Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Predominant Household Language (General Household Survey 2005)
Description
General Household Survey 2005 resident households by living arrangement and predominant household language, including English, Mandarin, and Chinese dialect subgroups. Singapore Department of Statistics excludes one-person and unrelated-only households per footnotes, supporting sociolinguistic and housing research.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2005 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8746
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- Columns
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| 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 | 907479.000000 | 261629 | 319570.000000 | 176989 | 84328 | 35205 | 44059 | 13398 | 106739 | 38240.000000 | 29312.000000 | 8928 | 4311 |
| Couple-Based Households | 739879.000000 | 226839 | 274810.000000 | 115240 | 55585 | 22556 | 29308 | 7791 | 87026 | 32137.000000 | 24060.000000 | 8077 | 3825 |
| Young Couples | 96824.000000 | 33346 | 39768.000000 | 5227 | 2171 | 699 | 1848 | 509 | 11586 | 6127.000000 | 3902.000000 | 2224 | 771 |
| No Children In Household | 42009.000000 | 14738 | 19132.000000 | 2846 | 1142 | 423 | 1080 | 200 | 2677 | 2360.000000 | 1543.000000 | 817 | 256 |
| With Youngest Child Below 12 Years | 54354.000000 | 18567 | 20378.000000 | 2336 | 1029 | 275 | 740 | 293 | 8819 | 3738.000000 | 2330.000000 | 1408 | 515 |
| With Youngest Child Aged 12 Years And Over | 276.000000 | 40 | 133.000000 | na | na | na | na | na | 90 | 13.000000 | 13.000000 | na | na |
| Others | 184.000000 | na | 125.000000 | 45 | na | na | 29 | 16 | na | 15.000000 | 15.000000 | na | na |
| Middle-Aged Couples | 343323.000000 | 121234 | 135525.000000 | 22923 | 11638 | 3448 | 6653 | 1184 | 44275 | 17080.000000 | 12737.000000 | 4343 | 2285 |
| No Children In Household | 39149.000000 | 13519 | 14236.000000 | 6468 | 3404 | 846 | 1964 | 253 | 3016 | 1520.000000 | 1157.000000 | 363 | 389 |
| With Youngest Child Below 12 Years | 225634.000000 | 85784 | 84930.000000 | 9707 | 4536 | 1531 | 3081 | 559 | 31435 | 12194.000000 | 8847.000000 | 3347 | 1584 |
| With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years | 47954.000000 | 15487 | 21548.000000 | 2579 | 1257 | 398 | 788 | 136 | 6002 | 2145.000000 | 1830.000000 | 316 | 192 |
| With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years And Over | 29262.000000 | 6059 | 14384.000000 | 4001 | 2400 | 660 | 743 | 198 | 3772 | 953.000000 | 768.000000 | 184 | 93 |
| Others | 1324.000000 | 384 | 426.000000 | 168 | 41 | 13 | 77 | 38 | 50 | 268.000000 | 135.000000 | 133 | 27 |
| Mature Couples | 229033.000000 | 62005 | 86576.000000 | 49262 | 25791 | 10046 | 11467 | 1958 | 24639 | 5875.000000 | 4940.000000 | 935 | 676 |
| No Children In Household | 28464.000000 | 6892 | 6512.000000 | 10900 | 5633 | 2238 | 2536 | 492 | 3204 | 726.000000 | 584.000000 | 143 | 231 |
| With Youngest Child Below 12 Years | 21765.000000 | 8057 | 7734.000000 | 1495 | 660 | 265 | 440 | 130 | 3792 | 671.000000 | 571.000000 | 101 | 16 |
| With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years | 31068.000000 | 10780 | 12642.000000 | 2246 | 1188 | 417 | 550 | 92 | 4470 | 850.000000 | 656.000000 | 194 | 80 |
| With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years And Over | 143410.000000 | 34344 | 58519.000000 | 33821 | 18038 | 6962 | 7615 | 1206 | 13041 | 3384.000000 | 3037.000000 | 347 | 301 |
| Others | 4325.000000 | 1932 | 1169.000000 | 800 | 272 | 164 | 326 | 38 | 133 | 243.000000 | 93.000000 | 150 | 48 |
| Elderly Couples | 70699.000000 | 10254 | 12942.000000 | 37828 | 15985 | 8363 | 9340 | 4140 | 6526 | 3055.000000 | 2481.000000 | 574 | 93 |
| No Children In Household | 26168.000000 | 3688 | 3806.000000 | 14922 | 6160 | 3296 | 3802 | 1664 | 2299 | 1412.000000 | 1188.000000 | 224 | 42 |
| With Youngest Child Below 16 Years | 718.000000 | 219 | 227.000000 | 51 | 38 | na | 13 | na | 195 | 27.000000 | 27.000000 | na | na |
| With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years And Over | 41520.000000 | 5711 | 8406.000000 | 22019 | 9509 | 4877 | 5299 | 2334 | 3905 | 1441.000000 | 1173.000000 | 268 | 38 |
| Others | 2292.000000 | 637 | 503.000000 | 837 | 278 | 189 | 227 | 142 | 128 | 175.000000 | 93.000000 | 82 | 13 |
| Other Family-Based Households | 135279.000000 | 28289 | 37286.000000 | 48083 | 22136 | 10154 | 11342 | 4451 | 16720 | 4661.000000 | 3985.000000 | 677 | 239 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| Total | Numeric | No |
| English | Text | No |
| Mandarin | Numeric | No |
| Chinese Dialects- Total | Text | No |
| Chinese Dialects- Hokkien | Text | No |
| Chinese Dialects- Teochew | Text | No |
| Chinese Dialects- Cantonese | Text | No |
| Chinese Dialects- Other Chinese Dialects | Text | No |
| Malay | Text | No |
| Indian Languages- Total | Numeric | No |
| Indian Languages- Tamil | Numeric | No |
| Indian Languages- Other Indian Languages | Text | No |
| Others | Text | No |