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Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Predominant Household Language (General Household Survey 2015)

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General Household Survey 2015 table of Singapore resident households by living arrangement and predominant household language, in thousands. Languages include English, Mandarin, Chinese dialects, Malay, and Indian languages; one-person and unrelated-only households are excluded. Sociolinguists and family researchers study language use across household types. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8610.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 23/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2015 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8610

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Thousands 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 1059.200000 388.200000 363.000000 139.900000 64.300000 28.2 38.300000 9.1 106.800000 50.900000 37.700000 13.200000 10.400000
Married Couple-Based Households 853.800000 326.500000 302.900000 87.900000 40.100000 17.3 25.200000 5.3 83.500000 44.200000 31.800000 12.400000 8.800000
Young Head Aged Below 35 Years 72.300000 28.600000 27.100000 2.100000 0.300000 0.3 1.000000 0.6 9.500000 4.000000 2.600000 1.400000 1.000000
No Children In Household 28.000000 12.200000 11.400000 1.100000 0.200000 0.2 0.500000 0.2 1.800000 1.300000 0.700000 0.700000 0.200000
With Child(ren) In Household 44.300000 16.400000 15.700000 1.000000 0.100000 0.1 0.500000 0.3 7.700000 2.600000 1.900000 0.700000 0.800000
Middle-Aged Head Aged 35 - 49 Years 315.700000 139.500000 108.400000 12.400000 4.700000 1.2 5.500000 0.9 26.000000 24.100000 16.300000 7.800000 5.300000
No Children In Household 46.700000 17.500000 19.100000 4.300000 1.700000 0.3 2.100000 0.1 2.600000 2.200000 1.500000 0.700000 1.000000
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years 200.200000 97.100000 62.700000 5.000000 1.400000 0.7 2.400000 0.4 14.800000 17.400000 11.800000 5.600000 3.200000
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years 43.500000 18.100000 14.800000 1.500000 0.900000 na 0.400000 0.2 5.400000 3.000000 2.200000 0.800000 0.700000
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years And Over 25.200000 6.900000 11.700000 1.600000 0.700000 0.2 0.500000 0.2 3.200000 1.500000 0.800000 0.600000 0.400000
Mature Head Aged 50 - 64 Years 337.300000 124.400000 130.000000 30.600000 15.800000 5.4 8.200000 1.2 37.900000 12.200000 9.600000 2.600000 2.100000
No Children In Household 54.500000 16.700000 17.300000 11.800000 6.700000 2.1 2.600000 0.4 5.700000 2.500000 1.900000 0.700000 0.400000
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years 27.000000 11.300000 9.700000 1.400000 0.600000 0.2 0.500000 na 3.000000 1.200000 0.800000 0.400000 0.400000
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years 40.000000 17.800000 14.600000 1.000000 0.700000 0.2 0.100000 na 5.000000 1.300000 1.000000 0.300000 0.300000
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years And Over 215.800000 78.600000 88.500000 16.400000 7.800000 2.9 4.900000 0.7 24.100000 7.200000 5.900000 1.300000 1.100000
Elderly Head Aged 65 Years And Over 128.500000 33.900000 37.400000 42.800000 19.200000 10.5 10.500000 2.6 10.100000 3.900000 3.300000 0.600000 0.300000
No Children In Household 58.900000 14.700000 14.200000 23.300000 10.400000 5.5 5.900000 1.5 4.500000 2.000000 1.700000 0.300000 0.100000
With Child(ren) In Household 69.500000 19.200000 23.200000 19.500000 8.700000 5 4.700000 1.1 5.600000 1.900000 1.600000 0.300000 0.300000
Other Households With Family Nucleus 164.500000 50.700000 50.900000 37.700000 18.200000 7.7 8.900000 3 19.100000 5.000000 4.500000 0.600000 1.100000
Households Without Family Nucleus 40.900000 11.000000 9.200000 14.200000 6.000000 3.2 4.200000 0.8 4.100000 1.700000 1.500000 0.200000 0.600000

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Column Type Categorical
Thousands 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 Text No
Malay Numeric No
Indian Languages- Total Numeric No
Indian Languages- Tamil Numeric No
Indian Languages- Other Indian Languages Numeric No
Others Numeric No