Resident Households by Household Structure and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2010)
Description
Singapore Department of Statistics CSV from the Census of Population 2010 on resident households by household structure and predominant household language. Languages include English, Mandarin, Chinese dialects (Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese and others), Malay, Tamil and other Indian languages. One-person and unrelated-only households are excluded. Sociolinguists study language use by family structure. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8591.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 23/06/2026 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2010 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8591
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- Rows
- 10
- Columns
- 14
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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 | 988823.000000 | 318305.000000 | 350420.000000 | 155868.000000 | 74989.000000 | 29828.000000 | 40369.000000 | 10681.000000 | 103650.000000 | 48669.000000 | 34987.000000 | 13682.000000 | 11912.000000 |
| No Family Nucleus | 38688.000000 | 8601.000000 | 9829.000000 | 14570.000000 | 6793.000000 | 2712.000000 | 3914.000000 | 1151.000000 | 3546.000000 | 1442.000000 | 1170.000000 | 271.000000 | 701.000000 |
| One Family Nucleus | 873703.000000 | 291683.000000 | 312182.000000 | 128858.000000 | 61866.000000 | 24530.000000 | 33797.000000 | 8665.000000 | 86933.000000 | 43578.000000 | 30950.000000 | 12627.000000 | 10469.000000 |
| One Generation | 140393.000000 | 42357.000000 | 46036.000000 | 33230.000000 | 14787.000000 | 6497.000000 | 9391.000000 | 2555.000000 | 8742.000000 | 7153.000000 | 4825.000000 | 2328.000000 | 2874.000000 |
| Two Generations | 659911.000000 | 223927.000000 | 239820.000000 | 87767.000000 | 42889.000000 | 16478.000000 | 22790.000000 | 5610.000000 | 69109.000000 | 32577.000000 | 23179.000000 | 9398.000000 | 6711.000000 |
| Three Or More Generations | 73400.000000 | 25398.000000 | 26326.000000 | 7862.000000 | 4190.000000 | 1555.000000 | 1616.000000 | 500.000000 | 9082.000000 | 3848.000000 | 2947.000000 | 901.000000 | 884.000000 |
| Two Family Nuclei | 73219.000000 | 17430.000000 | 27151.000000 | 12044.000000 | 6092.000000 | 2525.000000 | 2609.000000 | 818.000000 | 12479.000000 | 3422.000000 | 2687.000000 | 735.000000 | 693.000000 |
| One Or Two Generations | 18810.000000 | 3462.000000 | 7502.000000 | 3768.000000 | 1816.000000 | 731.000000 | 988.000000 | 234.000000 | 2679.000000 | 1050.000000 | 813.000000 | 237.000000 | 349.000000 |
| Three Or More Generations | 54409.000000 | 13968.000000 | 19649.000000 | 8276.000000 | 4276.000000 | 1794.000000 | 1622.000000 | 584.000000 | 9800.000000 | 2372.000000 | 1873.000000 | 498.000000 | 343.000000 |
| Three Or More Family Nuclei | 3213.000000 | 592.000000 | 1257.000000 | 395.000000 | 238.000000 | 61.000000 | 49.000000 | 47.000000 | 692.000000 | 228.000000 | 179.000000 | 49.000000 | 49.000000 |
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 | Numeric | 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 |