.9 3.3 4.2 8.4 5.3 8.4 Divorced/ Separated Widowed 59.4 58.8 61.2 61.5 57.7 56.4 Married 32.2 31.5 34.7 33.3 29.8 29.9 Single 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 10 Proportion of Singles by Age Group Singlehood continued to be more prevalent among residents in their early twenties.

In 2020, 98.3 per cent of males and 95.9 per cent of females aged 20-24 were single (Chart 2.2).
While the proportion of singles rose across age groups, the increase was most prominent for the age groups between 25-34 years.

Between 2010 and 2020, the proportion of singles among residents aged 25-29 years rose from 74.6 per cent to 81.6 per cent for the males, and from 54.0 per cent to 69.0 per cent for the females.

Similarly, the proportion of singles among those aged 30-34 years rose to 41.9 per cent for males and 32.8 per cent for females.
Chart 2.2 Proportion of Singles Among Resident Population by Age Group and Sex Per Cent Age Group (Years) 14.1 13.2 16.7 15.3 22.6 20.4 41.9 37.1 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 Males 81.6 74.6 98.3 97.6 15.3 12.8 16.4 14.1 19.3 17.1 32.8 25.1 2020 2010 Females 69.0 54.0 95.9 91.8 11 Proportion of Singles by Ethnic Group The Chinese had the highest proportion of singles.
In 2020, among residents aged 40-49 years, 17.4 per cent of Chinese males and 18.6 per cent of Chinese females were single, higher than that for the Malays (15.0 and 9.2 per cent for males and females respectively) and the Indians (6.2 and 6.3 per cent for males and females respectively) (Chart 2.3).

Compared to 2010, the proportion of residents aged 30-49 years who were single increased in 2020 for the three major ethnic groups, except for Indians aged 40- 49 years.
Chart 2.3 Proportion of Singles Among Resident Population by Selected Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group Per Cent 35.4 32.5 Males 23.8 24.7 2010 2020 30-39 Years Females 29.9 24.6 21.8 13.6 17.2 12.5 15.3 7.4 Chinese Malays Indians Chinese Malays Indians 40-49 Years Males Females 15.8 17.4 15.0 11.0 8.0 6.2 18.6 15.5 9.2 7.1 7.8 6.3 Chinese Malays Indians Chinese Malays Indians 12 Proportion of Singles by Educational Attainment Singlehood was generally more common among resident males with lower educational qualifications.
In 2020, the proportion of singles among males aged 40-49 years with below secondary qualification was 21.1 per cent, higher than 12.3 per cent among those with university qualification (Chart 2.4).

By contrast, females with higher educational qualifications were more likely to be single.

In 2020, 18.7 per cent of females aged 40-49 years with university qualification were single, higher than the 8.7 per cent among those with below secondary qualification.
Chart 2.4 Proportion of Singles Among Resident Population by Selected Age Group, Sex and Highest Qualification Attained Per Cent 2010 2020 30-39 Years Males Females 37.6 32.7 30.5 30.8 31.9 30.1 33.8 29.1 31.3 25.8 14.1 15.1 15.4 10.6 19.4 20.8 23.7 25.3 24.6 29.5 Below Secondary Secondary Post- Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Diploma & Professional Qualification University Below Secondary Secondary Post- Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Diploma & Professional Qualification University 40-49 Years Males Females 20.4 21.1 18.5 14.6 18.2 14.2 16.6 11.1 12.3 9.7 9.0 8.7 11.8 12.5 14.4 14.4 17.6 16.7 18.8 18.7 Below Secondary Secondary Post- Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Diploma & Professional Qualification University Below Secondary Secondary Post- Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Diploma & Professional Qualification University Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
13 Number of Children Born In general, females had fewer children compared to a decade ago.

While those with two children continued to form the largest group among ever-married resident females aged 15 years and over, the proportion of those aged 40-49 years with three children fell from 22.3 per cent in 2010 to 15.5 per cent in 2020, and dropped from 7.3 per cent to 5.1 per cent for those with four or more children over the same period (Chart 2.5).
Correspondingly, the proportion of ever-married females aged 40-49 years who have never given birth increased from 9.3 per cent in 2010 to 13.5 per cent in 2020, while those with only one child increased from 19.0 per cent to 24.0 per cent.
Chart 2.5 Resident Ever-Married Females by Age Group and Number of Children Born Per Cent 50.2 43.9 15 – 29 Years 34.9 30.5 16.8 14.7 4.4 4.7 2010 2020 30 – 39 Years 36.2 33.6 29.4 29.7 23.8 20.1 11.2 9.6 3.2 3.3 None 1 Child 2 Children 3 or More Children None 1 Child 2 Children 3 Children 4 or More Children 40 – 49 Years 42.1 41.9 50 Years & Over 37.4 31.9 24.0 19.0 13.5 9.3 22.3 15.5 7.3 5.1 6.7 4.6 15.1 12.2 25.2 24.5 26.0 16.2 None 1 Child 2 Children 3 Children 4 or More Children None 1 Child 2 Children 3 Children 4 or More Children 14 Average Number of Children Born by Age Group The average number of children born to resident females decreased between 2010 and 2020.
Among resident ever-married females aged 40-49 years, the average number of children born decreased from 2.02 per female in 2010 to 1.76 in 2020 (Chart 2.6).

A larger decrease was observed among females aged 50 years and over, from 2.93 in 2010 to 2.44 in 2020.
Chart 2.6 Average Number of Children Born by Age Group of Resident Ever-Married Females Per Resident Ever-Married Female 2.24 2.04 1.49 1.40 2.02 1.76 0.83 0.76 2010 2020 2.93 2.44 Total 15-29 30-39 40-49 50 & Over Average Number of Children Born by Ethnic Group The average number of children born to resident ever-married females aged 40-49 years decreased across the three major ethnic groups.
Malay residents had the highest average at 2.43 children per female in 2020, although this was a decrease from 2.73 in 2010 (Chart 2.7).

The average number of children born to Chinese and Indian mothers decreased from 1.89 and 2.05 respectively in 2010 to 1.65 and 1.86 respectively in 2020.
Chart 2.7 Average Number of Children Born to Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 40-49 Years by Ethnic Group Per Resident Ever-Married Female 2010 2020 2.73 2.43 2.05 1.86 1.89 1.65 Chinese Malays Indians 15 Average Number of Children Born by Educational Attainment The average number of children born decreased across all educational groups.
Among resident ever-married females aged 40-49 years, the largest decrease was observed for the group with below secondary qualification, from an average of 2.21 children in 2010 to 2.01 in 2020 (Chart 2.8).

Females who were more highly educated had fewer children on average than those with lower qualifications.
Among resident ever-married females aged 40-49 years, university graduates had an average of 1.66 children in 2020, lower than the average of 1.94 children among those with secondary qualification.
Chart 2.8 Average Number of Children Born to Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 40-49 Years by Highest Qualification Attained Per Resident Ever-Married Female 2010 2020 2.21 2.01 2.09 1.94 1.96 1.81 1.83 1.68 1.74 1.66 Below Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) University Diploma & Professional Qualification Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
16 Education Education proﬁle of resident population improved between 2010 and 2020.

6 in 10 residents* obtained post-secondary or higher qualiﬁcations in 2020 as compared to 5 in 10 in 2010.

2010 2020 46.5% 58.3% RESIDENTS WITH POST-SECONDARY OR HIGHER QUALIFICATIONS BY AGE GROUP More residents* attained post-secondary or higher qualifications across all age groups.
90.1% 81.5% 82.9% 64.3% 64.8% 35.7% 28.1% 17.2% 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 25-34 Years 35-44 Years 45-54 Years 55 Years & over * Refers to residents aged 25 years and over who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and includes those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

RESIDENT UNIVERSITY GRADUATES BY FIELD OF STUDY AND SEX Business and administration was the top field of study among university graduates.
Male (2010) Male (2020) Female (2010) Female (2020) Males Females 37.5% 39.0% 27.2% 31.2% 33.1% 27.2% Business & Administration Engineering Sciences Humanities & Social Sciences Information Technology Natural & Mathematical Sciences Health Sciences Education Mass Communication & Information Science Fine & Applied Arts Architecture, Building & Real Estate Law Others CHAPTER 3 EDUCATION Education Profile The education profile of the resident population improved between 2010 and 2020.
Among residents aged 25 years and over in 2020, 58.3 per cent attained post- secondary or higher qualifications, up from 46.5 per cent in 2010 (Chart 3.1).
Chart 3.1 Resident Population Aged 25 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained Per Cent 34.5 25.5 2010 2020 33.0 23.7 19.0 16.3 15.3 13.3 9.5 10.0 Below Secondary Secondary Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Diploma & Professional Qualification University Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
18 Education Profile by Ethnic Group The Chinese, Malay and Indian communities all saw improvements in their educational attainment.

Between 2010 and 2020, the proportion of residents with post-secondary or higher qualifications rose while the proportion of residents with secondary or lower qualifications decreased across all three major ethnic groups (Table 3.1).
Table 3.1 Resident Population Aged 25 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained and Ethnic Group Highest Qualification Attained Chinese Malays Indians 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 Per Cent Total Below Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Diploma & Professional Qualification University Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
19 Education Profile by Age Group The increase in the proportion of residents with post-secondary or higher qualifications between 2010 and 2020 was observed among all age groups.

Nine in ten residents aged 25-34 years and 82.9 per cent of residents aged 35- 44 years had post-secondary or higher qualifications in 2020, up from 81.5 per cent and 64.3 per cent respectively in 2010 (Chart 3.2).
Chart 3.2 Resident Population Aged 25 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained and Age Group Per Cent Below Secondary 49.6 Secondary 22.4 9.4 7.5 11.1 Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Diploma & Professional Qualification University 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 & Over Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
20 Education Profile by Age Group and Sex Over the years, female residents have made more significant progress in education.

Among residents aged 55 years and over in 2020, the proportion with post- secondary or higher qualifications was 34.0 per cent for males and 22.8 per cent for females, a 11.2 percentage-points difference (Chart 3.3).

This gap narrowed to a 2.4 percentage-points difference among those aged 35-44 years, with the proportion at 84.2 per cent for male and 81.8 per cent for females.
Among those aged 25-34 years, the proportion for females (90.2 per cent) marginally exceeded their male counterparts (90.0 per cent).
Chart 3.3 Resident Population Aged 25 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Age Group and Sex, 2020 Per Cent Males Females Below Secondary 55 & Over 55 & Over 34.0 22.8 Secondary 45-54 45-54 69.0 61.0 84.2 90.0 50% 100% 35-44 35-44 25-34 25-34 81.8 90.2 0% 0% 50% 0% 50%100% 100% Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Diploma & Professional Qualification University Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
For the age group of 25-34 years, some males could be still pursuing higher education after performing national service at an earlier age.

21 University Graduates by Field of Study Business and Administration continued to be the most common field of study among university graduates, accounting for 31.2 per cent of male graduates and 39.0 per cent of female graduates in 2020 (Table 3.2).
The next largest group of male university graduates majored in Engineering Sciences (27.2 per cent in 2020) followed by Information Technology (11.3 per cent).

For females, Humanities & Social Sciences (14.9 per cent) and Engineering Sciences (7.4 per cent) continued to be the second and third most common field of study respectively in 2020, with Natural & Mathematical Sciences and Health Sciences close behind (7.3 per cent each).
Table 3.2 Resident University Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study and Sex Field of Study Total Education Fine & Applied Arts Humanities & Social Sciences Mass Communication & Information Science Business & Administration Law Natural & Mathematical Sciences Health Sciences Information Technology Architecture, Building and Real Estate Engineering Sciences Others Per Cent Male Female Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
22 Literacy & Home Language Literacy rate remained high and most are literate in more than one language.

LITERACY RATE MULTI-LANGUAGE LITERACY The literacy rate among the resident population aged 15 and over remained high at 97.1 per cent in 2020.

Multi-language literacy became more prevalent.

Among those who were literate, more could read in two or more languages.
95.9% 2010 4.1% 97.1% 2020 2.9% 70.5% 2010 29.5% 74.3% 2020 25.7% NEWS Literate Not Literate Literate in 2 or more languages Literate in 1 language LANGUAGE MOST/SECOND MOST FREQUENTLY SPOKEN AT HOME The use of English as the language most frequently Among those who spoke English most frequently at spoken at home among resident population aged 5 and over increased to 48.3 per cent in 2020. home, a majority of them also spoke a mother tongue language or dialect as a secondary language.
2010 2020 2.3% Others 3.3% 12.2% 14.3% Tamil Malay Chinese Dialects 1.4% 2.5% 9.2% 8.7% 35.6% Mandarin 29.9% 32.3% English 48.3% 2.6% Other Indian Languages 2.3% Others 5.1% Tamil 13.2% No Second Language 13.5% Malay 7.2% Chinese Dialects Secondary Language 56.1% Mandarin CHAPTER 4 LITERACY AND HOME LANGUAGE Literacy Rate and Multi-Language Literacy The literacy rate among the resident population aged 15 years and over remained high at 97.1 per cent in 2020 (Chart 4.1).
The high rate of literacy was observed across the three major ethnic groups.

Chart 4.1 Literacy Rate Among Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Ethnic Group Per Cent 2010 2020 95.9 97.1 95.2 96.8 97.1 97.9 98.1 98.4 Total Chinese Malays Indians Compared to 2010, multi-language literacy remained high at 9 in 10 among literate residents aged 15-24 years and rose among those aged 25 years and over in 2020 (Chart 4.2).
Literate residents aged 45-54 years saw the biggest rise in multi- language literacy, with 80.0 per cent in 2020 literate in two or more languages as compared to 63.6 per cent in 2010.
Chart 4.2 Literate Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group and Number of Language(s) Literate In Per Cent 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55 & Over Two or More Languages One Language Only 24 Language Literate In by Ethnic Group There was an overall increase in English literacy across the three major ethnic groups with a corresponding decrease in the proportion of residents literate in only their mother tongue languages (Chart 4.3).
Most literate residents aged 15 years and over were literate in English and a mother tongue language.

Among literate Chinese residents, the proportion who were literate in English and Chinese only was 62.3 per cent, while the corresponding proportion of Malays who were literate in English and Malay only was 82.8 per cent.

41.8 per cent of literate Indians were literate in English and Tamil only.
Chart 4.3 Literate Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Ethnic Group and Language Literate In Per Cent 2010 2020 Chinese Chinese 58.0 58.0 62.3 62.3 11.7 11.7 11.1 11.1 English Only English Only 21.7 21.7 17.3 17.3 Chinese Only Chinese Only English & Chinese… English & Chinese Only Malays 79.4 82.8 2.0 2.5 11.5 9.4 English Only Malay Only English & Malay Only 8.6 8.6 9.3 9.3 Others¹ʹ Others¹ʹ 7.1 5.3 Others¹ʹ Indians 40.0 41.8 15.2 16.4 28.0 24.8 12.5 13.8 4.2 3.2 Tamil Only English Only English & Tamil Only 1/ Refers to other combinations of languages not elsewhere listed under respective ethnic group.
For example, "Others" under Chinese includes Malay, Tamil etc.

and "Others" under Malays includes Tamil etc.

English & Malay Only Others¹ʹ 25 Language Spoken at Home English was the language most frequently spoken at home for 48.3 per cent of the resident population aged 5 years and over in 2020, up from 32.3 per cent in 2010 (Chart 4.4).

The majority of residents who spoke English most frequently at home also spoke a vernacular language at home.
Chart 4.4 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most/Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Second Most Frequently Spoken Language among Residents using English as Most Frequently Spoken Language 5.1 4.9 13.2 No Second Language 13.5 7.2 56.1 Per Cent Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home 2.3 3.3 1.4 2.5 9.2 8.7 29.9 48.3 Others Tamil Malay Chinese Dialects Mandarin English 12.2 14.3 35.6 32.3 2010 2020 26 Language Spoken at Home by Ethnic Group An increase in English as the language most frequently spoken at home was observed across the major ethnic groups (Chart 4.5).
For the Chinese ethnic group, English took over as the language most frequently spoken at home with a proportion of 47.6 per cent in 2020 as compared to 40.2 per cent for Mandarin and 11.8 per cent for Chinese dialects.

Most of the Chinese who spoke English most frequently at home also spoke Mandarin as the second most frequently spoken language at home.
Among the Malay ethnic group, the largest proportion spoke the Malay language most frequently at home in 2020 though the proportion with English as the most frequently spoken language at home increased from 17.0 per cent in 2010 to 39.0 per cent in 2020.

Among Malays who spoke English most frequently at home, over 90 per cent used Malay as the second most frequently spoken language at home.
Within the Indian ethnic group, those who spoke English most frequently at home continued to form the largest group in 2020 at 59.2 per cent, up from 41.6 per cent in 2010.

Most of the Indians who spoke English most frequently at home also spoke Tamil or other Indian languages as the second most frequently spoken language at home.
Chart 4.5 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Ethnic Group and Language Most/Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Per Cent Chinese Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home Second Most Frequently Spoken Language among Residents using English as Most Frequently Spoken Language Others¹ʹ Chinese Dialects Mandarin English 0.4 19.2 47.7 32.6 2010 0.4 11.8 40.2 47.6 2020 2.0 9.8 12.7 No Second Language 75.5 1/ Refers to other combinations of languages not elsewhere listed under respective Ethnic Group.
For example, "Others" under Chinese includes Malay, Tamil etc.

and "Others" under Malays includes Mandarin, Chinese Dialects, Tamil etc.
27 Per Cent Malays Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home Second Most Frequently Spoken Language among Residents using English as Most Frequently Spoken Language Others¹ʹ Malay English 0.3 82.7 17.0 2010 0.3 60.7 39.0 2020 Per Cent Indians No Second Language 1.8 4.9 93.3 Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home Second Most Frequently Spoken Language among Residents using English as Most Frequently Spoken Language Others¹ʹ Other Indian Languages Tamil Malay English 0.5 13.2 36.7 7.9 41.6 0.3 7.1 27.4 6.0 59.2 2010 2020 No Second Language 3.6 22.3 15.3 13.8 44.9 1/ Refers to other combinations of languages not elsewhere listed under respective Ethnic Group.
For example, "Others" under Chinese includes Malay, Tamil etc.

and "Others" under Malays includes Mandarin, Chinese Dialects, Tamil etc.

28 Use of English as Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home by Ethnic Group and Age Group The use of English at home was generally more prevalent among the younger population than their older counterparts.

