the singapore indian community in figures 2011
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1The Singapore Indian Community in Figures 2011
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1. Population 1.1. Resident Population of Indians 1.1.1. Ethnic Composition of Indians in Singapore 1.1.2. Singapore Indian Citizen and Permanent Resident Population 1.1.3. Sex Ratio by Age Group 1.1.4. Sex Ratio (Number of Males for every 1,000 females) 1.1.5. Median Age of Indians 1.1.6. Language Composition of Indian Population 1.1.7. Marital Status of Indians Aged 15 & Over 1.2. Resident Indians by Sex 1.3. Resident Indian Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion 1.4. Planning Zones with the Largest Indian Populations (Top 5)
2. Standard of Living 2.1. Standard of Living •CrudeBirthRateof Indians(per1000ResidentPopulation) •CrudeDeathRateof Indians(per1000ResidentPopulation) •InfantMortalityRateof Indians(per1000LiveBirths) •TotalFertilityRateof Indians(perResidentEver-MarriedFemale) •AgeDependencyRatio(per100personsaged15-64years) 2.2. Pregnancy Rate Amongst Indians 2.3. Tenancy of Resident Indian Households 2.4. Resident Indian Households by Type of Dwelling 25. Average Indian Household Size 2.6. Resident Indian Monthly Household Income from Work
3. Economic and Labour Force 3.1. Occupational Distribution of Resident Indian Workforce 3.2. Distribution of Resident Indian Workforce by Industry 3.3. Resident Indian Household by Economic Status 3.4. Economic Status by Resident Indian Household
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4. Education 4.1. Literacy Rate of Indian Residents Aged 15 Years and Over 4.2. Resident Indians Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home 4.3. HighestQualificationAttainedbyIndianResidentNon-Students Aged 15 Years and Over 4.4. AdmissionintoPost-SecondaryInstitutions 4.5. Field of Study for Indians who are Polytechnic or University Graduates 4.6. Performanceof IndianStudentsatNationalExams •PSLEIndianPupilsEligibleforSecondarySchool •PSLEIndianPupilsWhoScoredA*-CinEnglish •PSLEIndianPupilsWhoScoredA*-CinMaths •PSLEIndianPupilsWhoScoredA*-CinScience •PSLEIndianPupilsWhoScoredA*-CinMotherTongue •GCE‘O’LevelIndianPupilswithAtLeast5O-Levelpasses •GCE‘O’LevelIndianPupilswhoPassedEnglish •GCE‘O’LevelIndianPupilsWhoPassedMaths •GCE‘O’LevelIndianPupilsWhoPassedMotherTongue •GCE‘A’LevelIndianStudentswithAtLeast3‘H2’passesandPassinGeneral
Paper/KnowledgeInquiry •GCE‘A’LevelIndianPupilsWhoPassedGeneralPaper/KnowledgeInquiry •GCE‘A’LevelIndianStudentsWhoPassedMotherTongue
5. Marriages and Divorces 5.1. Marriages and Divorces •Numberof Remarriages •Numberof MinorMarriagesof Brides(under20years) •Numberof MinorMarriagesof Grooms(under20years) •MedianAgeof Brides •MedianAgeof Grooms •Numberof Divorces •MeanDurationof Marriageof CouplesDivorced(Years) 5.2. Indian Divorces by Age Group
6. Social Indicators 6.1. Indian Drug Abusers 6.2. Indian Inhalant Abusers 6.3. SingleParent-RegisteredBirths(per10,000FemaleResidents) 6.4. School Dropout
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4. Education 4.1. Literacy Rate of Indian Residents Aged 15 Years and Over 4.2. Resident Indians Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home 4.3. HighestQualificationAttainedbyIndianResidentNon-Students Aged 15 Years and Over 4.4. AdmissionintoPost-SecondaryInstitutions 4.5. Field of Study for Indians who are Polytechnic or University Graduates 4.6. Performanceof IndianStudentsatNationalExams •PSLEIndianPupilsEligibleforSecondarySchool •PSLEIndianPupilsWhoScoredA*-CinEnglish •PSLEIndianPupilsWhoScoredA*-CinMaths •PSLEIndianPupilsWhoScoredA*-CinScience •PSLEIndianPupilsWhoScoredA*-CinMotherTongue •GCE‘O’LevelIndianPupilswithAtLeast5O-Levelpasses •GCE‘O’LevelIndianPupilswhoPassedEnglish •GCE‘O’LevelIndianPupilsWhoPassedMaths •GCE‘O’LevelIndianPupilsWhoPassedMotherTongue •GCE‘A’LevelIndianStudentswithAtLeast3‘H2’passesandPassinGeneral
