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Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2020)

Description

Census 2020 resident households by household living arrangement and predominant household language, including English, Mandarin, and Chinese dialect splits. Singapore Department of Statistics excludes one-person and unrelated-only households; predominant language follows the most frequently spoken language among members for sociolinguistic and housing research.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Predominant household language refers to the language or dialect spoken by the majority of household members to other members (excluding domestic workers and unrelated persons), taking into account the reported language most frequently spoken and language second most frequently spoken (new in 2020) at home for each household member. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17520

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Number Total English Mandarin (Chinese Dialects) Total  (Chinese Dialects) Hokkien (Chinese Dialects) Teochew (Chinese Dialects) Cantonese (Chinese Dialects) Other Chinese Dialects Malay (Indian Languages) Total   (Indian Languages) Tamil (Indian Languages) Other Indian Languages Others
Total 1122876.000000 450993.000000 414782.000000 102954.000000 50715.000000 19404 27117.000000 5719.000000 105459.000000 39479.000000 31168.000000 8310.000000 9210.000000
Married Couple-Based Households 883364.000000 376386.000000 330313.000000 56905.000000 28307.000000 10281 15889.000000 2428.000000 78852.000000 33079.000000 25536.000000 7543.000000 7829.000000
Household Reference Person Aged Below 35 Years 75939.000000 41622.000000 22786.000000 483.000000 134.000000 7 264.000000 78.000000 8887.000000 1692.000000 1384.000000 308.000000 469.000000
No Children in Household 33135.000000 19004.000000 10671.000000 309.000000 78.000000 - 209.000000 22.000000 2394.000000 539.000000 382.000000 157.000000 217.000000
With Child(ren) in Household 42804.000000 22618.000000 12115.000000 174.000000 56.000000 7 56.000000 55.000000 6493.000000 1153.000000 1002.000000 151.000000 252.000000
Household Reference Person Aged 35 - 49 Years 302896.000000 154732.000000 103159.000000 3867.000000 1195.000000 236 2204.000000 232.000000 21274.000000 15480.000000 11249.000000 4231.000000 4384.000000
No Children in Household  51265.000000 23334.000000 20214.000000 1768.000000 685.000000 108 944.000000 32.000000 3457.000000 1362.000000 1007.000000 355.000000 1129.000000
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years  197190.000000 106673.000000 62572.000000 1534.000000 332.000000 77 999.000000 126.000000 13224.000000 11047.000000 7989.000000 3058.000000 2141.000000
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years 34542.000000 16825.000000 12107.000000 207.000000 44.000000 26 117.000000 19.000000 2684.000000 2146.000000 1603.000000 543.000000 573.000000
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years and Over 19899.000000 7900.000000 8267.000000 358.000000 135.000000 25 143.000000 55.000000 1909.000000 924.000000 650.000000 275.000000 542.000000
Household Reference Person Aged 50 - 64 Years 328463.000000 128157.000000 136561.000000 14589.000000 7928.000000 1910 4217.000000 534.000000 34627.000000 11844.000000 9378.000000 2466.000000 2685.000000
No Children in Household   54911.000000 18804.000000 19972.000000 7581.000000 4507.000000 918 2006.000000 150.000000 5705.000000 2050.000000 1530.000000 521.000000 798.000000
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years   28234.000000 12742.000000 11212.000000 332.000000 81.000000 54 162.000000 35.000000 2845.000000 917.000000 758.000000 159.000000 186.000000
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years  34015.000000 15456.000000 12272.000000 496.000000 179.000000 128 176.000000 14.000000 3671.000000 1763.000000 1366.000000 396.000000 357.000000
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years and Over  211304.000000 81155.000000 93105.000000 6179.000000 3161.000000 810 1873.000000 335.000000 22406.000000 7114.000000 5724.000000 1390.000000 1344.000000
Household Reference Person Aged 65 Years and Over 176066.000000 51875.000000 67807.000000 37967.000000 19051.000000 8129 9204.000000 1584.000000 14064.000000 4063.000000 3525.000000 539.000000 291.000000
No Children in Household    89040.000000 23280.000000 28648.000000 27325.000000 13801.000000 5856 6564.000000 1104.000000 7036.000000 2543.000000 2140.000000 403.000000 208.000000
With Child(ren) in Household 87026.000000 28594.000000 39158.000000 10642.000000 5249.000000 2273 2640.000000 480.000000 7028.000000 1521.000000 1385.000000 136.000000 83.000000
Other Households with Family Nucleus 187769.000000 60180.000000 67698.000000 32209.000000 15459.000000 6606 7884.000000 2259.000000 21911.000000 4822.000000 4204.000000 617.000000 950.000000
Households without Family Nucleus 51743.000000 14427.000000 16772.000000 13840.000000 6948.000000 2517 3344.000000 1032.000000 4695.000000 1578.000000 1428.000000 150.000000 431.000000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
Total Numeric No
English Numeric No
Mandarin Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects) Total  Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects) Hokkien Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects) Teochew Text No
(Chinese Dialects) Cantonese Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects) Other Chinese Dialects Numeric No
Malay Numeric No
(Indian Languages) Total   Numeric No
(Indian Languages) Tamil Numeric No
(Indian Languages) Other Indian Languages Numeric No
Others Numeric No