By age and ethnic group, the proportion who reported speaking English most frequently at home rose between 2010 and 2020 (Chart 4.6).
Chart 4.6 Proportion of Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over who Spoke English Most Frequently at Home by Ethnic Group and Age Group Per Cent 77.4 51.9 69.2 40.7 2010 2020 Chinese 53.7 29.4 48.4 34.4 43.9 31.5 29.0 19.2 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55 & Over Malays 63.0 25.8 48.5 44.9 45.5 17.9 19.9 21.1 32.1 11.9 16.0 5.5 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55 & Over 69.8 68.4 68.1 Indians 50.3 52.3 34.3 53.7 37.4 52.7 43.8 50.6 34.4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55 & Over 29 Use of English As Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home by Ethnic Group and Highest Qualification Attained The proportion of the resident population that used English most frequently at home rose across all education groups.
In general, residents with higher qualifications were more likely to use English most frequently at home.

Among Singapore residents aged 15 years and over with university degrees, English was the language most frequently spoken at home for 61.2 per cent of the Chinese, 61.4 per cent of the Malays, and 59.5 per cent of the Indians in 2020 (Chart 4.7).
In comparison, of those with below secondary qualification, 9.6 per cent of Chinese, 13.5 per cent of Malays, and 34.0 per cent of Indians spoke English most frequently at home.
Chart 4.7 Proportion of Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over who Spoke English Most Frequently at Home by Ethnic Group and Highest Qualification Attained Per Cent 6.4 9.6 6.4 Below Secondary 9.6 31.3 38.9 38.9 31.3 Secondary Below Secondary Secondary 13.5 4.4 30.0 14.6 Below Secondary Secondary 2010 2020 Chinese 41.3 32.2 41.3 32.2 Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Malays 34.9 16.1 50.0 50.0 37.4 37.4 Diploma & Professional Diploma & Qualification Professional Qualification 47.9 27.3 Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Diploma & Professional Qualification 61.2 61.2 49.4 49.4 University University 61.4 46.7 University 58.6 46.6 Indians 61.1 44.9 63.9 45.8 59.5 38.4 34.0 21.0 Below Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Diploma & Professional Qualification University Note: Data pertain to residents who are not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who are upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
30 Religion Singapore remained multi-religious in 2020.

Over the last 10 years, Singapore continued to be religiously diverse.

33.3% 10.9% 18.3% 14.7% 5.1% 0.7% 17.0% Buddhism Taoism* Christianity Islam Hinduism Other Religions No Religion 31.1% 8.8% 18.9% 15.6% 5.0% 0.6% 20.0% *Includes Chinese Traditional Beliefs.

2010 2020 PROPORTION OF RESIDENTS WITH NO RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION BY AGE GROUP Higher proportion of residents reported no religious affiliation across all age groups.
24.2% 21.0% 26.2% 19.9% 22.3% 18.0% 18.3% 14.6% 15.2% 13.4% 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 15-24 Years 25-34 Years 35-44 Years 45-54 Years 55 Years & over CHAPTER 5 RELIGION Religious Affiliation Singapore continued to be religiously diverse.

Among Singapore residents aged 15 years and over in 2020, 31.1 per cent identified themselves as Buddhists, 8.8 per cent as Taoists, 18.9 per cent as Christians, 15.6 per cent as Muslims and 5.0 per cent as Hindus (Chart 5.1).
Between 2010 and 2020, the shares of Christians and Muslims increased slightly while the shares of Buddhists and Taoists decreased slightly.

In 2020, 20.0 per cent of Singapore residents aged 15 and above had no religious affiliation, up from 17.0 per cent in 2010.
Chart 5.1 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion 31.1 33.3 Per Cent 2020 2010 Buddhism Taoism Christianity Islam Hinduism 8.8 10.9 18.9 18.3 15.6 14.7 5.0 5.1 Other Religions 0.6 0.7 No Religion 20.0 17.0 32 Religious Affiliation by Ethnic Group The Chinese had a significantly larger proportion with no religious affiliation in 2020 (25.7 per cent) (Chart 5.2) than the Malays (0.4 per cent) (Chart 5.3) and Indians (2.2 per cent) (Chart 5.4).
Among the Chinese, Buddhists remained the largest group at 40.4 per cent in 2020 despite a decrease from 43.0 per cent in 2010.

The proportion of Taoists similarly decreased, while the proportion with no religion increased the most, followed by Christians.
Chart 5.2 Chinese Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion Per Cent 21.8 0.7 43.0 20.1 14.4 2010 0.8 25.7 21.6 40.4 11.6 2020 Buddhism Taoism Christianity Other Religions No Religion Among the Malays, 98.8 per cent were Muslims in 2020, relatively unchanged from a decade ago.
Chart 5.3 Malay Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion Per Cent Other Religions No Religion 1.1 0.2 Other Religions 0.8 No Religion 0.4 Islam 98.7 2010 Islam 98.8 2020 33 Hinduism remained the most common religion for Indians at 57.3 per cent in 2020, followed by Islam (23.4 per cent), Christianity (12.6 per cent) and other religions (including Sikhism) at 4.6 per cent.
Chart 5.4 Indian Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion Per Cent 5.4 1.1 4.6 2.2 12.8 12.6 21.7 58.9 23.4 57.3 2010 2020 Hinduism Islam Christianity Other Religions No Religion 34 Religious Affiliation and Age Group Younger residents were more likely to have no religious affiliation compared to older residents.

In 2020, 24.2 per cent of residents aged 15-24 years reported having no religious affiliation, higher than the 15.2 per cent for residents aged 55 years and over (Chart 5.5).
Between 2010 and 2020, the proportion of residents with no religious affiliation increased across all age groups.

A larger proportion of older residents were Buddhists or Taoists compared to those in younger age groups.

While Buddhists and Taoists respectively accounted for 35.1 per cent and 13.1 per cent of residents aged 55 years and over in 2020, the corresponding proportions were lower at 24.9 per cent and 4.9 per cent among residents aged 15-24 years.
In contrast, proportionately more residents in younger age groups reported themselves as Muslims than those in the older age groups.

In 2020, 21.4 per cent of residents aged 15-24 years were Muslims, compared to 13.2 per cent of residents aged 55 years and over.

