Resident Households by Monthly Household Income from Work* and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2000)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 17 records. Fields include Number, Total, English, Mandarin (14 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-23.
Description
Census of Population 2000 counts of Singapore resident households by monthly household income from work and the predominant language spoken at home. Language categories cover English, Mandarin, Chinese dialects including Hokkien, Teochew and Cantonese, Malay, Indian languages including Tamil, and others. One-person households and households of only unrelated persons are excluded, and income from work now includes Additional MediSave Contributions from employers. Researchers use it to study the relationship between home language and household earnings in Singapore. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/9074.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 09/07/2026 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2000 Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Data on income from work have been updated to include Additional MediSave Contributions from employers with the release of the Key Household Income Trends 2025 report in February 2026. For more information, you may refer to the Technical Note on Household Income (https://go.gov.sg/khit2025-tech-note) which explains the concepts and components of our household income coverage. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9074
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 828887.000000 | 201571.000000 | 281216.000000 | 204322.000000 | 96050.000000 | 41171.000000 | 51521.000000 | 15581.000000 | 105176.000000 | 34715.000000 | 28414.000000 |
| Below 500 | 55217.000000 | 8959.000000 | 11651.000000 | 24747.000000 | 10449.000000 | 5237.000000 | 6598.000000 | 2462.000000 | 7410.000000 | 2277.000000 | 1805.000000 |
| 500 - 999 | 18188.000000 | 1132.000000 | 5103.000000 | 7674.000000 | 3951.000000 | 1657.000000 | 1571.000000 | 496.000000 | 3308.000000 | 912.000000 | 827.000000 |
| 1,000 - 1,499 | 43179.000000 | 3398.000000 | 15197.000000 | 13517.000000 | 7240.000000 | 2801.000000 | 2630.000000 | 846.000000 | 8578.000000 | 2426.000000 | 2230.000000 |
| 1,500 - 1,999 | 52488.000000 | 5131.000000 | 19700.000000 | 14063.000000 | 7508.000000 | 2779.000000 | 2773.000000 | 1004.000000 | 10973.000000 | 2557.000000 | 2297.000000 |
| 2,000 - 2,499 | 56459.000000 | 6434.000000 | 21524.000000 | 14677.000000 | 7677.000000 | 2987.000000 | 2999.000000 | 1015.000000 | 11158.000000 | 2594.000000 | 2395.000000 |
| 2,500 - 2,999 | 53526.000000 | 6476.000000 | 20311.000000 | 12844.000000 | 6601.000000 | 2519.000000 | 2782.000000 | 943.000000 | 10816.000000 | 2978.000000 | 2589.000000 |
| 3,000 - 3,499 | 56067.000000 | 8055.000000 | 21818.000000 | 13550.000000 | 6863.000000 | 2621.000000 | 3194.000000 | 872.000000 | 9814.000000 | 2765.000000 | 2401.000000 |
| 3,500 - 3,999 | 52092.000000 | 8303.000000 | 19961.000000 | 12515.000000 | 6077.000000 | 2581.000000 | 3022.000000 | 835.000000 | 8836.000000 | 2413.000000 | 2027.000000 |
| 4,000 - 4,499 | 46945.000000 | 8392.000000 | 18286.000000 | 11141.000000 | 5406.000000 | 2126.000000 | 2769.000000 | 841.000000 | 6966.000000 | 2115.000000 | 1739.000000 |
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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 | 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 |