Paper/KnowledgeInquiry •GCE‘A’LevelIndianPupilsWhoPassedGeneralPaper/KnowledgeInquiry •GCE‘A’LevelIndianStudentsWhoPassedMotherTongue
5. Marriages and Divorces 5.1. Marriages and Divorces •Numberof Remarriages •Numberof MinorMarriagesof Brides(under20years) •Numberof MinorMarriagesof Grooms(under20years) •MedianAgeof Brides •MedianAgeof Grooms •Numberof Divorces •MeanDurationof Marriageof CouplesDivorced(Years) 5.2. Indian Divorces by Age Group
6. Social Indicators 6.1. Indian Drug Abusers 6.2. Indian Inhalant Abusers 6.3. SingleParent-RegisteredBirths(per10,000FemaleResidents) 6.4. School Dropout
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15
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17%
83%
Permanent Residents(42,716 persons)
Singapore Citizen(213,150 persons)
32%
68%
Permanent Residents
Singapore Citizens
1.POPULATION1.1. Resident Population of Indians
1.1.1. Ethnic Composition of Indians in Singapore
1.1.2. Singapore Indian Citizen and Permanent Resident Population
Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
74%
14%
9% 3%
Chinese
Malay
Indians
Others
Ethnic Indian Population 2000 2010Resident Population of Indians 7.9% 9.2%
Numberof IndiansinSingapore 257, 900 348, 119
Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
Source:Censusof Population2000,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
2000
2010
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1.1.3. Sex Ratio by Age Group
1.1.4. Sex Ratio (Number of Males for every 1,000 females)
2000 1,087
2010 1,075Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
1.1.5. Median Age of Indians2000 32.8
2010 33.4
Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
1.1.6. Language Composition of Singapore Indian Population
0% 5 % 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
0-14
15-34
35-54
55-64
65-79
80 & Over
Females Males
21%22%
30%33%
36%30%
8%8%
4%5%
1%1%
2000 2010Tamil 150,181 58.2 % 188,591 54.2 %
Malayalee 21,745 8.4 % 26,348 7.6 %
Hindi 3,941 1.5 % 13,085 3.8 %
Sikh 13,260 5.1 % 12,952 3.7 %
Punjabi 4,722 1.8 % 5,672 1.6 %
Hindustani 5,062 2.0 % 4,818 1.4 %
Urdu 2,997 1.2 % 4,773 1.4 %
Gujarati 3,254 1.3 % 4,124 1.2 %
Sindhi 4,005 1.6 % 3,971 1.1 %
Singhalese 2,422 0.9 % 3,140 0.9 %
Others 46,277 18.0 % 80,645 23.2 %
Source:Censusof Population2000,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics) Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
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1.2. Resident Indians by Sex
2000 2010
Total Indian Population: 257,866 348, 119Males 134,337 52.1% 180, 327 51.8%
Females 123,529 47.9% 167, 792 48.2%
Source:Censusof Population2000,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics) Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
1.1.7. Marital Status of Indians Aged 15 & Over
Single Married Widowed Divorced
28%25.9% 23.7%
68.6%66.5% 64.3%
1.3%
4.5%8%
2.1%
3% 4%
Single Married Widowed Divorced
National
Indian Male
Indian Females
28.7%30.5%
22.8%
67.9%
61.9%64.4%
1.8%
5.2%9.2%
1.7%
2.5% 3.7%
2000
2010
Source:Censusof Population2000,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics) Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
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1.3ResidentIndianPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyReligion
1.4.PlanningZoneswiththeLargestIndianResidentPopulations(Top5)
Planning Zones Number of IndiansWoodlands 27, 162
Jurong West 27, 134
Bedok 25, 348
Tampines 21, 411
Yishun 19, 730
Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease3(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
Source:Censusof Population2000,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics) Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2000 2010
1% 1%1% 1%
25% 22%
55% 58%
5% 4%
12% 13%1% 1%
Others
Christianity
Sikhism
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
No Religion
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2.STANDARDOFLIVING
2.1. Standard of Living 2005 2010
CrudeBirthRateof Indians(per1,000ResidentPopulation)
11.3 persons 11.3 persons
Crude Death Rate of Indians (per1,000ResidentPopulation)
3.3 persons 3.1 persons
Infant Mortality Rate of Indians (per1,000LiveBirths)
2.0 persons 2.3 persons
Total Fertility Rate of Indians (perResidentEver-MarriedFemale)
2.3 persons 1.9 persons
Age Dependency Ratio (per100personsaged15-64)
47.2 persons 37.4 persons
Sources:SingaporeDemographicBulletin,November2006(Immigration&CheckpointsAuthority) SingaporeDemographicBulletin,April2011(Immigration&CheckpointsAuthority) Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
2.2. Pregnancy Rate Amongst Indians
2005 2011
National Indians National IndiansLive-BirthsforMothersAged15-19
753 64 208 27
Live-BirthsforMothersAged20–29
13,620 1,506 4, 453 524
Live-BirthsforMothersAged30–39
18,941 1,389 7, 355 704
Live-BirthsforMothersAged40andover
1,008 76 406 25
Source:SingaporeDemographicBulletin,November2006(Immigration&CheckpointsAuthority) SingaporeDemographicBulletin,April2011(Immigration&CheckpointsAuthority)
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2.4.ResidentIndianHouseholdsbyTypeof Dwelling
2.3.Tenancyof ResidentIndianHouseholds
2000
Owner Tenant Others
62,760 (86.1 %) 9,489 (13 %) 684 (0.9 %)
2010
Owner Tenant Others
83, 052 (77.3 %) 23, 590 (21.9 %) 866 (0.8 %)
Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease2(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
2000(%) 2010(%)1&2RoomHDBFlats 8.1 4.9
3RoomHDBFlats 24.4 21
4RoomHDBFlats 31.8 32
5RoomandExecutiveHDBFlats 24.5 24.6
Condominium & Private Flats 5.2 11.9
Landed Properties 4.4 4.4
Other Dwellings 1.3 1
Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease2(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
2.5.AverageIndianHouseholdSize
2000 2010Average Indian Household Size 3.7 persons 3.6 persons
Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease2(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
2.6.ResidentIndianMonthlyHouseholdIncomefromWork
2000 2010NationalAverage $ 4, 988 $ 7, 214
Indian Average $ 4, 623 $ 7, 664
Indian Median $ 3, 438 $ 5, 370
Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease2(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
Source:Censusof Population2000,StatisticalRelease5(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
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Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease2(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
Source:Censusof Population2000,StatisticalRelease5(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
3.ECONOMICANDLABOURFORCE
3.1.OccupationalDistributionof ResidentIndianWorkforce
3.2.Distributionof ResidentIndianWorkforcebyIndustry
Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease2(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
Man
ufac
turi
ng
13.6%
Con
stru
ctio
n
3.7%
Who
lesa
le &
Ret
ail T