The proportion of Christians was relatively similar across all age groups.
Chart 5.5 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion and Age Group Per Cent - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 & Over No Religion Other Religions Hinduism Islam Christianity Taoism Buddhism 35 Religious Affiliation and Educational Attainment The proportion of residents without religious affiliation increased across most types of educational qualifications between 2010 and 2020.
Among those with below secondary qualification, the proportion without religious affiliation increased from 9.9 per cent to 11.6 per cent, while the corresponding proportion for those with university qualification increased from 24.2 per cent to 27.8 per cent (Chart 5.6).
Chart 5.6 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion and Highest Qualification Attained Per Cent No Religion Other Religions Hinduism Islam Christianity Taoism Buddhism 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020 Below Secondary Secondary Post- Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Diploma & Professional Qualification University Note: Data pertain to residents who are not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who are upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
36 Statistical Tables CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 1 Resident Population by Age Group, Ethnic Group, Sex and Residential Status Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Chinese Males Females Total Malays Males Total Females Total Indians Males Females Total Others Males Number Females Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over 13,131
CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 1 Resident Population by Age Group, Ethnic Group, Sex and Residential Status Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Chinese Males Females Total Malays Males Females Total Indians Males Females Total Others Males Singapore Citizens -continued Number Females Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over 29,745
CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 1 Resident Population by Age Group, Ethnic Group, Sex and Residential Status Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Chinese Males Females Total Malays Males Females Total Indians Males Females Total Others Males Permanent Residents -continued Number Females Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over 10,610
CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 2 Resident Population Below 1 Year of Age by Month, Ethnic Group and Sex Age Total Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Chinese Malays Males Females Total Indians Males Females Total Others Males Number Females Total 33,434 17,041 16,393 21,980 11,176 10,804 8,017 4,113 3,904 2,417 1,249 1,168 1,020 503 517 Below 1 Month 1 Month 2 Months 3 Months 4 Months 5 Months 6 Months 7 Months 8 Months 9 Months 10 Months 11 Months 671
CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 3 Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Ethnic Group and Sex Age (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Chinese Males Females Total Malays Males Females Total Indians Males Females Total Others Males Number Females Total 4,044,210 1,977,556 2,066,654 3,006,769 1,461,344 1,545,425 545,498 271,332 274,166 362,274 185,565 176,709 129,669 59,315 70,354 Below 6,716
CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 3 Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Ethnic Group and Sex Age (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Chinese Males Females Total Malays Males Females Total Indians Males Females Total Others Males 30,257
-continued Number Females 658 743 839 884 976
 1,110 1,170 1,213 1,278 1,425 1,538 1,673 1,678 1,747 1,680 1,735 1,662 1,673 1,625 1,686 1,627 1,570 1,502 1,516 1,399 1,312 1,153 44 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 3 Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Ethnic Group and Sex Age (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Chinese Males Females Total Malays Males Females Total Indians Males Females Total 771
-continued Number Females 1,125 972 900 860 772 680 655 610 538 455 419 375 376 307 296 259 215 250 218 204 204 115 81 72 97 91 99 Others Males 1,155 1,112 1,011 960 907 772 759 674 608 608 543 497 439 421 380 337 326 321 286 289 270 158 122 139 108 98 98 45 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 3 Resident Population by Single Year of Age, Ethnic Group and Sex Age (Years) 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Total 17,766 16,424 12,695 9,990 9,638 10,131 8,362 6,986 6,073 5,034 4,418 3,769 3,023 2,422 1,760 1,296 970 782 563 413 100 & Over 1,459 Total Males Females Total Chinese Males Females Total Malays Males Females Total Indians Males Females Total Others Males -continued Number Females 108
- 13 84 77 88 73 62 57 55 46 57 36 41 28 23 14 8 14 7 4 5 17 46 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 4 Chinese Resident Population by Age Group, Detailed Ethnic Group and Sex Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Hokkien Males Females Total Teochew Males Cantonese Number Females Total Males Females Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over 12,276
CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 4 Chinese Resident Population by Age Group, Detailed Ethnic Group and Sex Age Group (Years) Total Hakka Males Females Total Males Females Total Hainanese Foochow Males Females Total Henghua Males -continued Number Females Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over 2,192
CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 4 Chinese Resident Population by Age Group, Detailed Ethnic Group and Sex Age Group (Years) Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over Total 22,503 833 844 820 877 1,210 1,527 1,538 1,573 1,581 1,485 1,328 1,636 2,182 2,076 1,670 657 416 151 99 Shanghainese Males 10,919 Females Total 17,070 641 715 641 767 1,076 1,218 1,198 1,088 1,115 1,137 1,167 1,532 1,683 1,293 904 420 249 126 100 Hockchia Males 8,472 Females Total 244,529 20,196 27,237 25,973 13,069 10,943 16,227 24,704 27,499 21,421 19,820 16,745 10,577 4,049 2,236 1,628 1,003 696 320 186 Other Chinese Males 103,865 9,997 13,763 12,960 6,448 5,066 6,691 8,916 9,686 7,167 6,647 6,755 5,089 1,934 1,075 758 426 298 125 64 -continued Number Females 140,664 10,199 13,474 13,013 6,621 5,877 9,536 15,788 17,813 14,254 13,173 9,990 5,488 2,115 1,161 870 577 398 195 122 49 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 5 Malay Resident Population by Age Group, Detailed Ethnic Group and Sex Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Malay Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Javanese Boyanese Other Malays Total 0 - 4 5
 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 6 Indian Resident Population by Age Group, Detailed Ethnic Group and Sex Age
 Group (Years) Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over Total 362,274 15,642 21,425 26,270 23,972 22,316 23,347 23,820 30,431 34,183 32,120 27,475 24,755 20,451 14,577 10,101 4,651 3,461 2,003 1,274 Total Males 185,565 8,074 10,827 13,172 12,054 11,170 11,531 11,486 14,298 18,122 18,577 15,643 13,131 10,646 7,139 4,705 2,047 1,309 879 755 Females 176,709 7,568 10,598 13,098 11,918 11,146 11,816 12,334 16,133 16,061 13,543 11,832 11,624 9,805 7,438 5,396 2,604 2,152 1,124 519 Total 198,449 7,781 8,970 8,943 13,359 13,025 13,859 13,562 16,631 19,145 18,276 16,221 15,036 12,560 8,388 5,898 2,737 2,071 1,202 785 Tamil Males 102,801 4,016 4,590 4,581 6,922 6,584 6,807 6,617 7,843 10,355 10,941 9,265 7,944 6,572 4,022 2,652 1,232 830 550 478 Females 95,648 3,765 4,380 4,362 6,437 6,441 7,052 6,945 8,788 8,790 7,335 6,956 7,092 5,988 4,366 3,246 1,505 1,241 652 307 Malayalee Males 13,602 Number Females Total 26,693 939 1,131 1,174 1,569 1,819 2,131 1,987 1,990 2,229 2,334 2,311 2,244 1,737 1,193 741 398 351 233 182 51 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 6 Indian Resident Population by Age Group, Detailed Ethnic Group and Sex Age Group (Years) Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over Total 18,618 898 1,251 778 1,556 1,108 949 1,032 2,415 3,148 2,311 1,449 838 436 226 132 45 30 10 6 Hindi Males 9,386 477 623 365 714 503 420 441 1,061 1,638 1,278 861 492 258 131 79 23 13 5 4 Females 9,232 421 628 413 842 605 529 591 1,354 1,510 1,033 588 346 178 95 53 22 17 5 2 Total 12,589 463 511 482 648 797 968 1,025 908 688 735 916 1,263 1,202 808 456 278 232 135 74 Sikh Males 6,136 Females
 Other Indians Males 53,640 -continued Number Females Total 105,925 5,561 9,562 14,893 6,840 5,567 5,440 6,214 8,487 8,973 8,464 6,578 5,374 4,516 3,962 2,874 1,193 777 423 227 52 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 7 Resident Population of Other Ethnic Groups by Age Group, Detailed Ethnic Group and Sex Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Filipino Males Females Total Males Females Total Caucasian Eurasian Males Number Females Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over 801
CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 7 Resident Population of Other Ethnic Groups by Age Group, Detailed Ethnic Group and Sex Age Group (Years) Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over Total 11,899 169 336 668 784 713 548 596 1,271 1,707 1,797 1,393 935 501 269 151 33 13 13 2 Burmese Males Females Total Arab Males Females Total Thai Males Females Total Others Males -continued Number Females 5,858 6,041 9,028 4,649 4,379 7,036 879 6,157 22,772 7,431 15,341 91 175 336 387 373 258 228 528 829 900 672 518 291 148 89 20 7 8 - CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 8 Resident Population by Age Group, Place of Birth and Sex Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Singapore Malaysia Males Mainland China Number Females Total Males Females Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over 4,044,210 1,977,556 2,066,654 3,096,630 1,570,296 1,526,334 459,732 197,816 261,916 169,038
CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 8 Resident Population by Age Group, Place of Birth and Sex Age Group (Years) Total India Males Females Total Indonesia Males Other Asian Countries / Regions Females Total Males Females Total -continued Number Females Europe Males Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84
 85 - 89 90 & over CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 8 Resident Population by Age Group, Place of Birth and Sex Age Group (Years) Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over Total 8,788 646 916 1,184 1,215 679 576 518 517 505 506 506 408 277 172 84 47 19 8 5 USA and Canada Males 4,643 Australia and New Zealand Females 4,145 Total 6,009 Males 3,180 Females 2,829 Total 116
Others Males 2,602 3 28 26 30 35 38 87 206 303 262 239 220 284 399 226 105 69 34 8 -continued Number Females 2,536 13 31 40 38 43 39 87 152 184 139 150 172 303 416 316 215 139 43 16 57 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 9 Resident Population by Place of Birth, Ethnic Group and Sex Place of Birth Total Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Chinese Malays Indians Others Total Singapore Outside Singapore Malaysia Mainland China India Indonesia Other Asian Countries / Regions Europe USA and Canada Australia and New Zealand Others Number 58 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 10 Resident Population Born In Singapore by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex Age Group (Years) Total Total Males
 Females Total Chinese Males Females Total Malays Males Females Total Indians Males Females Total Others Males Number Females Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over 2,757
CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 11 Resident Population Born Outside Singapore by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Chinese Males Females Total Malays Males Females Total Indians Males Females Total Others Males Number Females Total 0 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 & over 2,360
CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 12 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Married Males Total Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Widowed Divorced/Separated Number Total 3,459,093 1,663,560 1,795,534 1,090,666 553,216 537,450 2,035,393 1,023,279 1,012,114 183,224 32,207 151,017 149,811 54,858 94,953 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over 113,994
101,151 120,029 121,855 120,828 113,097 113,994 103,614 77,364 52,641 22,991 11,984 4,856 - - 57 180 720 1,284 2,941 4,787 10,387 15,834 22,667 30,379 27,822 29,298 36,868 - - 12 61 147 219 452 919 1,928 3,175 4,494 5,395 4,484 4,692 6,229 - - 44 119 573 1,065 2,489 3,868 8,459 12,658 18,173 24,984 23,338 24,606 30,639 - 501 2,480 6,398 12,427 16,131 20,603 21,797 21,949 20,086 12,716 8,418 3,477 1,947 882 - 82 720 2,179 4,682 5,823 7,733 8,232 8,171 7,416 4,519 3,110 1,134 709 348 - 419 1,760 4,218 7,746 10,308 12,870 13,565 13,778 12,670 8,197 5,308 2,343 1,238 534 61 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 12 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Married Males Chinese Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Widowed Divorced/Separated Total 2,606,881 1,248,962 1,357,919 835,282 417,189 418,093 1,522,108 766,057 756,051 140,644 24,807 115,837 108,847 40,908 67,938 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over 89,057
73 1,754 25,250 70,807 83,497 87,643 89,057 83,628 86,628 82,050 64,300 45,468 20,582 10,853 4,461 - - 25 107 351 838 1,851 2,839 6,604 10,728 16,118 22,926 22,476 23,945 31,835 - - 12 61 78 165 262 568 1,372 2,187 3,298 4,166 3,594 3,868 5,175 - - 13 47 273 673 1,589 2,271 5,232 8,541 12,821 18,760 18,882 20,076 26,661 - 258 1,300 3,783 8,194 11,542 15,046 15,602 15,641 15,042 10,229 6,815 3,007 1,695 692 - 31 389 1,416 3,312 4,164 5,509 6,004 6,099 5,715 3,851 2,602 987 577 252 - 227 911 2,367 4,882 7,378 9,537 9,598 9,541 9,327 6,378 4,213 2,020 1,117 440 62 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 12 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Married Males Malays Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Widowed Divorced/Separated Total 447,747 216,363 231,383 145,091 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 978 7,093 14,710 14,732 10,390 11,861 13,377 16,734 14,301 9,707 5,755 2,333 1,635 769 81 1,771 11,480 16,464 15,340 11,960 13,372 15,756 16,141 12,717 7,603 4,287 1,305 500 193 - - 13 30 100 252 589 1,255 2,521 3,136 4,096 4,543 3,285 3,125 2,675 - - - - 26 16 97 259 357
 640 835 762 550 571 596 - - 13 30 74 236 492 996 2,164 2,496 3,261 3,781 2,735 2,554 2,080 - 189 884 1,702 2,525 2,497 2,949 3,553 3,854 2,825 1,362 840 276 143 91 - 51 260 470 889 874 1,065 1,298 1,191 881 242 183 37 68 36 - 139 624 1,232 1,636 1,624 1,884 2,255 2,663 1,944 1,119 656 239 76 55 63 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 12 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Married Males Indians Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Widowed Divorced/Separated Total 299,056 150,541 148,515 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 728 4,719 8,995 14,211 14,812 11,570 9,003 8,398 7,025 4,514 2,376 842 406 144 - - 19 19 155 136 329 546 1,101 1,752 2,248 2,637 1,885 1,883 1,851 - - - - 43 28 74 92 134 340 336 387 320 194 375 - - 19 19 112 108 254 454 967 1,413 1,912 2,250 1,565 1,689 1,476 - 37 264 643 1,154 1,628 1,844 1,926 1,918 1,789 836 576 179 80 67 - - 56 280 381 676 886 728 688 645 310 236 110 40 37 - 37 209 363 772 952 958 1,198 1,230 1,144
 525 339 69 40 30 64 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 12 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Married Males Others Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Widowed Divorced/Separated Total 105,410 47,693 57,717 27,032 13,694 13,337 71,649 32,299 39,350 2,398 370 2,028 4,332 1,330 3,002 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 227 2,068 6,701 10,331 12,802 13,192 9,827 6,837 4,127 2,593 1,592 729 417 204 - 54 388 1,817 3,349 5,362 6,363 5,117 4,011 2,305 1,645 1,082 467 192 146 - 173 1,680 4,884 6,982 7,441 6,829 4,709 2,827 1,822 947 511 262 225 59 - - - 24 114 58 172 147 161 218 204 274 176 345 507 - - - - - 9 19 - 65 9 25 80 20 59 84 - - - 24 114 49 153 147 97 209 179 193 156 287 422 - 16 32 268 554 464 764 715 536 430 290 187 15 28 32 - - 15 13 99 110 273 202 192 176 115 88 - 23 23 - 16 16 255 455 354 490 513 345 254 174 99 15 5 9 65 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 13 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Residential Status Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Married Males Total Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Widowed Divorced/Separated Number Total 3,459,093 1,663,560 1,795,534 1,090,666 553,216 537,450 2,035,393 1,023,279 1,012,114 183,224 32,207 151,017 149,811 54,858 94,953 15 - 19 20
 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - - 57 180 720 1,284 2,941 4,787 10,387 15,834 22,667 30,379 27,822 29,298 36,868 - - 12 61 147 219 452 919 1,928 3,175 4,494 5,395 4,484 4,692 6,229 - - 44 119 573 1,065 2,489 3,868 8,459 12,658 18,173 24,984 23,338 24,606 30,639 - 501 2,480 6,398 12,427 16,131 20,603 21,797 21,949 20,086 12,716 8,418 3,477 1,947 882 - 82 720 2,179 4,682 5,823 7,733 8,232 8,171 7,416 4,519 3,110 1,134 709 348 - 419 1,760 4,218 7,746 10,308 12,870 13,565 13,778 12,670 8,197 5,308 2,343 1,238 534 66 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 13 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Residential Status -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Singapore Citizens Total 2,998,951 1,466,172 1,532,779 982,037 507,089 474,949 1,702,869 876,486
 826,383 175,504 30,710 144,793 138,540 51,887 86,653 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - - 43 126 516 1,021 2,465 3,974 9,594 15,223 21,813 29,365 26,977 28,363 36,024 - - 12 51 134 143 393 781 1,768 3,125 4,306 5,152 4,274 4,510 6,061 - - 31 75 383 878 2,072 3,193 7,825 12,098 17,507 24,213 22,704 23,853 29,962 - 459 2,283 5,735 10,758 14,238 18,501 20,010 20,681 19,373 12,300 8,128 3,343 1,867 864 - 82 709 2,073 4,202 5,363 7,144 7,826 7,814 7,210 4,386 2,990 1,074 686 330 - 377 1,574 3,663 6,556 8,875 11,357 12,184 12,867 12,163 7,914 5,138 2,269 1,181 534 67 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 13 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Residential Status -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Permanent Residents Total 460,142 197,388 262,755 108,629 15 -
 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 843 13,855 44,988 61,551 63,775 55,307 37,805 24,635 12,922 7,781 5,185 2,204 1,148 525 - 99 3,888 14,973 23,307 27,307 27,339 19,066 13,330 6,919 4,631 3,423 1,379 710 420 - 745 9,966 30,015 38,244 36,467 27,967 18,739 11,305 6,003 3,150 1,762 825 438 105 - - 13 54 204 263 476 813 793 611 854 1,014 845 936 845 - - - 10 14 76 59 137 160 50 187 243 211 182 168 - - 13 44 190 187 417 676 634 561 666 771 634 753 676 - 42 197 662 1,669 1,893 2,102 1,787 1,268 713 416 290 135 79 18 - - 11 107 480 460 589 406 357 206 133 120 60 23 18 - 42 186 556 1,189 1,433 1,513 1,380 912 507 282 170 74 56 - 68 Table 14 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Highest Qualification Attained CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Married Males Total Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Widowed Divorced/Separated Number Total 3,140,436 1,505,031 1,635,405 775,711 396,112 379,599 2,031,836 1,021,909 1,009,928 183,224 32,207 151,017 149,665 54,803 94,861 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over 28,227 134,440 268,873 295,980 297,810 298,066 311,477 294,231 306,328 286,001 229,381 173,602 92,560
- - 57 180 720 1,284 2,941 4,787 10,387 15,834 22,667 30,379 27,822 29,298 36,868 - - 12 61 147 219 452 919 1,928 3,175 4,494 5,395 4,484 4,692 6,229 - - 44 119 573 1,065 2,489 3,868 8,459 12,658 18,173 24,984 23,338 24,606 30,639 - 487 2,428 6,370 12,407 16,113 20,591 21,797 21,945 20,086 12,716 8,418 3,477 1,947 882 - 82 702 2,161 4,675 5,823 7,721 8,232 8,171 7,416 4,519 3,110 1,134 709 348 - 405 1,726 4,209 7,732 10,290 12,870 13,565 13,774 12,670 8,197 5,308 2,343 1,238 534 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
69 Table 14 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Highest Qualification Attained CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Below Secondary Total 765,869 329,190 436,679 83,048 49,823 33,225 499,819 241,337 258,482 135,422 20,687 114,735 47,580 17,342 30,238 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - - - 50 114 270 754 1,668 4,651 8,585 15,001 21,857 23,205 25,220 34,047 - - - - - 16 17 226 823 1,677 2,578 3,314 3,155 3,655 5,225 - - - 50 114 254 737 1,442 3,828 6,908 12,424 18,543 20,050 21,564 28,822 - 154 306 758 1,405 1,952 3,659 5,571 7,945 9,396 7,058 5,064 2,191 1,470 651 - - 89 272 472 623 1,607 2,184 3,149 3,536 2,493 1,734 569 432 183 - 154 217 486 933 1,329 2,052 3,386 4,796 5,860 4,565 3,330 1,622 1,038 468 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
70 Table 14 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Highest Qualification Attained CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Secondary Total 505,564 227,613 277,952 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - - 13 31 130 286 622 1,118 2,965 4,128 4,635 4,997 2,332 2,075 1,240 - - - 12 26 63 78 155 479 699 838 1,034 552 484 445 - - 13 19 104 222 544 963 2,486 3,430 3,797 3,963 1,781 1,592 795 - 150 511 1,017 1,906 3,058 4,779 5,874 6,433 5,589 2,928 1,834 554 206 47 - 11 100 361 727 1,338 1,907 2,099 2,184 1,879 823 609 236 100 47 - 139 411 656 1,178 1,720 2,872 3,776 4,249 3,710 2,105 1,225 318 106 - Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
71 Table 14 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Highest Qualification Attained CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Total 341,886 190,827 151,059 104,968 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 1,601 9,505 18,042 19,677 18,749 27,146 27,151 26,562 24,233 16,953 10,470 4,355 2,260 644 - 743 4,790 10,222 10,840 9,797 14,235 13,462 13,479 12,523 10,273 6,645 2,897 1,496 515 - 858 4,715 7,821 8,837 8,951 12,911 13,689 13,082 11,710 6,680 3,826 1,458 765 130 - - 19 16 128 130 411 724 902 1,659 1,499 1,987 1,144 869 660 - - - 16 52 17 52 137 144 402 404 499 365 227 210 - - 19 - 76 113 359 586 758 1,257 1,095 1,488 779 642 451 - 142 606 1,319 1,653 2,170 2,915 2,904 2,837 2,307 1,397 664 325 94 89 - 44 220 591 723 1,027 1,275 1,232 881 797 551 327 116 80 79 - 98 386 728 930 1,143 1,640 1,671 1,955 1,510 846 337 209 14 10 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
72 Table 14 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Highest Qualification Attained CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Females Total Females Males Diploma1/ & Professional Qualification Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 519,933 268,816 251,117 183,603 102,292 81,312 308,889 157,691 151,198 6,296 1,483 4,814 21,144 7,351 13,793 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 1,623 17,660 38,409 46,554 50,630 46,069 36,200 25,996 20,808 12,024 7,318 3,492 1,538 569 - 349 6,697 17,400 21,756 23,232 22,391 18,908 15,167 13,460 8,832 5,278 2,644 1,107 471 - 1,274 10,963 21,009 24,798 27,398 23,678 17,293 10,829 7,348 3,191 2,040 848 432 98 - - 12 37 193 232 471 612 887 767 616 754 582 534 598 - - 12 12 38 39 89 161 135 175 235 201 139 91 154 - - - 25 155 193 382 451 752 593 381 553 443 443 444 - 34 671 1,611 3,321 3,629 3,818 3,367 1,952 1,345 634 473 174 72 42 - 27 226 475 1,343 1,023 1,049 1,183 741 617 324 233 76 29 5 - 7 445 1,136 1,978 2,606 2,769 2,185 1,211 729 311 240 98 43 37 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
1/ 'Diploma' includes Polytechnic and other diplomas.
73 Table 14 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Marital Status, Sex and Highest Qualification Attained CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Married Widowed Divorced/Separated University Total 1,007,183 488,586 518,598 313,360 129,524 183,836 660,405 346,669 313,736 6,786 2,647 4,139 26,632 9,746 16,886 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 25,173 150,195 171,399 161,131 149,876 128,118 86,683 58,429 33,890 20,369 12,408 5,017 3,022 1,474 - 3,155 63,316 76,792 73,528 71,238 67,429 49,118 34,850 20,208 13,198 8,882 3,562 2,150 1,159 - 22,017 86,879 94,606 87,603 78,638 60,688 37,565 23,578 13,682 7,171 3,526 1,454 873 316 - 24,694 119,128 67,046 33,637 24,563 18,478 11,099 7,440 3,709 2,014 1,033 294 167 57 - 3,100 53,434 32,195 14,807 9,723 7,302 4,105 2,634 1,177 570 293 93 67 22 - 21,594 65,694 34,851 18,830 14,841 11,176 6,994 4,806 2,531 1,444 739 201 100 35 - 470 30,720 102,640 123,216 119,641 103,538 70,839 47,228 28,038 16,742 10,208 3,932 2,151 1,040 - 55 9,815 44,114 57,281 59,620 58,029 43,240 30,654 18,220 11,861 8,035 3,059 1,780 906 - 415 20,905 58,526 65,935 60,021 45,510 27,599 16,574 9,818 4,881 2,173 873 371 134 - - 13 46 156 367 682 665 982 694 915 784 557 601 324 - - - 20 31 84 216 239 346 223 439 346 273 235 195 - - 13 26 125 283 467 426 635 471 476 438 285 366 128 - 8 334 1,666 4,122 5,304 5,419 4,081 2,778 1,449 697 384 233 104 54 - - 67 463 1,409 1,811 1,883 1,534 1,216 587 328 208 137 68 35 - 8 267 1,203 2,713 3,492 3,536 2,546 1,563 862 370 176 96 36 19 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
74 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 15 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over Born In Singapore by Age Group, Marital Status and Sex Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Total 2,600,845 1,302,326 1,298,520 929,809 481,667 448,142 1,415,828 748,255 667,572 132,197 24,385 107,812 123,011 48,018 74,993 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - - 43 110 398 786 1,914 3,383 8,264 13,625 18,441 23,016 19,795 20,393 22,031 - - 12 51 117 143 360 691 1,560 2,929 3,779 4,307 3,482 3,593 3,362 - - 31 59 281 643 1,554 2,691 6,704 10,696 14,662 18,709 16,313 16,800 18,669 - 441 2,171 5,310 9,580 12,582 16,211 18,075 18,841 17,688 10,858 6,835 2,494 1,411 514 - 82 667 1,930 3,907 4,973 6,669 7,378 7,422 6,769 3,985 2,638 811 547 239 - 359 1,503 3,380 5,672 7,609 9,543 10,696 11,419 10,919 6,873 4,197 1,683 864 275 75 Table 16 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over Born
 Outside Singapore by Age Group, Marital Status and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Total 858,248 361,234 497,014 160,857 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 215 5,450 22,154 35,496 40,158 41,769 33,292 26,618 17,975 16,406 16,035 8,628 5,705 5,124 9 968 12,295 40,385 56,668 58,724 51,136 37,940 27,131 18,618 15,194 12,921 6,707 3,825 2,020 - - 13 70 322 498 1,026 1,404 2,124 2,209 4,226 7,363 8,027 8,906 14,837 - - - 10 30 76 92 227 368 247 715 1,088 1,002 1,099 2,867 - - 13 60 292 422 935 1,177 1,756 1,963 3,511 6,275 7,025 7,807 11,970 - 60 309 1,088 2,848 3,549 4,392 3,722 3,108 2,398 1,858 1,583 983 535 368 - - 53 250 774 850 1,065 853 749 647 534 472 323 162 109 - 60 256 838 2,073 2,699 3,327 2,869 2,359 1,752 1,324 1,111 660 373 259 76 Table 17 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Age Group (Years) Total None 1 Child 2 Children Total 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children
 Number of Children Born Number Total 1,258,084 164,312 256,018 462,648 238,615 78,944 57,547 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 181 1,365 6,827 15,671 19,838 21,866 26,018 33,156 33,419 28,814 24,255 13,424 8,852 4,930 - 22 527 1,667 3,727 4,448 5,850 6,850 9,283 8,549 7,548 9,409 8,606 6,829 5,629 - 33 200 743 1,561 1,632 1,734 2,117 2,666 2,663 2,446 4,217 7,570 11,195 18,772 77 Table 17 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Age Group (Years) Total 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over Total 939,826 73 1,981 26,174 73,222 88,652 95,694 100,184 95,498 101,401 99,918 83,498 68,441 41,485 32,047 31,562 None 1 Child 2 Children Chinese 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children 126,190 196,946 357,870 174,187 48,000 36,633 Number of Children Born -continued Number - - 24 407 3,026 9,381 13,515 14,729 17,706 23,054 24,991 23,151 20,346 11,788 7,735 4,334 - - 116 476 1,337 2,121 2,613 2,638 4,318 4,845 4,737 6,641 7,028 5,929 5,201 - - - 91 259 410 379 338 593 888 1,059 2,476 5,569 8,468 16,104 78 Table 17 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by
 Age Group, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total None 1 Child 2 Children Malays 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children Number of Children Born Total 166,028 20,138 24,856 41,275 39,988 23,483 16,288 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 265 2,516 5,300 4,770 4,046 4,752 4,826 4,719 4,472 3,019 1,750 449 301 90 - 135 787 2,521 3,651 3,102 3,959 5,487 7,093 5,630 3,831 2,408 747 396 242 - 17 363 952 1,710 1,845 2,374 3,561 4,134 2,915 2,024 1,942 997 477 173 - 33 188 509 1,080 1,021 1,106 1,574 1,811 1,486 1,147 1,264 1,630 1,780 1,659 79 Table 17 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Age Group (Years) Total Total 107,850 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 765 4,947 9,377 15,096 15,872 12,782 10,655 10,594 9,582 6,952 4,966 2,476 2,135 1,651 None 1 Child 2 Children Indians 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children Number of Children Born -continued Number 12,102 - 299 2,663 2,301 1,194 1,068 979 966 964 808 451 314 53 19 22 21,562 46,636 18,230 5,574 3,746 - 308 1,253 2,991 3,518 3,575 3,015 1,892 1,653 1,381 930 490 274 94 188 - 130 877 3,045 8,106 8,666 6,235 5,186 4,735 4,070 3,051 1,597 536 230 172 - 22 104 795 1,801 2,162 1,884 2,002 2,455 2,430 1,622 1,341 745 575 292 - 5 49 157 340 269 479 492 610 668 665 766 539 344 191 - - - 89 138 131 189 116 177 225 232 458 330 875 785 80 Table 17 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Ethnic
 Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Age Group (Years) Total Total 44,379 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 189 1,696 5,163 7,550 7,844 7,473 5,369 3,268 2,286 1,301 803 433 516 490 Number of Children Born -continued Number None 1 Child 5,882 - 69 480 1,012 963 872 734 672 428 347 129 99 38 31 8 12,654 - 66 725 1,894 2,390 2,288 2,143 1,288 664 536 336 148 67 31 78 2 Children Others 16,867 - 55 412 1,636 2,934 3,341 2,861 2,339 1,316 849 495 316 100 157 55 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children 6,210 - - 67 485 838 1,059 1,293 823 554 368 209 161 145 146 63 1,887 880 - - - 81 341 213 383 159 221 122 123 60 42 79 64 - - 12 55 84 70 58 90 85 63 8 19 41 72 223 81 Table 18 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Residential Status CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Age Group (Years) Total None 1 Child 2 Children Total 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children Number of Children Born Number Total 1,258,084 164,312 256,018 462,648 238,615 78,944 57,547 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 181 1,365 6,827 15,671 19,838 21,866 26,018 33,156 33,419 28,814 24,255 13,424 8,852 4,930 - 22 527 1,667 3,727 4,448 5,850 6,850 9,283 8,549 7,548 9,409 8,606 6,829 5,629 - 33 200 743 1,561 1,632 1,734 2,117 2,666 2,663 2,446 4,217 7,570 11,195 18,772 82 Table 18 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Residential Status CENSUS OF
 POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total None 1 Child 2 Children Singapore Citizens 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children Number of Children Born Total 1,057,830 127,865 196,126 389,412 215,572 73,504 55,351 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 181 1,220 5,359 12,161 15,157 18,077 23,023 30,690 31,988 27,871 23,478 13,061 8,506 4,800 - 22 517 1,401 3,231 3,546 4,988 6,149 8,594 8,331 7,223 9,104 8,346 6,553 5,499 - 33 200 709 1,389 1,467 1,599 1,873 2,465 2,485 2,279 4,109 7,304 11,007 18,433 83 Table 18 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Residential Status CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total None 1 Child 2 Children 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children Permanent Residents Number of Children Born Total 200,254 36,447 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 786 10,165 30,614 39,624 38,087 29,897 20,795 12,850 7,071 4,099 2,704 1,533 1,247 781 - 211 5,307 9,912 6,313 4,829 4,203 2,691 1,282 988 430 219 35 4 23 59,892 - 409 3,251 11,204 11,904 10,738 9,021 6,181 3,792 1,706 927 372 180 131 75 73,236 - 166 1,451 7,730 17,228 16,771 11,889 7,984 4,421 2,549 1,307 924 429 303 83 23,042 5,439 2,197 - - 145 1,468 3,510 4,682 3,788 2,994 2,466 1,431 942 777 363 346 130 - - 10 267 496 902 862 701 689 218 325 304 260 276 130 - - - 34 172 165 135 244 202 178 167 108 266 187 339 84 Table 19 Resident Ever-Married Females
 Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Labour Force Status CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Age Group (Years) Total None 1 Child 2 Children Total 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children Number of Children Born Number Total 1,258,084 164,312 256,018 462,648 238,615 78,944 57,547 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 181 1,365 6,827 15,671 19,838 21,866 26,018 33,156 33,419 28,814 24,255 13,424 8,852 4,930 - 22 527 1,667 3,727 4,448 5,850 6,850 9,283 8,549 7,548 9,409 8,606 6,829 5,629 - 33 200 743 1,561 1,632 1,734 2,117 2,666 2,663 2,446 4,217 7,570 11,195 18,772 85 Table 19 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Labour Force Status CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Age Group (Years) Total 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over Total 752,238 96 3,342 38,433 90,526 105,445 105,707 104,217 91,708 84,530 66,000 37,553 17,171 5,456 1,679 377 None 1 Child 132,496 178,919 2 Children Labour Force 287,115 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children 117,679 27,290 8,740 Number of Children Born -continued Number 19 1,450 21,499 32,404 19,270 16,387 14,373 10,536 7,348 5,272 2,615 1,024 192 107 - 77 1,323 10,853 30,012 28,883 25,510 25,565 18,995 15,808 12,190 6,440 2,508 580 149 23 - 459 4,901 21,678 42,019 44,553 44,015 39,694 36,429 28,725 15,827 6,741 1,652 345 78 - 76 920 5,056 12,011 15,191 15,885 17,655 18,830 15,813 9,743 4,632 1,519 290 57 - 17 214 972
 2,426 3,068 3,568 3,842 4,851 3,162 2,118 1,662 963 372 55 - 16 46 404 836 998 810 985 1,264 838 809 604 551 415 164 86 Table 19 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Labour Force Status CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total None 1 Child 2 Children 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children Outside the Labour Force Number of Children Born Total 505,845 31,816 77,099 175,533 120,936 51,653 48,807 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 106 445 1,771 3,659 4,647 5,980 8,362 14,326 17,606 19,070 19,623 11,905 8,562 4,873 - 5 313 696 1,301 1,380 2,281 3,008 4,432 5,386 5,430 7,747 7,643 6,457 5,574 - 17 154 339 725 634 924 1,132 1,402 1,825 1,637 3,613 7,019 10,780 18,608 87 Table 20 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Number of Children Born, Labour Force Status and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Number of Children Born Total Chinese Malays Indians Others Total Chinese Malays Indians Others Total Chinese Malays Indians Others Total Labour Force Outside the Labour Force Total 1,258,084 939,826 166,028 107,850 44,379 752,238 573,832 84,700 65,079 28,627 505,845 365,994 81,328 42,771 15,752 None 1 Child 2 Children 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children 224,756
Number 88 Table 21 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Highest Qualification Attained CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Age Group (Years) Total None 1 Child 2 Children Total 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children Number of Children Born Number Total 1,255,805 163,330 255,420 462,096 238,484 78,928 57,547 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 181 1,365 6,757 15,656 19,802 21,866 26,008 33,156 33,419 28,814 24,255 13,424 8,852 4,930 - 22 527 1,667 3,727 4,432 5,850 6,850 9,283 8,549 7,548 9,409 8,606 6,829 5,629 - 33 200 743 1,561 1,632 1,734 2,117 2,666 2,663 2,446 4,217 7,570 11,195 18,772 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
89 Table 21 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Highest Qualification Attained CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total None 1 Child 2 Children Below Secondary 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children Number of Children Born Total 403,454 22,165 53,678 126,599 105,442 47,480 48,090 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over 25 661 2,501 5,365 9,170 12,687 20,480 30,547 48,100 56,583 59,014 54,987 38,207 31,654 33,472 - - 71 233 861 1,711 2,338 4,055 7,425 13,338 16,631 18,707 18,274 10,641 6,752 4,405 - - 178 312 571 878 1,552 2,185 4,452 4,802 5,435 7,909 7,875 6,232 5,101 - 33 66 240 466 476 579 802 1,275 1,855 1,906 3,871 7,304 10,829 18,388 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
90 Table 21 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Highest Qualification Attained CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total None 1 Child 2 Children Secondary 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children Number of Children Born Total 233,251 21,243 45,712 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 364 1,134 2,717 5,004 5,909 9,329 14,049 17,155 17,281 12,689 7,887 2,415 978 270 49,997 14,015 5,103 - 78 371 1,193 2,136 3,005 4,998 7,294 9,845 8,878 5,893 3,722 1,358 1,008 218 - 22 151 502 702 906 1,422 2,203 2,638 2,179 1,359 985 381 361 204 - - 128 236 440 431 562 794 793 501 340 231 165 250 232 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
91 Table 21 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Highest Qualification Attained CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Age Group (Years) Total None 1 Child 2 Children 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Number of Children Born Total 114,533 13,478 24,635 45,573 22,520 6,309 2,019 -continued Number 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 956 5,120 8,549 9,843 10,208 14,911 15,947 15,796 14,477 8,621 5,650 2,446 1,421 591 - 328 1,569 1,661 1,367 1,546 1,799 1,767 1,320 948 702 335 82 31 22 - 420 2,019 2,450 2,355 2,611 3,752 3,048 2,775 2,387 1,402 929 286 103 98 - 176 1,046 2,893 3,604 3,568 5,839 6,714 6,924 6,718 3,776 2,760 942 502 111 - 32 333 1,065 1,699 1,707 2,464 3,225 3,572 3,561 2,180 1,224 775 572 112 - - 145 341 571 603 812 922 937 675 433 287 295 154 133 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
- - 6 139 247 173 246 271 267 187 129 116 65 59 115 92 Table 21 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Highest Qualification Attained CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Age Group (Years) Total Total 169,805 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 1,282 11,408 22,170 26,930 30,196 26,829 19,929 12,792 8,669 3,884 2,833 1,389 917 579 None 1 Child 2 Children Diploma1/ & Professional Qualification 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children Number of Children Born -continued Number 31,201 - 721 5,483 6,659 5,184 4,861 3,606 2,220 942 800 449 165 54 30 28 44,328 - 451 3,605 7,322 7,432 7,458 7,024 4,980 2,706 1,682 814 427 189 186 53 64,170 - 109 1,992 5,815 9,831 12,565 11,158 8,603 5,558 3,860 1,752 1,581 759 371 218 23,773 4,952 1,380 - - 291 1,959 3,359 4,279 3,893 3,309 2,789 1,956 747 506 327 244 113 - - 36 328 900 712 948 648 583 327 97 155 45 42 130 - - - 85 225 321 200 169 213 45 25 - 15 44 37 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
1/ 'Diploma' includes Polytechnic and other diplomas.
93 Table 21 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Number of Children Born and Highest Qualification Attained CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Age Group (Years) Total Total 334,761 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 423 21,185 59,755 68,773 63,797 49,512 30,572 18,772 11,151 5,727 2,787 1,254 773 281 Number of Children Born -continued Number None 1 Child 75,244 - 279 14,583 23,657 11,745 8,953 7,205 4,399 2,340 1,352 355 226 110 26 14 87,066 - 109 5,054 21,031 18,614 15,150 12,051 6,816 3,996 2,355 1,095 455 214 103 24 2 Children University 128,572 - 36 1,396 13,161 30,496 29,657 22,538 13,630 8,035 4,412 2,720 1,504 575 315 100 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children 36,752 - - 136 1,679 6,752 8,473 6,456 4,755 3,611 2,393 1,287 529 324 276 82 6,171 - - 16 184 983 1,334 1,116 891 673 565 224 73 11 39 61 955 - - - 43 183 230 147 80 118 74 46 - 20 14 - Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
94 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 22 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group Highest Qualification Attained Total None 1 Child Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University 1,255,805 163,330 255,420 199,842 86,649 116,963 233,251 114,533 70,270 99,535 334,761 7,783 5,175 9,208 21,243 13,478 14,787 16,414 75,244 20,917 11,829 20,932 45,712 24,635 18,616 25,712 87,066 Number of Children Born Number 2 Children Total 462,096 50,228 30,838 45,533 97,182 45,573 25,603 38,567 128,572 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children 238,484 52,417 24,711 28,314 49,997 22,520 8,869 14,904 36,752 78,928 29,229 9,193 9,058 14,015 6,309 1,807 3,145 6,171 57,547 39,269 4,903 3,918 5,103 2,019 586 793 955 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
95 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 22 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group Highest Qualification Attained Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University Total 938,478 160,035 63,680 86,431 167,056 75,884 52,118 77,901 255,375 None 1 Child 125,531 196,660 6,011 3,733 6,864 15,106 7,901 10,388 12,809 62,720 16,631 9,039 16,674 35,370 17,190 13,988 21,319 66,449 -continued Number Number of Children Born 2 Children Chinese 357,543 42,548 25,050 36,108 76,290 33,071 20,452 30,717 93,308 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children 174,111 42,733 18,102 20,564 33,326 14,150 6,258 10,937 28,039 48,000 22,136 5,381 4,869 5,703 2,947 879 1,797 4,288 36,633 29,976 2,374 1,351 1,261 625 154 321 571 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
96 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 22 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group Highest Qualification Attained Total None 1 Child Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University 165,688 20,029 24,744 25,701 14,299 18,955 43,232 25,051 12,123 10,371 15,956 1,127 902 1,479 3,989 3,978 3,045 1,658 3,851 1,818 1,263 2,043 6,080 4,669 3,188 1,943 3,740 -continued Number Number of Children Born 2 Children Malays 41,190 4,043 2,965 4,900 11,658 6,852 3,144 3,130 4,497 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children 39,970 6,505 4,338 4,989 11,520 5,826 1,833 2,269 2,691 23,467 16,288 5,213 2,960 3,348 6,806 2,537 660 1,013 929 6,995 1,872 2,195 3,180 1,188 253 357 247 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
97 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 22 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group Highest Qualification Attained Total None 1 Child Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University 107,348 11,913 10,581 6,653 8,051 17,280 9,977 4,641 7,613 42,553 465 347 579 1,615 1,130 1,083 1,269 5,424 21,404 1,059 842 1,042 3,113 1,839 1,103 1,538 10,867 -continued Number Number of Children Born 2 Children Indians 46,518 2,509 2,157 3,175 6,920 4,257 1,521 3,517 22,464 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children 18,193 2,712 1,956 2,284 4,162 2,011 585 1,061 3,422 5,574 1,699 829 736 1,038 576 210 193 292 3,746 2,137 522 235 432 163 139 34 84 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
98 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 22 Resident Ever-Married Females Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Number of Children Born and Ethnic Group Highest Qualification Attained Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University Total 44,292 3,525 2,018 3,526 5,684 3,622 1,388 3,651 20,878 Number of Children Born None 1 Child 5,858 12,612 180 193 286 533 469 271 677 3,248 1,409 686 1,172 1,149 937 338 911 6,011 2 Children Others 16,845 1,128 666 1,351 2,314 1,393 486 1,203 8,303 3 Children 4 Children 5 or More Children 6,210 1,887 467 314 476 989 532 194 637 2,599 180 23 104 469 248 58 142 663 880 160 136 137 230 43 41 81 53 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
-continued Number 99 Table 23 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Level of Education Attending Total Total Males 5 - 9 Years 10 - 14 Years 15 - 19 Years 20 Years & Over Females Total Males Females Total Males Total Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Number 719,839 363,499 356,341 196,408 100,892 95,516 204,774 104,078 100,696 189,802 92,505 97,297 128,855 66,024 62,832 Total Pre-Primary Primary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 55,993 28,983 27,010 55,993 245,931 126,051 119,880 140,415 28,983 71,909 27,010 68,506 174,298 56,663 72,676 88,571 30,021 37,812 85,727 26,642 34,864 11,593 5,296 6,298 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 104,932 99,841 - 53,793 50,285 - 51,140 49,556 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 328 74,241 50,418 50,974 - 212 38,123 26,225 25,699 - 116 36,118 24,193 25,275 - 256 215 - 137 162 6,245 21,703 3,796 12,113 - 119 53 2,449 9,589 4,722 1,988 2,734 6,871 3,307 3,563 9,119 258 8,862 93,566 46,508 47,058 University 102,685 46,765 55,920 100 Table 23 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Level of Education Attending Total Total Males 5 - 9 Years 10 - 14 Years 15 - 19 Years 20 Years & Over Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Chinese -continued Number Total Pre-Primary Primary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 70,398 67,269 - 36,729 33,973 - 33,669 33,297 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 233 47,925 32,348 37,417 - 162
 24,999 16,666 18,884 - 72 22,926 15,682 18,533 - 188 89 2,889 13,673 - 108 89 1,830 7,965 - 81 - 1,059 5,708 2,513 1,107 1,406 4,458 2,185 2,274 7,283 155 7,128 76,958 39,282 37,676 University 84,241 39,437 44,804 101 Table 23 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Level of Education Attending Total Total Males 5 - 9 Years Females Total Males Females Total 10 - 14 Years Males Malays 15 - 19 Years 20 Years & Over Females Total Males Females Total Males Females -continued Number Total Pre-Primary Primary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16,743 15,640 - 8,785 7,986 - 7,958 7,654 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 13,389 10,660 7,482 1,121 298 - - 7,090 5,946 3,830 470 - - 19 6,299 4,714 3,653 652 298 - 36 72 2,250 4,761 1,275 - 17 41 1,383 2,319 - 19 31 867 2,442 611 664 5,634 2,505 3,128 University 5,932 2,505 3,427 102 Table 23 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Level of Education Attending Total Total Males 5 - 9 Years 10 - 14 Years 15 - 19 Years 20 Years & Over Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Indians -continued Number Total Pre-Primary Primary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 15,969
14,857 11,186 3,391 3,370 682 981 5,967 15,969 3,093 8,163 2,875 7,806 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13,305 12,304 - 6,299 6,151 - 7,006 6,153 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 63 9,477 5,739 4,366 790 1,079 - 37 4,457 2,828 2,114 294 91 - 26 5,020 2,911 2,252 496 989 - 32 32 863 2,419 - 12 19 382 1,301 - 19 13 480 1,118 873 388 485 8,613 3,713 4,900 University 9,692 3,803 5,889 103 Table 23 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Attending, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Level of Education Attending Total Total Males 5 - 9 Years Females Total Males Females Total 10 - 14 Years Males Others 15 - 19 Years 20 Years & Over Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Pre-Primary Primary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 27,778 13,256 14,522 2,127 9,695 8,101 1,914 2,558 1,172 4,672 3,766 986 1,400 955 5,024 4,334 928 1,158 562 241 322 University 2,819 1,019 1,800 7,322 2,127 5,195 3,850 1,172 2,678 3,472 955 2,517 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9,115 4,156 4,959 7,599 3,376 4,223 3,741 1,874 1,868 - 4,487 4,628 - 1,980 2,176 - 2,506 2,452 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 3,451 1,671 1,708 298 458 - 13 - - 1,577 1,874 785 871 117 12 886 837 181 446 - - 22 243 850 265 - - 13 201 529 124 - - 9 43 321 141 2,361 1,007 1,354 -continued Number 104 Table 24 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Age Group (Years) Total Total Males No Qualification Females Total Males Females Total Primary Males Total Lower Secondary Secondary Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Number Total 3,140,436 1,505,031 1,635,405 333,821 120,584 213,237 173,912 80,080 93,832 258,136 128,526 129,611 505,564 227,613 277,952 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over 28,227 134,440 268,873 295,980 297,810 298,066 311,477 294,231 306,328 286,001 229,381
Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
105 Table 24 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Total 341,886 190,827 151,059 301,963 181,148 120,815 217,970 87,668 130,302 1,007,183 488,586 518,598 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 25,173 150,195 171,399 161,131 149,876 128,118 86,683 58,429 33,890 20,369 12,408 5,017 3,022 1,474 - 3,155 63,316 76,792 73,528 71,238 67,429 49,118 34,850 20,208 13,198 8,882 3,562 2,150 1,159 - 22,017 86,879 94,606 87,603 78,638 60,688 37,565 23,578 13,682 7,171 3,526 1,454 873 316 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
106 Table 24 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males No Qualification Females Total Males Females Total Primary Males Chinese Lower Secondary Secondary Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 2,380,906 1,135,530 1,245,375 273,162 102,302 170,860 131,163 61,891 69,271 195,303 99,210 96,093 363,502 162,297 201,206 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
107 Table 24 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 218,499 118,428 100,071 222,833 134,713 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over Chinese - 21,065 128,588 146,222 129,193 114,831 96,667 65,484 45,398 27,521 16,838 10,423 4,296 2,637 1,204 - 2,669 55,632 66,673 60,485 54,592 49,649 36,378 26,769 16,610 10,826 7,378 3,062 1,905 949 - 18,396 72,956 79,549 68,708 60,239 47,017 29,106 18,628 10,911 6,012 3,045 1,234 732 254 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
108 Table 24 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males No Qualification Females Total Males Females Total Primary Males Malays Lower Secondary Secondary Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 400,750 192,152 208,598 39,970 12,745 27,225 28,250 12,723 15,527 39,975 18,945 21,030 93,578 42,930 50,648 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
109 Table 24 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females - - 51,342 389 11,362 13,704 8,957 6,506 3,649 2,535 1,854 1,160 796 256 95 60 8 9 Malays - - - - 1,457 9,129 9,086 7,142 4,463 3,784 2,747 1,725 709 231 145 108 37 7 - 160 2,873 3,616 2,918 2,008 1,999 1,252 702 406 107 122 97 37 7 - 1,297 6,255 5,470 4,223 2,455 1,785 1,495 1,022 303 124 23 10 - - Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
110 Table 24 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males No Qualification Females Total Males Females Total Primary Males Indians Lower Secondary Secondary Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 264,711 134,905 129,806 16,585 5,088 11,497 11,980 5,050 6,930 18,142 9,287 8,855 38,458 18,629 19,829 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
111 Table 24 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 31,792 18,985 12,807 21,585 13,651 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - Indians - 2,029 10,421 12,157 17,659 20,650 17,182 11,075 6,894 3,361 2,081 1,182 337 250 152 - 245 4,154 5,221 7,314 10,044 10,062 7,053 4,411 1,806 1,445 917 204 143 117 - 1,784 6,267 6,935 10,345 10,606 7,119 4,023 2,483 1,555 636 265 132 107 35 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
112 Table 24 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Total Total Males No Qualification Females Total Males Females Total Primary Males Others Lower Secondary Secondary Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 94,069 42,443 51,626 4,104 449 3,655 2,519 415 2,104 4,717 1,084 3,633 10,025 3,757 6,268 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - 27 31 6 18 12 41 72 23 53 21 - 60 290 526 791 364 252 411 193 154 167 108 78 99 162 8 11 83 304 192 197 318 258 304 183 278 147 37 93 105 - 11 10 - 18 - 32 24 70 36 98 66 - 18 33 8 - Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
113 Table 24 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Age Group (Years) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Others Total 8,158 3,944 4,215 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over - - - 621 2,057 3,934 7,137 9,932 10,485 7,377 4,412 2,299 1,219 658 276 98 112 - 81 657 1,282 2,811 4,593 5,718 4,436 2,968 1,386 820 464 198 65 86 - 540 1,401 2,652 4,327 5,338 4,767 2,942 1,444 913 399 193 78 33 26 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
114 Table 25 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Highest Qualification Attained Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Total Total 3,140,436 1,505,031 1,635,405 775,711 396,112 379,599 2,031,836 1,021,909 1,009,928 183,224 32,207 151,017 149,665 54,803 94,861 Number No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University 1,007,183 488,586 518,598 313,360 129,524 183,836 660,405 346,669 313,736 6,786 2,647 4,139 26,632 9,746 16,886 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
115 Table 25 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Highest Qualification Attained Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Chinese Total 2,380,906 1,135,530 1,245,375 611,655 304,758 306,897 1,519,799 765,068 754,731 140,644 24,807 115,837 108,807 40,898 67,910 No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University 810,366 393,578 416,788 276,142 114,729 161,413 507,848 269,072 238,776 5,171 2,093 3,078 21,205 7,685 13,521 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
-continued Number 116 Table 25 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Highest Qualification Attained Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Malays Total 400,750 192,152 208,598 98,616 55,706 42,910 252,854 124,211 128,643 25,622 4,709 20,913 23,658 7,526 16,132 -continued Number No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University 40,769 16,306 24,464 13,543 5,035 8,508 25,840 10,882 14,959 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
117 Table 25 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Highest Qualification Attained Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Indians Total 264,711 134,905 129,806 49,583 27,125 22,458 187,684 100,409 87,275 14,561 2,321 12,239 12,883 5,050 7,833 No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
-continued Number 118 Table 25 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Marital Status, Sex and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Highest Qualification Attained Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Others Total 94,069 42,443 51,626 15,857 8,523 7,334 71,499 32,221 39,278 2,398 370 2,028 4,316 1,330 2,986 No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University 50,617 25,564 25,053 6,894 2,719 4,176 41,720 22,090 19,630 476 316 329 452 303 8 165 349 59 29 43 77 44 - Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
-continued Number 119 Table 26 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Residential Status and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Highest Qualification Attained Total Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Singapore Citizens Permanent Residents Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University Number Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
120 Table 27 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Labour Force Status and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Highest Qualification Attained Total Total Males Females Total Total Males Labour Force Employed Unemployed Outside the Labour Force Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 3,140,436 1,505,031 1,635,405 2,304,927 1,229,096 1,075,831 2,182,599 1,166,948 1,015,651 122,328 62,149 60,180 835,509 275,935 559,574 No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University Number Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
121 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 28 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Place of Birth, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex Place of Birth Total Singapore Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Outside Singapore 814,611 341,436 473,174 80,789 20,465 60,324 37,371 11,931 25,440 64,578 23,425 41,152 88,940 32,787 56,153 Malaysia Mainland China India Indonesia Other Asian Countries / Regions Europe USA and Canada Australia and New Zealand Others - - 34,544 12,776 2,864 6,132 3,931 - - 42 35 26,079 4,348 2,061 2,637 2,223 - - 10 13 9,051 1,701 586 301 283 - - - 8 17,028 2,647 1,475 2,336 1,940 - - Number Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
122 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 28 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Place of Birth, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex -continued Number Place of Birth Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Singapore Outside Singapore Malaysia Mainland China India Indonesia Other Asian Countries / Regions Europe USA and Canada Australia and New Zealand Others Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
123 Table 29 Resident Polytechnic Diploma Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, Ethnic Group and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Number Field of Study Total Education Fine & Applied Arts Humanities & Social Sciences Mass Communication & Information Science Business & Administration Natural & Mathematical Sciences Health Sciences Information Technology Architecture, Building and Real Estate Engineering Sciences Engineering, Manufacturing & Related Trades Services Others Total Chinese Malays Indians Others Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females - 276 216 72 242 137 57 130 85 223 286 94 100 568 112 389 225 55 255 15 112 52 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
124 Table 30 Resident Polytechnic Diploma Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, Place Where Highest Qualification was Attained and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Field of Study Total Education Fine & Applied Arts Humanities & Social Sciences Mass Communication & Information Science Business & Administration Natural & Mathematical Sciences Health Sciences Information Technology Architecture, Building and Real Estate Engineering Sciences Engineering, Manufacturing & Related Trades Services Others Total 301,963 10,594 21,213 2,896 4,882 65,358 9,992 16,154 27,548 10,609 115,079 2,282 11,993 3,363 Total Males 181,148 2,425 10,950 989 2,203 26,784 4,903 4,600 18,190 6,297 92,816 1,918 7,541 1,532 Females 120,815 8,169 10,263 1,907 2,679 38,574 5,089 11,554 9,358 4,313 22,263 364 4,451 1,831 Total 288,001 9,514 20,271 2,247 4,666 61,497 9,728 15,508 26,966 10,324 111,000 2,029 11,284 2,966 Singapore Males 174,520 2,225 10,513 848 2,165 25,935 4,755 4,506 17,957 6,096 89,232 1,676 7,298 1,315 Females 113,481 7,289 9,758 1,399 2,501 35,563 4,973 11,001 9,010 4,228 21,768 354 3,986 1,651 Number Outside Singapore Males 6,628 Females 7,334 200 437 141 38 850 147 94 233 201 3,584 243 244 217 881 505 508 178 3,011 116 553 348 84 496 10 465 179 Total 13,962 1,081 942 649 216 3,860 264 647 581 285 4,079 253 708 396 Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
125 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 31 Resident University Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, Ethnic Group and Sex Field of Study Total Education Fine & Applied Arts Humanities & Social Sciences Mass Communication & Information Science Business & Administration Law Natural & Mathematical Sciences Health Sciences Information Technology Architecture, Building and Real Estate Engineering Sciences Others Number Total Chinese Malays Indians Others Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
126 Table 32 Resident University Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, Place Where Highest Qualification was Attained and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Field of Study Total Education Fine & Applied Arts Humanities & Social Sciences Mass Communication & Information Science Business & Administration Law Natural & Mathematical Sciences Health Sciences Information Technology Architecture, Building and Real Estate Engineering Sciences Others Total Singapore Total Outside Singapore Australia Number UK Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
127 Table 32 Resident University Graduates Aged 15 Years and Over by Field of Study, Place Where Highest Qualification was Attained and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Field of Study Malaysia India US Mainland China Others Outside Singapore Total Education Fine & Applied Arts Humanities & Social Sciences Mass Communication & Information Science Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Business & Administration 15,404 4,395 11,009 12,323 5,618 6,705 15,216 Law Natural & Mathematical Sciences Health Sciences Information Technology Architecture, Building and Real Estate Engineering Sciences Others Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
128 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 33 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group Number Language Literate In Total Total Males 15 - 24 Years 25 - 34 Years 35 - 44 Years 45 - 54 Years Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only 862,098 410,814 451,284 44,304 29,513 14,791 56,912 31,314 25,598 75,949 32,342 43,606 120,174 56,173 64,001 English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only Two Languages Only 2,259,548 1,117,708 1,141,840 390,695 196,874 193,821 469,232 227,657 241,575 450,271 215,026 235,245 432,330 211,562 220,768 English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only 2,083
15,702 14,684 926 77,540 24,723 22,260 2,083 37,673 14,673 11,118 666 39,867 10,050 11,142 1,417 Three or More Languages 238,235 110,780 127,454 22,556 8,153 14,403 57,775 23,675 34,100 69,123 30,446 38,678 48,152 24,276 23,876 English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 33 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group -continued Number Language Literate In Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females 55 - 64 Years 65 - 74 Years 75 - 84 Years 85 Years & Over Total Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only 221,805 105,525 116,280 218,004 100,600 117,403 English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only 76,962 128,088 13,970 2,001 784 41,834 58,443 4,600 556 93 35,127 69,646 9,370 1,445 691 69,349 130,956 14,532 2,722 445 Two Languages Only 330,459 162,673 167,786 148,716 English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only Three or More Languages English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages 20,445
CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 33 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group Language Literate In Total Total Males 15 - 24 Years 25 - 34 Years 35 - 44 Years 45 - 54 Years Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Chinese Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only 719,704 349,048 370,656 30,395 21,603 8,792 42,839 24,818 18,020 54,022 23,530 30,492 94,803 44,103 50,700 -continued Number English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only - 139 1,042 30 985 - - 6 - - - 18 - 81 - - - 18 - 81 289 - 303 43 - 27 246 - 276 368 - 262 62 - 28 306 - 234 672 - - 6 Two Languages Only 1,629,758 800,446 829,312 270,750 135,139 135,611 339,269 164,698 174,571 328,449 157,697 170,752 317,657
