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Resident Households by Household Structure and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2000)

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Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 13 records. Fields include Number, Total, English, Mandarin (14 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-23.

Description

Census of Population 2000 resident household counts by household structure and predominant household language (English, Mandarin, Chinese dialects, Malay, Indian languages, and others), excluding one-person and unrelated-person households. Language and family researchers analyse language use across family structures. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/9076.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 04/04/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2000 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising unrelated persons. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9076

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

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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
Total 828887.000000 201571.000000 281216.000000 204322.000000 96050.000000 41171.000000 51521 15581 105176.000000 34715.000000 28414
No Family Nucleus 27693.000000 4545.000000 5087.000000 13992.000000 6593.000000 2522.000000 3637 1240 2424.000000 1555.000000 1406
One Family Nucleus 750054.000000 187578.000000 261549.000000 174781.000000 81714.000000 35278.000000 44837 12952 94036.000000 30404.000000 24832
One Generation 97175.000000 27223.000000 28726.000000 28076.000000 12336.000000 5448.000000 7982 2311 8179.000000 4510.000000 3409
Two Generations 593196.000000 145265.000000 212448.000000 133810.000000 63333.000000 27124.000000 33872 9481 77209.000000 23295.000000 19213
Three Or More Generations 59683.000000 15090.000000 20375.000000 12896.000000 6045.000000 2706.000000 2984 1160 8648.000000 2599.000000 2211
Two Family Nuclei 49224.000000 9098.000000 14046.000000 14963.000000 7462.000000 3247.000000 2948 1305 8422.000000 2604.000000 2071
One Generation 201.000000 9.000000 131.000000 41.000000 16.000000 5.000000 21 na 14.000000 5.000000 na
Two Generations 13607.000000 2125.000000 3566.000000 5144.000000 2498.000000 1149.000000 1084 412 1920.000000 807.000000 670
Three Or More Generations 35416.000000 6964.000000 10349.000000 9778.000000 4947.000000 2094.000000 1843 893 6488.000000 1792.000000 1401

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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 Numeric No
Chinese Dialects- Cantonese Text No
Chinese Dialects- Other Chinese Dialects Text No
Malay Numeric No
Indian Languages- Total Numeric No
Indian Languages- Tamil Text No
Indian Languages- Other Indian Languages Text No
Others Text No