rade
12.3%
Tran
spor
t & S
tora
ge
9.1%
Acc
omod
atio
n &
Food
Svc
s
4.5%
Info
& C
omm
s
7%
Fina
nce
& In
sura
nce
Svcs
7.1%
Real
Est
ate
1.9%
Prof
essi
onal
7.3%
Adm
in &
Sup
port
7.5%
Publ
ic A
dmin
and
Edu
catio
n
15.1%
Hea
lth &
Soc
ial S
ervi
ces
6.1%
Art
s, E
nter
tain
men
t & R
ecre
a
1.6%
Com
m, S
oc &
Per
sona
l Svc
s
1.5%
Oth
ers
1.6%
0%2%4%6%8%
10%12%14%16%
Senior Officials & Managers
Professionals
Assoc Professionals & Technicians
Clerical
Services & Sales
Craftsmen & Related
Plant & Machine Operators
Cleaners & Labourers
Not Classifiable
14.1%
20.5%
22.6%
11.4%
12.6%
4.3%5.8%
5.7% 2.9%
Source:Censusof Population2000,StatisticalRelease5(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics) Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease3(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
2000
2010
12.5%
12.7%
18%
15.4%
13.7%
4.4%
11%8% 4.2%
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3.4.EconomicStatusbyIndianResidentHousehold
Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease2(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
3.3.ResidentIndianHouseholdbyEconomicStatus
Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease2(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
2010
Economically Active Employed Total 89, 874 (83.6%)Males 79, 975 (89%) Females 9, 900 (11%)
Economically Active Unemployed Total 2,472 (2.3%)Males 1, 894 (76.6%) Females 578 (23.4%)
Economically Inactive Employed Total 15, 161 (14.1%)
Males 9, 023 (59.5%) Females 6, 138 (40.5%)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 83.6%
2.3%
14.1%
Economically Active Working
Economically Active Unemployed
Economically Inactive
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4.EDUCATION4.1.LiteracyRateof IndianResidentsAged15YearsandOver
2000 201095.1 % 98.1 %
Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
4.2.ResidentIndiansAged5YearsandOverbyLanguageMostFrequentlySpokenatHome
2000 (%) 2010 (%)English 35.6 41.6
Tamil 42.9 36.7
Malay 11.6 7.9
Mandarin 0.1 0.1
Others 9.7 13.6
Source:Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
4.3.HighestQualificationAttainedbyIndianResidentNon-StudentsAged15YearsandOver
2000 2010
Indians (%)
National Average (%)
Indians (%)
National Average (%)
University 16.5 11.7 35 22.8
DiplomaandProfessionalQualification 8.0 11.2 14.1 14.8
Post-Secondary(Non-Tertiary) 10.8 10.0 11.2 11.1
Secondary 26.4 24.6 17.2 18.9
LowerSecondary 11.9 10.9 8.5 10.2
Primary 12.6 12.1 5.7 7.0
NoQualification 13.9 19.6 8.3 15.3
Source:Censusof Population2000,StatisticalRelease2(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics) Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
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4.4.AdmissionintoPost-SecondaryInstitutions
2000 2009
Percentageof P1IndianCohortAdmittedtoPost-SecondaryInstitutions(Pre-U,Polytechnics&ITE)
71.4 % 89.5 %
Source : Press Release, 01 October 2001, Ministry of Education PressRelease,20December2010,Ministryof Education
Source:Censusof Population2000,StatisticalRelease5(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics) Censusof Population2010,StatisticalRelease1(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
2000
2010
nNo Educatio
Primary
Lower Secondary
Secondary
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)
Diploma& ProfessionalQualification
University
Males Females
35.6% 34.4%
17%10.9%
13.1%
9.1%
16.5%
18%
7.9%
9.1%
4.6%
6.8%
5.4%11.6%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Males Females
17.9 14.9
9.76.1
11.3
10.2
27.1
25.8
12.4
11.4
11.3
13.9
10.317.7