 153,131 164,525 English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only Three or More Languages English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only - 709 110 94,802 12,935 69,060 5,579 54 - 613 - 303 28 4,604 2,218 - 834 - 406 82 5,266 2,482 2,785 8,813 4,128 4,685 9,355 4,857 4,498 - 2,200 208 - 1,022 60 - 1,178 148 16 3,863 977 16 1,700 407 - 2,163 570 - 2,034 1,742 - 780 550 - 1,254 1,192 8,331 46,352 18,591 27,761 54,683 23,239 31,444 34,306 16,670 17,636 3,361 32,348 13,277 19,071 43,097 18,316 24,781 27,503 13,385 14,118 - 22 22 - - - - - - - Other Three or More Languages 44,454 18,767 25,688 7,356 2,386 4,970 13,981 5,291 8,690 11,586 4,923 6,663 6,803 3,285 3,518 131 Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 33 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group Language Literate In Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females 55 - 64 Years 65 - 74 Years 75 - 84 Years 85 Years & Over Chinese -continued Number - 229 93,185 34,677 58,436 46 - 26 100,015 193,504 29,940 69,621 251 - 203 62,364 130,925 129 10 75 Two Languages Only 235,793 114,088 121,705 110,419 English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only
 Three or More Languages English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages 224,669 108,318 116,351 102,760 9,063 - 982 1,079 15,164 12,085 16 3,064 5,134 3,930 - 334 301 8,964 7,168 - 1,796 - 647 778 6,200 4,917 16 1,268 6,056 10 578 1,015 7,521 6,220 19 1,282 91,249 34,289 56,914 18 - 28 59,371 54,745 3,920 - 270 436 4,860 4,045 - - 298 39,422 10,445 28,938 19 - 21 13,745 12,623 734 - 10 377 1,567 1,346 - 221 46,193 8,224 37,781 91 20 77 9,539 8,434 773 12 39 281 612 535 - 77 25,329 3,921 21,291 47 - 70 4,137 3,485 448 - 39 165 458 344 29 84 11,139 1,855 9,252 28 - 3 2,575 2,245 234 - 30 66 302 242 10 49 14,190 2,065 12,038 19 - 67 1,561 1,240 214 - 9 99 156 102 19 35 132 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 33 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group -continued Number Language Literate In Total Total Males 15 - 24 Years 25 - 34 Years 35 - 44 Years 45 - 54 Years Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Malays Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only - 16 17 229 2,740 2,384 - 356 - - 1,554 1,356 - 198 - - 1,187 1,028 - 159 - - 3,179 2,242 - 919 17 - 1,652 1,158 - 494 - - 1,527 1,085 - 425 17 - 4,179 2,227 19 1,858 - 74 1,637 1,092 - 545 - - 2,542 1,136 19 6,789 2,142 19 2,425 1,001 - 4,364 1,140 19 1,313 4,612 1,424 3,188 - 74 - 17 - - - 17 Two Languages
 Only 367,229 186,861 180,368 74,959 39,910 35,050 85,995 43,063 42,933 59,527 29,207 30,320 58,600 27,708 30,892 English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only Three or More Languages English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages - - 152 - 396 - 568 48 271 9 297 38 446 52 165 10 281 42 373 - 114 - 259 - 7,177 8,769 3,418 1,218 2,200 4,323 1,868 2,455 3,220 1,469 1,751 2,717 1,358 1,359 133 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 33 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group Language Literate In Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females 55 - 64 Years 65 - 74 Years 75 - 84 Years 85 Years & Over -continued Number Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only Two Languages Only English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only Three or More Languages English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages 77,689 36,871 40,818 40,224 18,342 21,882 12,992 2,239 706 1,533 2,521 442 2,078 1,980 75,450 36,165 39,285 37,703 17,900 19,804 11,013 Malays 14,104 1,396 - 12,701 - 6 59,586 156 59,267 8 83 73 1,760 178 8 1,574 4,974 753 - 4,222 - - 30,273 39 30,156 - 69 10 917 68 - 849 - 6 29,313 116 29,111 8 14 63 842 110 8 725 9,130 14,029 644 - 573 17 8,480
 13,410 - 30 4,618 280 - 4,322 - 16 9,411 293 17 9,088 - 14 23,095 12,935 10,160 48 25 22,783 12,828 6 9 248 580 10 - 569 6 - 76 347 10 - 337 23 9,955 - 9 172 233 - - 233 6,290 141 - 6,046 - 102 4,631 - 4,391 - 28 211 92 - - 92 5,404 204 5,200 2,057 79 - 1,978 - - 3,096 - 2,999 - 18 80 46 - - 46 7,589 1,775 5,813 4,232 62 - 4,068 - 102 1,534 - 1,392 - 10 132 46 - - 46 3,808 1,414 2,394 1,528 - 8 1,504 - 16 835 20 726 7 - 83 31 - - 31 1,461 169 1,292 2,347 1,245 1,103 591 - 8 584 - - 669 - 639 7 - 24 31 - - 31 936 - - 920 - 16 166 20 88 - - 59 - - - - 134 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 33 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group Language Literate In Total Total Males 15 - 24 Years 25 - 34 Years 35 - 44 Years 45 - 54 Years Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Indians Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only - 25 116 18 3,452 3,397 2,958 2,854 - 14 28 14 - 11 89 5 6,310 5,921 - 125 246 17 3,355 3,224 - 60 54 17 2,954 2,698 - 64 193 - - 159 787 105 Two Languages Only 204,861 104,496 100,365 36,233 17,650 18,583 35,898 16,990 18,908 46,726 22,184 24,542 41,216 23,603 17,613 -continued Number English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only 4,566 48,253 122,838 28,470 734 2,081 25,500 62,240
- 587 4,863 9,825 1,710 5 Three or More Languages 35,723 18,741 16,982 3,342 1,271 2,072 English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 33 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group -continued Number Language Literate In Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females 55 - 64 Years 65 - 74 Years 75 - 84 Years 85 Years & Over Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only Two Languages Only English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only Three or More Languages English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages 45,378 23,266 22,113 25,356 12,538 12,818 1,216 497 719 1,313 239 1,074 44,163 22,769 21,394 24,043 12,299 11,745 Indians 9,660 6,673 - 863 1,993 130 27,945 135 9,422 15,853 2,365 171 6,558 100 3,932 2,526 4,690 3,802 - 312 556 21 4,970 2,872 - 551 1,437 109 8,070 4,441 - 798 2,712 118 14,475 13,469 12,672 61 4,872 8,163 1,341 38 3,603 69 2,061 1,473 73 4,550 7,690 1,024 132 2,955 31 1,871 1,053 - 4,792 6,843 924 113 3,301 17 2,445 838 3,336 2,530 - 247 523 36 7,143 - 2,964 3,584 559 35 1,820 17 1,352 451 4,734
 1,912 - 551 2,189 82 5,530 - 1,828 3,259 365 78 1,481 - 1,093 388 8,090 828 7,262 3,385 1,221 - 166 1,738 260 3,154 - 686 1,978 367 123 724 9 467 248 3,355 59 3,297 1,102 627 - 67 372 36 1,791 - 507 1,113 135 36 405 - 274 131 4,735 770 3,965 2,283 594 - 99 1,367 224 1,363 - 179 865 232 87 319 9 193 117 2,949 461 2,488 1,249 405 - 30 650 164 1,018 - 187 625 173 33 221 - 113 108 1,255 38 1,217 1,694 423 1,271 463 229 - 20 164 50 661 - 98 450 107 6 93 - 44 49 786 177 - 10 486 114 358 - 90 176 66 27 127 - 69 59 136 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 33 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group Language Literate In Total Total Males 15 - 24 Years 25 - 34 Years 35 - 44 Years 45 - 54 Years Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Others -continued Number - 264 19,615 15,227 456 474 8 3,450 25,905 31,795 2,456 6,866 136 3,525 5,977 103 4,759 4,654 2,905 2,870 1,854 1,784 - 9 - 96 8,753 2,959 1,953 14 - 9 - 26 4,175 1,381 1,078 14 - - - 70 4,578 1,578 875 - 4,585 3,720 156 25 - 684 8,069 1,286 2,568 47 4,058 110 1,542 158 - 1,489 1,482 - 7 - - 2,906 474 1,277 13 3,096 2,239 156 18 - 684 8,486 7,083 213 123 - 1,067 5,164 15,569 812 1,291 34 963 2,116 77 2,872 2,828 - 14 - 30 5,938 339 1,120 57 5,614 4,254 213 110 - 9,353 8,038 62 74 - 1,037 1,180 9,631 14,857 624 996 20 451 2,009 28 4,456 4,294 - 27 - 135 7,120 114 1,049 9 4,897 3,744 62 46 - 1,045 7,737 338 960 19 1,142 2,916 12,177 4,407 7,770 12,266 5,932 6,334 - 609 41 - 568 110 933 117 - 816 235 15 220 103 16 87 2,405 1,148 1,256 2,438 1,326 1,112 72 8 39 - 32 8 35 28 17 28 18 - 2,325 1,109 1,217
 2,375 1,281 1,094 English & Non-Official Language Only 38,128 16,399 21,729 3,827 1,702 2,125 Other Two Languages Only 508 48 460 - Three or More Languages 10,737 5,267 5,470 2,311 English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only 463 101 268 44 195 57 96 - Other Three or More Languages 10,174 4,955 5,218 2,215 - 907 80 - 827 - 1,404 17 - 1,387 1,384 Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only Two Languages Only English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only 137 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 33 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group -continued Number Language Literate In Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females 55 - 64 Years 65 - 74 Years 75 - 84 Years 85 Years & Over Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only Two Languages Only English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only Three or More Languages English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages 13,402 7,350 6,052 5,591 3,286 2,304 1,756 Others 94 13,308 4,842 4,275 32 109 8 419 7,135 233 2,465 19 4,406 11 1,332 36 - 1,295 13 7,338 2,676 2,603 7 20 - 46 3,836 106 1,377 19 2,334 - 826 34 - 792 81 5,971 2,166 1,672 25 89 8 372 3,299 127 1,088 - 2,072 11 506 2 - 504 74 5,517 2,401 1,971 14 195 - 221 2,530 62 1,293 23 1,104 48 585 65 66 455 6 3,280 1,398 1,246 14 111 - 27 1,487 16 732 - 722 17 395 56 16 323 68 2,237 1,003 725 - 84 - 194 1,043 46 560 23 382 31 190 9 49 132 57 1,699 1,094 902 - 144 - 47 536 22 304 23 187 - 69 - - 69 788 13 774 402 376 - 25 - - 326 22 187 23 94 - 46 - - 46 968 43 925 692 525 - 119 - 47 210 - 117 - 93 - 23 - - 23 830 62 768 463 445 - 17 - - 251 4 136 7 103 - 55 - - 55 309 12 297 171 162 - 9 -
 - 117 4 46 - 67 - 8 - - 8 521 50 471 292 283 - 9 - - 133 - 90 7 36 - 46 - - 46 138 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 34 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Marital Status and Sex Number Language Literate In Total Males Total Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Single Married Widowed Divorced / Separated Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only 862,098 410,814 451,284 159,950 94,164 65,786 564,224 281,926 282,298 92,756 17,167 75,589 45,168 17,557 27,611 English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only Two Languages Only 2,259,548 1,117,708 1,141,840 845,787 423,290 422,497 1,276,431 649,489 626,942 44,615 11,268 33,347 92,715 33,662 59,053 English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only 2,255
129,285 77,614 58,146 6,129 41,099 26,952 2,255 36,516 31,193 3,874 Three or More Languages 238,235 110,780 127,454 71,213 28,050 43,163 155,634 79,252 76,382 English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 35 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Residential Status and Sex Language Literate In Total Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Singapore Citizens Permanent Residents Number Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only Two Languages Only English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only Three or More Languages English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages 366,838
CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 36 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Labour Force Status and Sex Number Language Literate In Total Total Males Females Total Total Males Labour Force Employed Unemployed Outside the Labour Force Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only 862,098 410,814 451,284 467,803 261,257 206,546 440,028 245,657 194,370 27,776 15,600 12,176 394,295 149,557 244,738 English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only 2,679
6,853 24,476 6,169 2,846 962 167 5,207 2,679 Two Languages Only 2,259,548 1,117,708 1,141,840 1,660,979 878,991 781,989 1,564,345 831,717 732,628 96,634 47,274 49,360 598,569 238,718 359,851 English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only Three or More Languages 238,235 110,780 127,454 193,724 96,805 96,919 184,525 92,655 91,869 9,199 4,150 5,049 44,511 13,975 30,535 English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 37 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Place of Birth and Sex Number Language Literate In Total Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Singapore Malaysia Mainland China Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only 862,098 410,814 451,284 615,572 320,901 294,671 119,167 English Only Chinese Only
 Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only Two Languages Only 2,259,548 1,117,708 1,141,840 1,825,404 920,336 905,068 165,935 English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only 1,584,180 465,744 123,308 78,208 8,107 777,171 239,460 62,471 35,781 2,825 807,009 226,284 60,837 42,427 5,282 Three or More Languages 238,235 110,780 127,454 English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages - - 30 100,648 100,263 44 - 47 294 2,723 249 - 2,474 17,004 621 16,372 5 - 6 42,163 41,982 26 - 14 140 1,058 125 - 933 38,315 822 37,469 - - 24 58,485 58,281 18 - 33 154 1,665 124 - 1,541 142 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 37 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Place of Birth and Sex Language Literate In Total India Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Indonesia Other Asian Countries / Regions -continued Number Females Europe Males 103,286 53,703 49,583 54,045 17,503 36,543 99,540 38,680 60,860 14,255 9,661 4,594 900 88 813 2,096 39 2,057 900 74 825 - 102,386 53,616 48,771 51,950 17,464 34,486 98,640 38,606 60,035 14,255 Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only English
 Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only 18,719 13,115 28 24 4,778 774 8,304 6,845 24 9 1,261 165 10,414 6,270 3 15 3,517 609 Two Languages Only 69,354 37,331 32,023 English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only Three or More Languages English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages 181 882 45,855 22,102 334 14,313 39 1,261 13,014 76 533 25,393 11,191 138 7,980 39 881 7,060 105 348 20,462 10,911 196 6,334 - 380 5,954 13,771 5,090 4,732 3,448 - 501 25,034 6,324 10,066 19 7,286 1,339 13,145 4,139 - 9,005 3,117 1,925 915 221 - 56 9,065 2,690 3,427 - 2,769 179 5,282 1,479 - 3,803 10,654 3,164 3,818 3,227 - 444 15,969 3,634 6,639 19 4,517 1,160 7,863 2,660 - 5,203 28,759 19,933 4,723 29 67 4,007 62,362 24,054 1,111 1,280 35,352 566 7,519 386 53 7,080 9,972 8,313 1,428 - - 63 5,776 1,022 225 38 4,473 17 2,947 102 - 2,845 - 9,661 3,928 3,883 - - - 44 - 4,594 1,604 1,543 17 24 - 19 3,758 2,019 468 123 - 3,149 17 1,975 85 - 1,891 554 102 38 1,325 - 972 17 - 954 143 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 37 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Place of Birth and Sex USA and Canada Australia and New Zealand Total 5,335 26 5,310 2,334 2,323 5 - - 6 2,598 1,935 72 71 519 - 378 37 - 340 Males 3,238 20 3,218 1,596 1,590 - - - 6 1,398 1,006 55 19 318 - 223 18 - 206 Females 2,097 6 2,091 738 733 5 - - - Total 3,610 25 3,585 2,135 2,135 - - - - 1,199 1,343 929 17 52 201 - 154 20 - 135 988 126 24 206 - 107 33 - 73 Males 2,114 - 2,114 1,404 1,404 - - - - 669 470 43 12 143 - 41 7 - 34 Females 1,496 25 1,471 731 731 - - - - 674 517 82 12 62 - 66 27 - 39 Total 2,309 22 2,287 791 772 19 - - - 1,094 228 35 23 794 13 402 3 - 399 -continued Number Females 1,084 22
 1,062 378 359 19 - - - 447 106 13 23 306 - 237 3 - 234 Others Males 1,225 - 1,225 413 413 - - - - 647 123 22 - 489 13 166 - - 166 Language Literate In Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only Two Languages Only English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only Three or More Languages English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages 144 Table 38 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Number Language Literate In Total Not Literate Literate Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females One Language Only 831,987 391,718 440,268 199,638 78,965 120,673 112,745 49,926 62,819 122,549 58,755 63,795 137,994 63,122 74,872 English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only Two Languages Only 1,987,820 984,846 1,002,974 40,096 19,822 20,275 56,361 27,599 28,762 125,656 64,630 61,026 341,223
 153,202 188,021 English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only 1,385,234 417,454 106,530 70,605 7,997 680,263 214,394 54,803 32,591 2,796 704,971 203,060 51,727 38,014 5,201 Three or More Languages 221,860 104,436 117,423 English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
145 Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only Table 38 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Literate In Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University -continued Number Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Two Languages Only 249,414 142,050 107,365 252,516 149,917 102,599 151,990 English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only Three or More Languages English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
146 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 39 Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Ethnic Group and Sex Language Literate In Total Chinese Malays Indians Others Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Not Literate Literate 318,658 158,529 160,129 225,975 113,432 112,544 46,997 24,211 22,786 34,345 15,636 18,709 11,341 5,250 6,091 443 227 217 323 162 161 47 16 31 60 49 11 14 - 14 318,214 158,302 159,912 225,652 113,270 112,382 46,950 24,195 22,754 34,285 15,587 18,698 11,327 5,250 6,077 Number One Language Only 30,112 19,096 11,016 20,579 14,052 English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only 29,139 18,738 10,401 19,883 13,788 672 183 71 47 258 73 11 15 414 110 59 32 672 - - 24 258 - - 6 6,527 6,095 414 - - 18 1,624 1,441 - 183 - - 846 773 - 73 - - 777 668 - 110 - - - - 71 - - - 11 - - - 59 - 4,546 4,476 2,262 2,251 2,285 2,225 3,362 3,340 1,936 1,926 1,427 1,413 Two Languages Only 271,728 132,862 138,865 195,920 95,485 100,434 42,431 22,228 20,203 27,252 12,496 14,755 198,946 96,909 102,037 194,376 94,927 99,449 699 261 438 English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only 48,290 16,778 7,603 110 25,067 23,224 7,668 3,190 29 9,110 4,413 81 Three or More Languages 16,375 6,344 10,031 English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages 4,135 531 11,709 1,776 187 4,382 2,359 344 7,327 923 - 546 75 9,153 3,552 - 330 - 228 - 3,733 1,549 - 593 - 318 75 5,421 2,004 - 41,622 21,953 19,669 13 80 17 - 4 11 13 76 7 1,531 4,618 16,750 4,334 18 2,895 1,121 1,775 2,487 382 - 102 - 279 - 118 531 5,601 2,184 3,417 2,514 1,019 1,495 1,838 678 2,230 7,659 1,911 18 829 59 187 583 854 2,388 9,091 2,423 - - - - 22 6,126 2,340 1,128 15 - - - 9 2,652 1,044 553 9 - - - 13 3,473 1,296 575 6 2,643 1,047 1,596 - 1,658 1,839 59 344 82 - 1,255 1,757 - 662 65 - 597 - 1,177 17 - 1,161 147 Table 40 Resident Students Aged
 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Level of Education Attending and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Literate In Total Total Males Females Total Primary Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Number Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only 318,658 158,529 160,129 443 227 217 318,214 158,302 159,912 30,112 29,139 672 183 71 47 19,096 18,738 258 73 11 15 11,016 10,401 414 110 59 32 Two Languages Only 271,728 132,862 138,865 English & Chinese Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only Three or More Languages English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages - - 51 45 6 - - - - - - - 349 205 144 110 104 - 6 - - 33 33 - - - - - - - - 235 165 70 52 40 12 - - - 18 12 6 - - - - - - - 74,456 38,286 36,171 56,663 30,021 26,642 73 21 52 - - - - 30,284 20,499 6,343 2,365 1,052 25 1,833 475 85 1,273 4,975 4,811 109 49 - 7 49,044 31,299 13,281 3,193 1,272 - 2,644 777 101 1,766 3,424 3,347 47 30 - - 25,532 15,799 7,658 1,586 490 - 1,064 322 44 698 1,551 1,464 61 19 - 7 23,512 15,500 5,623 1,607 782 - 1,580 454 57 1,068 148 Table 40 Resident Students Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Level of Education Attending and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Literate In Total Not Literate Literate One Language Only English Only Chinese Only Malay Only Tamil Only Non-Official Language Only Two Languages Only English & Chinese
 Only English & Malay Only English & Tamil Only English & Non-Official Language Only Other Two Languages Only Three or More Languages English, Chinese & Malay Only English, Malay & Tamil Only Other Three or More Languages Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Total 72,676 - 72,676 6,093 6,010 83 - - - 63,700 45,922 12,656 3,772 1,341 11 2,883 793 126 1,964 Males 37,812 - 37,812 4,492 4,454 38 - - - 32,203 23,410 6,381 1,863 538 11 1,118 277 45 795 Females 34,864 - 34,864 1,601 1,555 45 - - - 31,498 22,512 6,275 1,909 803 - 1,766 516 80 1,169 Total 11,593 - 11,593 1,840 1,644 146 9 41 - 9,254 5,517 2,592 862 233 49 498 207 34 257 Males Females 5,296 - 5,296 942 908 25 9 - - 4,240 2,635 1,193 323 89 - 114 30 7 76 6,298 - 6,298 898 736 121 - 41 - 5,015 2,882 1,399 539 144 49 385 177 26 181 Total 102,685 - 102,685 7,771 7,624 108 8 - 31 87,518 74,312 6,309 4,304 2,585 7 7,396 1,387 155 5,854 University Males 46,765 - 46,765 4,859 4,776 69 8 - 6 38,978 33,680 2,732 1,614 953 - 2,928 651 59 2,218 -continued Number Females 55,920 - 55,920 2,912 2,848 39 - - 25 48,539 40,633 3,577 2,690 1,632 7 4,468 736 96 3,636 149 Table 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 Total 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 Number Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language English & Other Language Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects Hokkien1/ Hokkien Only Hokkien & English Hokkien & Mandarin Teochew1/ Teochew Only Teochew & English Teochew & Mandarin 3,596,284 200,512 204,538 217,210 237,114 270,550 280,904 276,706 273,829 286,039 270,864 1,735,242 151,292 150,654 149,149 149,810 152,671 143,839 134,314 137,551 134,077 111,709 229,429
- 16 19 24 - 24 - 18,170 95,241 1,060 21,520 7,475 4,000 3,188 30,693 4,294 25,395 911 501 122 21 - 101 31 7 - 24 19,986 90,703 1,941 22,033 7,422 3,610 3,454 38,694 6,518 29,797 2,328 1,062 348 60 138 144 171 - Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
150 Table 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Cantonese1/ Cantonese Only Cantonese & English Cantonese & Mandarin Other Chinese Dialects1/ Other Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages1/ Other Language & English Total 5-9 10-14 15-19 20- 25-29 Total 1,614 269 678 661 153 133 30,542 3,561 26,848 5,021 4,190 518 3,584 832 646 950 645 Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 -continued Number CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 Total 75-79 80-84 85 & Over -continued Number Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language English & Other Language Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects Hokkien1/ Hokkien Only Hokkien & English Hokkien & Mandarin Teochew1/ Teochew Only Teochew & English Teochew & Mandarin Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
152 Table 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home 55-59 60-64 65-69 Cantonese1/ Cantonese Only Cantonese & English Cantonese & Mandarin Other Chinese Dialects1/ Other Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages1/ Other Language & English -continued Number 75-79 80-84 85 & Over - 70-74 Total 9,705 2,952 1,852 4,621 1,978 1,293 14,678 8,182 6,226 3,935 3,562 1,110 2,115 373 281 281 152 Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
153 Table 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 Chinese 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 Total English1/ English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects Hokkien1/ Hokkien Only Hokkien & English Hokkien & Mandarin Teochew1/ Teochew Only Teochew & English Teochew & Mandarin - - - 12,153 91,640 1,044 610 30,596 4,275 25,338 901 484 116 21 - - 95 31 7 24 14,325 88,252 1,902 903 38,559 6,518 29,662 2,328 1,062 348 60 138 144 171 - Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
154 Table 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Cantonese1/ Cantonese Only Cantonese & English Cantonese & Mandarin Other Chinese Dialects1/ Other Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Other Languages2/ Total 5-9 10-14 15-19 20- 25-29 Chinese 1,603 269 667 661 153 133 792 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50- Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.
155 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 Chinese 75-79 80-84 85 & Over -continued Number Total English1/ English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects Hokkien1/ Hokkien Only Hokkien & English Hokkien & Mandarin Teochew1/ Teochew Only Teochew & English Teochew & Mandarin Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
156 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home 55-59 60-64 65-69 Cantonese1/ Cantonese Only Cantonese & English Cantonese & Mandarin Other Chinese Dialects1/ Other Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Other Languages2/ 6,579 1,567 1,968 2,869 1,476 908 846 8,182 1,800 2,570 3,480 1,573 739 594 8,385 2,192 2,015 3,891 1,540 885 413 70-74 Chinese 9,705 2,952 1,852 4,621 1,978 1,293 386 -continued Number 75-79 80-84 85 & Over 7,235 2,609 887 3,522 1,428 998 219 6,756 2,796 598 3,021 2,065 1,210 193 6,307 3,507 526 1,797 2,708 865 290 Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.
157 Table 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 Total English1/ English Only English & Malay Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Other Languages2/ -continued Number 25-29 Malays 49,397 21,505 816 20,504 27,767 3,263 24,487 124 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50- Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.
158 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group -continued Number Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 Malays 75-79 80-84 85 & Over Total English1/ English Only English & Malay Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Other Languages2/ - - - Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.
159 Table 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 Total English1/ English Only English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language Malay1/ Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages2/ 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 -continued Number 25-29 Indians 22,557 15,710 2,291 2,593 7,774 2,410 1,767 1,474 4,998 4,172 501 3,584 826 640 83 Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.
160 Table 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 Indians 75-79 80-84 85 & Over Total English1/ English Only English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language Malay1/ Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages2/ - - Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.
161 Table 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Malay English & Other Language2/ Mandarin Malay Other Languages2/ 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 -continued Number 25-29 Others 5,402 3,851 1,158 534 914 1,245 466 446 639 Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
2/ Not elsewhere included.
162 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 41 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home 55-59 60-64 65-69 Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Malay English & Other Language2/ Mandarin Malay Other Languages2/ 7,283 4,800 2,217 263 649 1,670 156 511 1,815 4,601 3,278 1,656 172 381 1,069 62 364 897 2,939 2,119 1,163 51 284 621 26 336 457 -continued Number 75-79 80-84 85 & Over 872 624 369 37 105 113 148 100 - 678 521 341 7 134 38 19 69 69 604 503 320 4 121 57 - 91 11 70-74 Others 1,893 1,351 710 10 202 428 22 310 210 Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
2/ Not elsewhere included.
163 Table 42 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Ethnic Group and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total Males Total Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Chinese Malays Indians Others Total English Number English Only English & Mandarin 229,429 124,022 105,406 161,213 86,886 74,327 973,515 479,517 493,998 955,664 471,427 484,237 English & Chinese Dialect 125,507 63,830 61,676 124,248 61,017 9,416 2,229 93 5,072 934 4 4,344 1,294 88 233,779 112,825 120,954 16,499 8,395 180,932 86,282 94,650 English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language English & Other Language Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect 301,328 139,882 161,446 300,856 139,843 161,014 Chinese Dialects1/ 313,258 146,384 166,874 312,671 146,242 166,430 Chinese Dialect Only Chinese Dialect & English Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English - 53 - 59 19 21 20 53 - 53 - 2,502 10,643 4,678 5,965 166 13,127 44,450 22,533 717 144 - 109 35 - - - - - 416 39 6 23 10 57 18 - Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
164 Table 42 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Ethnic Group and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total Males Total Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Chinese Malays Indians Others Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages1/ 113,764 55,570 58,194 89,946 14,582 72,428 23,818 18,872 44,076 5,725 37,123 11,494 9,406 45,870 8,857 35,305 12,323 9,466 26,592 12,181 14,411 Other Language & English 19,945 9,429 10,516 113 113 8 70 - - 16 16 - 16 - - 97 97 8 54 - - 4,285 3,013 2,020 1,412 2,265 1,601 103 66 17 17 37 20 809 602 - - - - - - - 31 266 250 57 20 37 311 226 20,808 9,454 11,354 15,791 7,476 8,316 -continued Number Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
165 Table 43 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Residential Status and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Singapore Citizens Permanent Residents Number Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total Total Males Females Total Males Females Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language English & Other Language Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects Hokkien1/ Hokkien Only Hokkien & English Hokkien & Mandarin Teochew1/ Teochew Only Teochew & English Teochew & Mandarin Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
Total 444,112 166,002 32,954 50,575 11,011 9,973 13,438 21,276 26,775 178,004 58,062 84,136 33,364 19,353 6,075 1,179 998 3,578 969 200 98 567 Males 189,134 76,363 17,051 21,897 5,183 4,122 6,770 9,991 11,349 67,829 20,922 32,834 13,544 8,348 2,511 477 441 1,448 362 62 67 158 Females 254,977 89,639 15,903 28,678 5,829 5,850 6,668 11,285 15,426 110,175 37,140 51,302 19,820 11,005 3,564 703 557 2,129 608 138 31 409 166 Table 43 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Residential Status and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Cantonese1/ Cantonese Only Cantonese & English Cantonese & Mandarin Other Chinese Dialects1/ Other Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages1/ Other Language & English Total 79,216 21,423 19,495 35,467 17,359 9,657 332,256 79,278 250,223 113,764 89,946 14,582 72,428 23,818 18,872 26,592 19,945 Total Males 35,760 9,141 10,054 15,416 7,359 4,210 164,796 33,721 130,131 55,570 44,076 5,725 37,123 11,494 9,406 12,181 9,429 Singapore Citizens Permanent Residents -continued Number Females 43,456 12,281 9,441 20,051 10,000 5,446 167,460 45,557 120,093 58,194 45,870 8,857 35,305 12,323 9,466 14,411 10,516 Total 68,854 19,570 16,088 30,646 15,413 8,475 320,740 74,921 243,670 66,161 56,320 9,984 44,291 9,841 7,437 4,958 3,818 Males 31,074 8,441 8,335 13,270 6,571 3,717 161,706 32,790 128,191 31,489 27,026 3,955 22,332 4,463 3,487 2,758 2,163 Females 37,780 11,129 7,753 17,376 8,842 4,759 159,034 42,131 115,479 34,672 29,294 6,029 21,959 5,378 3,950 2,200 1,654 Total 10,362 1,852 3,408 4,822 1,947 1,181 11,516 4,356 6,553 47,603 33,626 4,598 28,137 13,977 11,435 21,635 16,127 Males Females Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
167 Table 44 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Type of Dwelling and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total Total 1- and 2-Room Flats3/ HDB Dwellings 3-Room Flats 4-Room Flats Total 5-Room and Executive Flats Condominium and Other Apartments Landed Properties Others Number Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language English & Other Language Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects Hokkien1/ Hokkien Only Hokkien & English Hokkien & Mandarin Teochew1/ Teochew Only Teochew & English Teochew & Mandarin - 80 2,293 609 965 719 679 339 66 55 218 86 37 12 37 Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

