Resident Households by Monthly Household Income from Work and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2020)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 20 records. Fields include Number, Total, English, Mandarin (14 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-06.
Description
Census of Population 2020 counts of Singapore resident households by monthly household income from work and predominant household language. Language categories include English, Mandarin, major Chinese dialects, Malay, Tamil, other Indian languages, and others. The table excludes one-person and unrelated-person-only households, and income was revised to include employers’ Additional MediSave Contributions. Researchers can analyse how household work-income bands vary across language communities. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17521.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.Predominant household language refers to the language or dialect spoken by the majority of household members to other members (excluding domestic workers and unrelated persons), taking into account the reported language most frequently spoken and language second most frequently spoken (new in 2020) at home for each household member.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/17521
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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 | 1122876.000000 | 450993.000000 | 414782.000000 | 102954.000000 | 50715.000000 | 19404.000000 | 27117.000000 | 5719.000000 | 105459.000000 | 39479.000000 | 31168.000000 |
| No Employed Person | 96355.000000 | 29761.000000 | 27739.000000 | 26798.000000 | 12701.000000 | 5836.000000 | 6704.000000 | 1556.000000 | 9171.000000 | 2534.000000 | 2087.000000 |
| Below 1,000 | 17541.000000 | 4281.000000 | 5928.000000 | 4213.000000 | 2371.000000 | 760.000000 | 752.000000 | 330.000000 | 2753.000000 | 333.000000 | 258.000000 |
| 1,000 - 1,999 | 47903.000000 | 10741.000000 | 16654.000000 | 11398.000000 | 6563.000000 | 2280.000000 | 2013.000000 | 543.000000 | 7412.000000 | 1526.000000 | 1392.000000 |
| 2,000 - 2,999 | 52153.000000 | 13015.000000 | 19384.000000 | 9283.000000 | 5058.000000 | 1770.000000 | 1934.000000 | 522.000000 | 8677.000000 | 1666.000000 | 1509.000000 |
| 3,000 - 3,999 | 57971.000000 | 15546.000000 | 22015.000000 | 8054.000000 | 4570.000000 | 1509.000000 | 1569.000000 | 407.000000 | 10117.000000 | 2098.000000 | 1908.000000 |
| 4,000 - 4,999 | 56002.000000 | 16336.000000 | 22689.000000 | 6168.000000 | 3409.000000 | 990.000000 | 1485.000000 | 283.000000 | 8754.000000 | 1813.000000 | 1624.000000 |
| 5,000 - 5,999 | 59705.000000 | 18781.000000 | 24145.000000 | 5264.000000 | 2628.000000 | 1098.000000 | 1318.000000 | 220.000000 | 8576.000000 | 2499.000000 | 2237.000000 |
| 6,000 - 6,999 | 58079.000000 | 18765.000000 | 24118.000000 | 4142.000000 | 1943.000000 | 808.000000 | 1159.000000 | 232.000000 | 8237.000000 | 2412.000000 | 2205.000000 |
| 7,000 - 7,999 | 57364.000000 | 19153.000000 | 24911.000000 | 3838.000000 | 1848.000000 | 666.000000 | 1143.000000 | 181.000000 | 7015.000000 | 2093.000000 | 1762.000000 |
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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 |