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Source:Censusof Population2000,StatisticalRelease2(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics) PressRelease,20December2010,Ministryof Education
4.5. Field of Study for Indian Polytechnic or University Graduates aged 15 years and over (as of census years 2000 and 2010)
2000 2010
Polytechnic University Polytechnic UniversityEducation N.A 828 653 2,269
Fine & Applied Arts 50 549 292 745
Humanities&SocialSciences
N.A 4,416 296 10,408
Mass Communications & Information Science
125 397 374 1,654
Business&Administration
935 5,920 2,278 21,537
Natural, Physical, Chemical & Mathematic Sciences
57 2,817 301 9,003
HealthSciences 212 1,213 1,503 3,519
InformationTechnology 204 1,412 1,589 11,478
Architecture&Building 275 334 293 531
Engineering Sciences 2,594 6,513 9,567 18,538
Engineering, Manufacturing & RelatedTrades
184 N.A 280 N.A
Services 114 N.A 676 N.A
Law N.A 1,208 N.A 2,128
Others 336 1,380 260 1,880
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4.6. Performance of Indian Students at National Exams
2000 2009
PSLE % %
PSLE Indian Pupils Eligible for Secondary School 91.6 95
PSLEIndianPupilsWhoScoredA*-CinEnglish 99.4 98
PSLEIndianPupilsWhoScoredA*-CinMaths 72.3 76.3
PSLEIndianPupilsWhoScoredA*-CinScience 87.7 86.6
PSLEIndianPupilsWhoScoredA*-CinMotherTongue 96.4 97.1
2000 2009
GCE ‘O’ LEVEL % %GCE‘O’LevelIndianPupilswithAtLeast5O-Levelpasses 66.2 73
GCE ‘O’ Level Indian Pupils who Passed English 83.7 91.1
GCE ‘O’ Level Indian Pupils Who Passed Maths 73.3 77.7
GCE ‘O’ Level Indian Pupils Who Passed Mother Tongue 89.2 96.7
2000 2009
GCE ‘A’ LEVEL % %GCE ‘A’ Level Indian Students with At Least 3 ‘A’/‘H2’ Passesand Pass in General Paper / Knowledge Inquiry
N.A. 85.4
GCE ‘A’ Level Indian Pupils Who Passed General Paper / Knowledge Inquiry
92.1 94.3
GCE ‘A’ Level Indian Students Who Passed Mother Tongue 92.6 90.6
Source : Press Release, 01 October 2001, Ministry of Education PressRelease,20December2010,Ministryof Education
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5.MARRIAGESANDDIVORCES
2009 National Indians
Numberof Remarriages 5,284 229
Numberof MinorMarriagesof Brides(under20years)
336 14
Numberof MinorMarriagesof Grooms(under20years)
56 5
MedianAgeof Brides 28.1 27.2
Median Age of Grooms 31 30.3
Numberof Divorces 5,402 361
Mean Duration of Marriage of Couples Divorced (Years)
10.5 10.6
Source:StatisticsonMarriage&Divorces,2009(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
5.2.IndianDivorcesbyAgeGroup
2
32
81
107
75 74 74
12
57
84 89
62
47
34
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Under 25
25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50 and Over
Males
Females
Source:StatisticsonMarriage&Divorces,2009(SingaporeDepartmentof Statistics)
5.1.MarriagesandDivorces
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6.SOCIALINDICATORS6.1.IndianDrugAbusers
2005 2010Indian Drug Abusers 61 (7.7 %) 264 (14.6 %)
TotalNumberof DrugAbusers 793 1, 805
6.2. Indian Inhalant Abusers
2009 2010Indian Drug Abusers 92 (15.3%) 71 (14.2%)
TotalNumberof DrugAbusers 600 499Source:DrugSituationReport,2010(CentralNarcoticsBureau)
6.3.SingleParent-RegisteredBirthsper10,000FemaleResidents
2000 2005NationalAverage 2.7 2.5
Indian Average 4.5 3.7
Source:CommunityStatistics,Ministryof CommunityDevelopment,YouthandSports
6.4.SchoolDropout
Primary School 2000 2005National 127 71
Indians 16 8
Secondary School 2000 2005National 1152 860
Indians 107 75Source:CommunityStatistics,Ministryof CommunityDevelopment,YouthandSports
Source:DrugSituationReport,2005(CentralNarcoticsBureau) DrugSituationReport,2010(CentralNarcoticsBureau)