3/ Includes HDB studio apartments.
168 Table 44 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Type of Dwelling and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Cantonese1/ Cantonese Only Cantonese & English Cantonese & Mandarin Other Chinese Dialects1/ Other Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages1/ Other Language & English Total 79,216 21,423 19,495 35,467 17,359 9,657 332,256 79,278 250,223 113,764 89,946 14,582 72,428 23,818 18,872 26,592 19,945 Total 67,524 19,351 13,783 31,791 15,004 8,571 326,441 78,619 245,278 98,312 81,624 13,855 65,183 16,689 13,082 17,723 13,560 1- and 2-Room Flats3/ HDB Dwellings 3-Room Flats 4-Room Flats 5-Room and Executive Flats Condominium and Other Apartments Landed Properties Others -continued Number Total - 12 139 43 58 22 36 65 28 18 10 36 24 131 83 Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

3/ Includes HDB studio apartments.
169 Table 44 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Type of Dwelling and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total Total 1- and 2-Room Flats3/ HDB Dwellings 3-Room Flats 4-Room Flats 5-Room and Executive Flats Condominium and Other Apartments Landed Properties Others Total English1/ English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects Hokkien1/ Hokkien Only Hokkien & English Hokkien & Mandarin Teochew1/ Teochew Only Teochew & English Teochew & Mandarin Chinese Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

3/ Includes HDB studio apartments.
170 Table 44 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Type of Dwelling and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Cantonese1/ Cantonese Only Cantonese & English Cantonese & Mandarin Other Chinese Dialects1/ Other Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Other Languages2/ Total 79,092 21,396 19,475 35,434 17,336 9,657 9,797 Total 67,418 19,328 13,763 31,762 14,981 8,571 7,123 1- and 2-Room Flats3/ HDB Dwellings 3-Room Flats 4-Room Flats 5-Room and Executive Flats Condominium and Other Apartments Landed Properties Others 4,062 1,880 470 1,475 618 272 661 19,054 6,256 2,593 9,514 4,104 2,155 1,572 Chinese - 12 139 43 16 Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.

3/ Includes HDB studio apartments.
171 Table 44 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Type of Dwelling and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total English1/ English Only English & Malay Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Other Languages2/ Total 496,659 193,870 9,416 180,932 301,445 72,819 227,674 1,344 Total 479,563 180,810 8,164 170,129 297,546 72,373 224,227 1,207 1- and 2-Room Flats3/ HDB Dwellings 3-Room Flats 4-Room Flats 5-Room and Executive Flats Condominium and Other Apartments Landed Properties Others 56,551 16,766 623 15,948 39,540 12,860 26,509 246 89,241 28,993 1,767 26,832 59,898 19,060 40,461 350 Malays - 56 58 22 36 - Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.

3/ Includes HDB studio apartments.
172 Table 44 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Type of Dwelling and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total English1/ English Only English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language Malay1/ Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages2/ Total 327,681 194,145 29,691 26,785 87,268 43,338 19,706 14,429 112,883 89,680 14,537 72,273 23,204 18,376 947 Total 261,606 144,111 18,979 23,111 74,736 22,867 19,164 13,967 97,561 81,367 13,810 65,039 16,193 12,671 770 1- and 2-Room Flats3/ HDB Dwellings 3-Room Flats 4-Room Flats 5-Room and Executive Flats Condominium and Other Apartments Landed Properties Others -continued Number Indians - 22 - - - 65 28 18 10 36 24 - Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.

3/ Includes HDB studio apartments.
173 Table 44 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Type of Dwelling and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Malay English & Other Language2/ Mandarin Malay Other Languages2/ Total 113,566 80,767 29,108 10,643 9,562 31,454 5,197 5,706 21,896 Total 74,958 49,976 15,262 6,112 7,811 20,792 4,824 5,480 14,678 1- and 2-Room Flats3/ HDB Dwellings 3-Room Flats 4-Room Flats 5-Room and Executive Flats Condominium and Other Apartments Landed Properties Others 3,046 1,993 721 235 771 265 315 615 124 15,340 9,300 3,218 1,005 1,180 3,897 1,640 1,262 3,137 Others - 64 - - 115 Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
2/ Not elsewhere included.

3/ Includes HDB studio apartments.
174 Table 45 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Place of Birth and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Singapore Malaysia Mainland China Number 3,596,284 1,750,789 1,845,495 2,778,200 1,404,592 1,373,608 375,580 161,061 214,519 156,375 58,658 97,717 Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language English & Other Language Mandarin1/ 1,075,172 508,837 566,335 721,790 372,172 349,617 203,374 Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects Hokkien1/ Hokkien Only Hokkien & English Hokkien & Mandarin Teochew1/ Teochew Only Teochew & English Teochew & Mandarin Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
- - - - - - 10 45,296 17,058 21,563 6,583 7,284 2,152 664 41 1,376 1,530 645 24 826 9,683 761 8,501 382 - - - 39 77,168 33,797 32,356 10,812 10,773 2,749 1,283 9 1,362 2,650 1,567 31 978 175 Table 45 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Place of Birth and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Singapore Malaysia Mainland China -continued Number Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Cantonese1/ Cantonese Only Cantonese & English Cantonese & Mandarin Other Chinese Dialects1/ Other Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Total 79,216 21,423 19,495 35,467 17,359 9,657 Total Males Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages1/ Other Language & English Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
- - - - - - 133 18 1,954 637 280 985 1,648 1,019 36 23 14 - - - - - - 40 6 2,721 1,233 307 1,069 2,653 1,311 - - - - - - - - - 93 13 176 Table 45 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Place of Birth and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total India Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Indonesia Other Asian Countries / Regions -continued Number Females Others Males Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language English & Other Language Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects Hokkien1/ Hokkien Only Hokkien & English Hokkien & Mandarin Teochew1/ Teochew Only Teochew & English Teochew & Mandarin 108,979 54,819 54,160 50,389 16,044 34,345 98,506 38,567 59,939 28,256 17,049 11,208 45,796 4,522 130 47 399 15,172 25,291 236 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23,196 2,779 71 20 256 7,895 12,038 137 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22,600 1,743 58 27 143 7,277 13,254 99 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24 - - - - - 389 74 315 - 75 16 - 16 - - - - - 347 38 280 30 91 30 - 8 - - - - - Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
177 Table 45 Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Place of Birth and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total India Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Indonesia Other Asian Countries / Regions Cantonese1/ Cantonese Only Cantonese & English Cantonese & Mandarin Other Chinese Dialects1/ Other Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages1/ Other Language & English - - - - - - 224 32 93 62,735 44,551 7,450 36,009 18,184 14,324 224 138 - - - - - - 66 11 45 31,477 22,620 2,688 19,364 8,857 7,204 79 55 - - - - - - 158 21 47 31,257 21,930 4,762 16,644 9,327 7,120 145 84 250 50 49 128 152 125 8,574 2,909 5,013 17 - - - 17 - 38 - 14 24 38 35 2,190 452 1,527 - - - - - - 211 50 35 104 115 90 6,383 2,457 3,486 17 - - - 17 - 2,599 1,943 1,079 830 1,520 1,113 Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
-continued Number Females Others Males 58 - 58 - - - 69 - 69 61 22 - 22 38 38 55 12 16 26 6 - 48 10 38 234 124 10 114 110 103 113 12 75 26 6 - 117 10 107 295 147 10 137 148 141 10,301 7,450 2,261 1,745 1,109 862 1,153 882 178 Table 46 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Labour Force Status and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total Total Males Females Total Total Males Labour Force Employed Unemployed Outside the Labour Force Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language English & Other Language Number 1,014,303 478,233 536,070 728,611 376,028 352,582 694,971
 359,153 335,818 33,640 16,876 16,764 285,693 102,205 183,488 Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects Hokkien1/ Hokkien Only Hokkien & English Hokkien & Mandarin Teochew1/ Teochew Only Teochew & English Teochew & Mandarin Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English 179 Table 46 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Labour Force Status and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total Cantonese1/ Cantonese Only Cantonese & English Cantonese & Mandarin Other Chinese Dialects1/ Other Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Total Males Females Total 78,453 21,385 18,945 35,303 17,268 9,647 35,298 9,104 9,739 15,318 7,284 4,201 43,154 12,281 9,206 19,985 9,984 5,446 38,760 7,272 11,792 18,517 7,438 4,501 Labour Force Employed Unemployed Outside the Labour Force Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males -continued Number Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages1/ 24,654 11,392 13,262 18,165 Other Language & English 18,346 8,736 9,610 13,635 Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
180 Table 47 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language English & Other Language Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects Hokkien1/ Hokkien Only Hokkien & English Hokkien & Mandarin Teochew1/ Teochew Only Teochew & English Teochew & Mandarin Notes: Number Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
181 Table 47 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Cantonese1/ Cantonese Only Cantonese & English Cantonese & Mandarin Other Chinese Dialects1/ Other Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females -continued Number - Other Languages1/ 22,715 10,512 12,203 Other Language & English 16,641 7,975 8,666 Notes: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
182 Table 47 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Total Males Females Total Males Females Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Males Females Total -continued Number University Total Males Females Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language English & Other Language Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects Hokkien1/ Hokkien Only Hokkien & English Hokkien & Mandarin Teochew1/ Teochew Only Teochew & English Teochew & Mandarin Notes: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
183 Table 47 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Cantonese1/ Cantonese Only Cantonese & English Cantonese & Mandarin Other Chinese Dialects1/ Other Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages1/ Other Language & English Notes: Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Total 5,831 1,196 1,720 2,726 1,490 958 57,709 8,476 48,970 8,291 7,323 1,100 6,012 968 682 1,133 720 Males 3,248 805 906 1,416 724 435 35,671 5,746 29,748 4,785 4,325 644 3,552 460 282 484 383 Females Total Males 2,210 Females Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Males Females Total -continued Number University Males Females Total 13,053 1,773 6,373 4,743 2,098 1,209 17,828 1,405 16,079 39,491 26,443 2,759 23,084 13,047 10,868 16,346 12,605 Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
184 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 48 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Ethnic Group Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Number University Total English1/ English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects Hokkien1/ Hokkien Only Hokkien & English Hokkien & Mandarin Teochew1/ Teochew Only Teochew & English Teochew & Mandarin Notes: Chinese Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
185 Table 48 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary 77,547 21,291 18,435 35,053 17,096 9,556 8,899 21,285 10,064 736 9,393 6,098 3,113 818 7,310 2,194 646 4,172 1,868 1,109 328 9,344 2,232 1,842 4,992 1,825 1,236 612 Chinese 12,276 2,365 3,898 5,465 2,468 1,235 861 Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma 5,827 1,196 1,720 2,721 1,490 958 631 3,451 663 1,191 1,466 447 256 419 5,020 807 2,040 2,105 806 440 417 -continued Number University 13,034 1,770 6,362 4,738 2,094 1,209 4,814 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Cantonese1/ Cantonese Only Cantonese & English Cantonese & Mandarin Other Chinese Dialects1/ Other Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Other Languages2/ Notes: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.
186 Table 48 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Total English1/ English Only English & Malay Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Other Languages2/ Notes: Malays -continued Number University 38,983 23,945 1,427 21,743 14,590 1,143 13,390 449 Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.
187 Table 48 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Total English1/ English Only English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language Malay1/ Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages2/ Notes: Indians Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.
-continued Number University 99,751 59,358 9,465 4,850 21,492 21,520 911 829 39,198 26,394 2,745 23,050 12,805 10,642 283 188 Table 48 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Malay English & Other Language2/ Mandarin Malay Other Languages2/ Notes: Others Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.

2/ Not elsewhere included.
-continued Number University 45,191 31,393 11,631 1,761 1,665 16,336 287 378 13,134 189 Table 49 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Number Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language English & Other Language Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects1/ Chinese Dialect Only Chinese Dialect & English Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Total Pre-Primary Primary Secondary Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females - - Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
190 Table 49 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages1/ Other Language & English Total Pre-Primary Primary Secondary Total 50,270 3,997 46,202 22,341 17,628 1,475 16,039 4,713 3,921 3,803 3,243 Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
191 Table 49 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language English & Other Language Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects1/ Chinese Dialect Only Chinese Dialect & English Chinese Dialect & Mandarin - - - Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
192 Table 49 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Sex CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 -continued Number Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages1/ Other Language & English Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.
193 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 50 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Ethnic Group Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total Pre-Primary Primary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non- Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Chinese Number University Total English1/ English Only English & Mandarin English & Chinese Dialect English & Malay Mandarin1/ Mandarin Only Mandarin & English Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Chinese Dialects1/ Chinese Dialect Only Chinese Dialect & English Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Other Languages2/ Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.
194 Table 50 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total Pre-Primary Primary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non- Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Malays Total English1/ English Only English & Malay Malay1/ Malay Only Malay & English Other Languages2/ 112,128 10,286 65,641 3,619 60,294 46,394 3,821 42,573 93 6,916 795 5,986 3,370 325 3,044 - Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.
-continued Number University 5,900 2,971 108 2,766 2,929 359 2,570 - - 195 Table 50 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total Pre-Primary Primary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non- Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Indians -continued Number University Total English1/ English Only English & Malay English & Tamil English & Other Indian Language Malay1/ Malay & English Indian Languages Tamil1/ Tamil Only Tamil & English Other Indian Languages1/ Other Indian Language & English Other Languages2/ - - - 9,576 6,736 1,146 594 2,648 2,107 283 272 2,537 1,899 82 1,775 638 508 20 Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
1/ Data include other categories of language second most frequently spoken at home which are not shown.

2/ Not elsewhere included.
196 Table 50 Resident Students Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Level of Education Attending and Ethnic Group CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Total Pre-Primary Primary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non- Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Others Total English English Only English & Mandarin English & Malay English & Other Language2/ Mandarin Malay Other Languages2/ Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
2/ Not elsewhere included.
-continued Number University 2,781 2,247 728 414 235 870 20 73 440 197 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 51 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Religion and Sex Number Age Group (Years) Total No Religion Buddhism Taoism1/ Islam Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 3,459,093 1,663,560 1,795,534 692,528 356,071 336,457 1,074,159 512,493 561,666 303,960 149,247 154,713 539,251 263,134 276,117 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over 1/ 'Taoism' includes Chinese Traditional Beliefs.
198 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 51 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Religion and Sex -continued Number Age Group (Years) Hinduism Sikhism Christianity Catholic Other Christians Other Religions Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 172,963 86,414 86,548 12,051 6,196 5,855 242,681 106,084 136,597 411,674 179,298 232,376 9,827 4,623 5,204 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 & Over CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 52 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Ethnic Group and Sex Religion Total Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Chinese Malays Males Females Total Males Females Total Indians Others
 Males Number Females Total 3,459,093 1,663,560 1,795,534 2,606,881 1,248,962 1,357,919 447,747 216,363 231,383 299,056 150,541 148,515 105,410 47,693 57,717 No Religion 692,528 356,071 336,457 669,097 343,164 325,933 1,640 709 931 6,443 3,841 2,602 15,347 8,357 6,990 With Religion 2,766,566 1,307,489 1,459,077 1,937,784 905,798 1,031,986 446,107 215,655 230,452 292,612 146,700 145,912 90,063 39,336 50,726 Buddhism Taoism1/ Islam Hinduism Sikhism Christianity Catholic Other Christians - Other Religions 9,827 4,623 5,204 7,292 3,299 3,993 1/ 'Taoism' includes Chinese Traditional Beliefs.
200 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 53 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Marital Status and Sex Religion Total Total Males Females Total Single Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Total 3,459,093 1,663,560 1,795,534 1,090,666 553,216 537,450 2,035,393 1,023,279 1,012,114 183,224 32,207 151,017 149,811 54,858 94,953 No Religion 692,528 356,071 336,457 271,921 143,687 128,234 374,015 195,721 178,294 18,597 5,071 13,526 27,994 11,591 16,403 With Religion 2,766,566 1,307,489 1,459,077 818,745 409,529 409,216 1,661,378 827,558 833,820 164,626 27,136 137,491 121,817 43,267 78,550 Number Buddhism Taoism1/ Islam Hinduism Sikhism Christianity Catholic Other Christians Other Religions 9,827 4,623 5,204 3,071 1/ 'Taoism' includes Chinese Traditional Beliefs.
201 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 54 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Residential Status and Sex Religion Total Total Males 3,459,093 1,663,560 Females 1,795,534 Total Males 2,998,951 1,466,172 Females 1,532,779 Singapore Citizens Permanent Residents Number Total No Religion With Religion Buddhism Taoism1/ Islam Hinduism Sikhism Christianity Catholic Other Christians Other Religions 1/ 'Taoism' includes Chinese Traditional Beliefs.
Total 460,142 102,650 357,492 155,839 22,460 24,226 57,960 1,291 93,840 45,994 47,846 1,877 Males Females 197,388 43,809 153,579 62,692 9,781 9,029 30,586 551 40,051 20,224 19,827 889 262,755 58,842 203,913 93,147 12,680 15,197 27,374 740 53,788 25,770 28,019 988 202 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 55 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Religion and Sex Number Type of Dwelling Total HDB Dwellings 1- and 2-Room Flats2/ 3-Room Flats 4-Room Flats 5-Room and Executive Flats Total No Religion Buddhism Taoism1/ Islam Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Condominiums and Other Apartments 500,383 236,645 263,738 149,164 75,162 74,002 121,365 55,744 65,621 27,207 13,239 13,967 16,314 8,002 8,312 Landed Properties Bungalows Semi-Detached Bungalows Terrace Houses Others 1/ 'Taoism' includes Chinese Traditional Beliefs.
2/ Includes HDB studio apartments.
203 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 55 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Religion and Sex Type of Dwelling Hinduism Sikhism Christianity Catholic Other Christians Other Religions -continued Number Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females 172,963 86,414 86,548 12,051 6,196 5,855 242,681 106,084 136,597 411,674 179,298 232,376 9,827 4,623 5,204 Total HDB Dwellings 1- and 2-Room Flats2/ 3-Room Flats 4-Room Flats 5-Room & Executive Flats 133,533 66,580 66,953 7,287 25,655 53,408 47,183 3,502 12,620 26,943 23,515 3,785 13,035 26,464 23,668 Condominiums and Other Apartments 32,292 16,290 16,002 Landed Properties Bungalows Semi-Detached Bungalows Terrace Houses Others 2/ Includes HDB studio apartments.
- - 204 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 56 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Place of Birth and Sex Religion Total Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Singapore Malaysia Males Number Mainland China Females Total Males Females Total No Religion With Religion Buddhism Taoism1/ Islam Hinduism Sikhism Christianity Catholic Other Christians Other Religions - 16,480 3,664 12,816 234 39,706 21,145 12,369 3,807 82 - - 4,834 980 3,853 53 56,775 47,578 28,920 6,696 128 7 - 11,646 2,684 8,963 181 1/ 'Taoism' includes Chinese Traditional Beliefs.
205 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 56 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Place of Birth and Sex Religion Total India Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Indonesia Other Asian Countries / Regions -continued Number Females Europe Males Total No Religion With Religion Buddhism Taoism1/ Islam Hinduism Sikhism Christianity Catholic Other Christians Other Religions 103,286 53,703 49,583 54,045 17,503 36,543 1,957 1,234 724 101,329 52,470 48,860 67 - 13,712 75,349 2,253 9,239 5,401 3,839 709 67 - 7,404 39,155 948 4,492 2,592 1,901 403 - - - 722 273 104 6,879 3,414 3,465 201 9,661 4,142 5,519 273 - 444 88 60 4,517 2,176 2,341 137 4,594 1,469 3,125 193 - 277 185 44 2,361 1,237 1,124 64 1/ 'Taoism' includes Chinese Traditional Beliefs.
206 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 56 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Place of Birth and Sex Religion Total No Religion With Religion Buddhism Taoism1/ Islam Hinduism Sikhism Christianity Catholic Other Christians Other Religions Total 5,335 1,782 3,554 245 104 138 318 36 2,570 1,020 1,550 143 USA and Canada Australia and New Zealand Males 3,238 1,147 2,091 127 45 117 116 - 1,566 585 982 119 Females 2,097 634 1,463 119 58 21 202 36 1,004 435 569 23 Total 3,610 1,333 2,277 290 3 182 61 - 1,691 652 1,039 50 Males 2,114 834 1,280 164 - 106 26 - 951 305 646 32 Females 1,496 499 997 126 3 76 35 - 739 347 392 17 Total 2,309 476 1,834 92 51 230 263 9 1,171 698 473 17 Others Males 1,225 301 925 47 - 165 75 4 624 412 212 10 1/ 'Taoism' includes Chinese Traditional Beliefs.
-continued Number Females 1,084 175 909 45 51 65 189 5 547 286 260 7 207 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 57 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex Religion Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 3,140,436 1,505,031 1,635,405 333,821 120,584 213,237 173,912 80,080 93,832 258,136 128,526 129,611 505,564 227,613 277,952 No Religion 611,415 314,926 296,489 34,600 15,896 18,704 18,671 9,910 8,761 35,383 19,324 16,058 78,956 37,688 41,267 With Religion 2,529,020 1,190,105 1,338,915 299,221 104,688 194,533 155,241 70,170 85,071 222,754 109,201 113,552 426,609 189,924 236,684 Buddhism Taoism1/ Islam Hinduism Sikhism Christianity Catholic Other Christians Other Religions Number Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
1/ 'Taoism' includes Chinese Traditional Beliefs.
208 CENSUS OF POPULATION 2020 Table 57 Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex -continued Number Religion Total No Religion With Religion Buddhism Taoism1/ Islam Hinduism Sikhism Christianity Catholic Other Christians Other Religions Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Note: Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
1/ 'Taoism' includes Chinese Traditional Beliefs.

209 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 Census reference date of 30 June 2020.

Ethnic / Detailed Ethnic Group Ethnic group is obtained from administrative sources and as declared by the person.
The population is classified into the following four categories: Chinese Malays Indians This refers to persons of Chinese origin such as Hokkiens, Teochews, Cantonese, Hakkas, Hainanese, Foochows, Henghuas, Shanghainese, Hockchias, etc.

This includes persons of Malay or Indonesian origin, such as Javanese, Boyanese, etc.

This includes persons of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi or Sri Lankan origin such as Tamils, Malayalees, Hindis, Sikhs, etc.
Other Ethnic Groups This comprises all persons other than Chinese, Malays and Indians.

They include Eurasians, Caucasians, Fillipinos, Burmese, Arabs, Thais 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.

213 Sex Ratio Sex ratio refers to the number of males per 1,000 females in the population.
Age Dependency Ratio The old-age dependency ratio is defined as the number of elderly person aged 65 years and over for every 100 persons aged 20-64 years.

The child dependency ratio is defined as the number of persons aged below 20 years for every 100 persons aged 20-64 years.

Marital Status Marital status refers to a person's conjugal status in relation to the marriage laws or customs in Singapore.

Single Married Widowed This refers to persons who have never been married.
This refers to persons who are legally married or married according to customary rites.

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 Number of children born refers to all the live-born children each woman 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.

214 Religion Religion refers to the religious faith or spiritual belief of a person regardless of whether he/she regularly attends religious ceremonies in a temple, mosque, church or other religious building.
He/she may or may not practise his/her faith or belief.

It is as declared by the person.

EDUCATION, LITERACY AND LANGUAGE Literacy (Language Literate In) This refers to a person’s ability to read with understanding, e.g.

a newspaper, in the language(s) specified.

Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home Language most / second most frequently spoken at home refers to the language or dialect that a person uses most / second most frequently at home when speaking to other household member(s).
For persons who are staying alone, it refers to the language(s)/dialect(s) he/she uses most / second most frequently.

Level of Education Attending Level of education attending refers to the grade or standard of formal education which a student aged 5 years and over is attending.
The classification of level of education attending into the following main categories is based on the Singapore Standard Educational Classification 2020 : Pre-Primary Primary Secondary This refers kindergartens or pre-primary classes.

to students attending nurseries, This refers to students attending Primary 1 to 6 and special classes for the educationally sub-normal.
This refers to students attending Secondary 1 to 5 or courses of secondary in the vocational, technical and commercial education institutions, Institute of Technical Education (ITE) Skills Certificate courses.
level offered including 215 Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma This refers to students attending Pre-university classes and junior colleges or other courses at post- secondary level, including fifth or sixth year of the Integrated Programme, National ITE Certificate (Nitec), Higher Nitec and Master Nitec.
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.
This refers to students attending courses leading to the award of professional qualification and other diploma, including 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), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

University This refers to students attending degree or post- graduate courses in universities.
Highest Qualification Attained Highest qualification attained refers to the highest grade or standard a person has passed or the highest level where a vocational/skill certificate, diploma, or degree is awarded.
The classification of highest qualification attained into the following main categories is based on the Singapore Standard Educational Classification 2020: No Qualification This refers to persons who have never attended school, 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.
216 Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) This refers to persons who have PSLE or other certificate of equivalent standard, or have Certificate in BEST 4 or at least 3 achievements1 for different Workplace Literacy or Numeracy (WPLN) skills at Level 1 or 2. of (GCE) This refers to persons who have secondary education without any subject pass at General Normal Education Certificate (‘N’)/Ordinary (‘O’) Level or equivalent, or have Certificate through Secondary Education (WISE) 1-3, or basic vocational certificates (including ITE Basic Vocational Training), or at least 3 achievements for different WPLN skills at Level 3 or 4.
Improvement in Worker This refers to persons who have at least 1 subject pass at GCE ‘N’ / ‘O’ Level, or have National ITE Certificate (Nitec) (Intermediate) or equivalent (including National Technical Certificate (NTC) Grade 3, Certificate of Vocational Training, BCA Builder Certificate), or have ITE Skills Certificate (ISC) or equivalent (including Certificate of Competency, Certificate in Service Skills) or at least 3 achievements for different WPLN skills at Level 5 and above.
This refers to persons who have at least 1 subject pass at GCE ‘A’/’H2’ Level or other certificates/ qualifications of equivalent standard.
It also includes those who have Nitec (including Post Nitec Certificate, Specialist Nitec, Certificate in Office Skills, NTC Grade 2, National Certificate in Nursing, BCA Advanced Builder Certificate), or have Higher Nitec (including Certificate in Business Skills, Industrial Technician Certificate and other polytechnic certificates), or Master Nitec (including NTC Grade 1).
This group also includes Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) Certificate/Higher Certificate/Advanced Certificate or equivalent, 1 These refer to both WSQ Statement of Attainment and/or certification issued by SkillsFuture Singapore’s appointed WPLN assessment partner.

217 International Baccalaureate/NUS High School diploma or other post-secondary certificates/ qualifications (including SIM certificates).
This refers to persons who have Polytechnic diploma or Polytechnic post diploma (including polytechnic advanced/specialist/management/ graduate diploma, diploma (conversion)).

This refers to persons who have qualifications awarded by professional bodies (including ACCA, CFA), and other diploma qualifications (including ITE Diploma, NIE diploma, SIM diploma, LASALLE diploma, NAFA diploma, WSQ diploma, WSQ specialist diploma etc).
postgraduate This refers to persons who have bachelor’s degree or (including NIE diploma postgraduate diploma), or master’s degree, or doctorate.).

It also includes persons with WSQ graduate certificate and WSQ graduate diploma.

Polytechnic Diploma Professional Qualification and Other Diploma University 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 at polytechnics or university levels.
The classification of field of study is based on the Singapore Standard Educational Classification 2020.

ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS Labour Force Status Labour Force Employed Refers to persons who are either employed or unemployed during the reference period.
Refers to persons who during the reference period: work for one hour or more either for pay or (i) profit; or 218 (ii) have a job or business to return to but are temporarily absent because of illness, injury, breakdown of machinery at workplace, labour management dispute or other reasons.

Members of the Singapore Armed Forces including full-time National Servicemen are included, unless stated otherwise.
Refers to persons who are not working but are actively looking for a job and available for work during the reference period.

They include persons who are not working but are taking steps to start their own business or taking up a new job after the reference period.

Unemployed Outside the Labour Force Refers to persons who are neither employed nor unemployed during the reference period.
Type of Dwelling A dwelling refers to a building or part of a building used or intended to be used by one or more persons as living quarters.

Each dwelling has its own separate entrance(s) 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.
The dwellings covered are broadly classified into these three housing unit categories: Housing and Development Board (HDB) properties, condominiums and other apartments, and landed properties.

The Singapore Standard Classification of Type of Dwelling (Jan 2012) is used to classify the population and households by type of dwelling.
219 Appendix A Appendix Appendix A Appendix A Sample Design and Sampling Variability Sample Design and Selection The sample for the Census of Population 2020 was selected from a sampling frame comprising all residential dwelling units in Singapore.

As the sample survey of the Census 2020 covered only households in residential dwellings, institutions such as military camps, hostels and hotels were excluded from the frame.

The sample was selected based on a stratified design.
Dwelling units in the sampling frame were divided into different groups.

The groups are defined based on the planning areas demarcated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority and broad dwelling type groups.

A random sample was then selected from the different groups by systematic sampling with a random start.

The samples selected from each group were combined to form the required sample of about 150,000 dwelling units.
Sampling Variability As the survey estimates are based on information obtained from a fraction of the population instead of the whole population, the precision of estimates derived from the sample survey are affected by sampling errors.

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.

223 Appendix A Generalised Sampling Errors Tables From Table A1, the DEFT1 for most 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 2020.
Thus, generalized sampling errors tables are provided instead as a guide to data users for estimating the errors of any estimates.

Since most of the attributes in Table A1 have DEFT about 1, data users should generally use Table A2 (DEFT value of 1) to determine sampling errors for the attribute of interest.

For attributes of individuals with larger DEFT, such as language most frequently spoken at home, data users can refer to Table A3 (DEFT value of 2).

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, Census 2020 Sample Estimate Standard Error Relative Standard Error 95% Confidence Interval ('000) DEFT ('000) (TY) (TY) Lower Upper (TY) Residents Aged 15 Years & Over Single Married Widowed Divorced/Separated Ever-Married Resident Females Aged 15 Years & Over With No Children Born With 1 Child Born With 2 Children Born With 3 Children Born With 4 or More Children Born Residents Aged 15 Years & Over* With Below Secondary Qualifications With Secondary Qualifications With Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Qualifications With Diploma and Professional Qualifications With University Qualifications * Data pertain to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
1 The DEFT is the ratio of the standard error of the estimate, under the sample design used, to that of a simple random sample.

This ratio measures the effect of the complexity of the sample design on the standard error.
224 Appendix A Table A1 Sampling Errors and DEFT of TY for Selected Attributes, Census 2020 (cont’d) Sample Estimate Standard Error Relative Standard Error 95% Confidence Interval ('000) DEFT ('000) (TY) (TY) Lower Upper (TY) Residents Aged 15 Years & Over Literate in English Literate in Two or More Languages Residents Aged 5 Years & Over Spoke English Most Frequently at Home Spoke Mandarin Most Frequently at Home Spoke Malay Most Frequently at Home Spoke Tamil Most Frequently at Home Residents Aged 15 Years & Over Buddhism Taoism^ Christianity Islam Hinduism Other Religions No Religion Resident Households With 1 Person With 2 Persons With 3 Persons With 4 Persons With 5 Persons With 6 or more Persons Employed Residents Aged 15 Years & Over Travelled to Work by Public Bus Only Travelled to Work by MRT/LRT Only Travelled to Work by MRT/LRT and Public Bus Only Travelled to Work by Car Only Residents Aged 5 Years & Over Unable to Perform/ with A Lot of Difficulty in At Least One Basic Activity ^ 'Taoism' includes Chinese Traditional Beliefs.
Appendix A Table A2 Sampling Errors for Square Root of Design Effect (DEFT) Equals 1 Size of Estimates Proportion of Total Population (%) Standard Error Relative Standard Error (%) 95% Confidence Interval Lower Upper PERSONS HOUSEHOLDS 4,005,437
Appendix A Table A3 Sampling Errors for Square Root of Design Effect (DEFT) Equals 2 Size of Estimates Proportion of Total Population (%) Standard Error Relative Standard Error (%) 95% Confidence Interval Lower Upper PERSONS HOUSEHOLDS Appendix A Simple Guide on Using Relative Standard Error and Confidence Interval To compute the 95% confidence interval of an estimate of persons with size 1,100,000 as below.
Step 1: From Table A2, the RSE of this estimate is close to 0.3% Step 2: To compute 95% confidence interval of the estimate Lower Confidence Interval = 1,100,000 – 1.96 x 0.3% x 1,100,000 = 1,093,532 Upper Confidence Interval = 1,100,000 + 1.96 x 0.3% x 1,100,000 = 1,106,468 95% Confidence Interval = (1,093,532 , 1,106,468) There is a 95% chance that the ‘true’ population value is between 1,093,532 and 1,106,468.
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