CSV Singapore Department of Statistics

Resident Households by Predominant Household Language and Age Group of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2015)

Name: Resident Households by Predominant Household Language and Age Group of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2015)
Creator: Singapore Department of Statistics
License: https://data.gov.sg/open-data-licence

Description

Singapore Department of Statistics CSV from the General Household Survey 2015 showing resident households by the predominant language spoken at home, cross-tabulated with the age group of the head of household (from below 30 to older bands). Figures are in thousands and exclude one-person households and households of only unrelated persons. Sociolinguists and demographers study how home-language patterns vary with the age of household heads. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8282.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016 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/8282

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Last updated: 2026-09-03
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Columns: 13

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Thousands	Total	Below 30 Years	30 - 34 Years	35 - 39 Years	40 - 44 Years	45 - 49 Years	50 - 54 Years	55 - 59 Years	60 - 64 Years	65 - 69 Years	70 - 74 Years	75 Years & Over
Total	1059.200000	19.600000	68.000000	106.400000	134.400000	139.600000	155.000000	145.500000	118.500000	80.200000	40.400000	51.700000
English	388.200000	7.300000	26.600000	45.000000	58.500000	57.200000	59.400000	51.800000	38.500000	24.200000	9.300000	10.400000
Mandarin	363.000000	6.500000	25.800000	37.300000	44.000000	46.000000	58.200000	53.000000	44.200000	25.300000	11.900000	10.800000
Chinese Dialects	139.900000	0.700000	2.900000	5.900000	10.200000	10.800000	13.300000	16.500000	19.100000	21.100000	14.500000	24.800000
Hokkien	64.300000	0.300000	1.100000	2.300000	4.200000	4.800000	7.100000	8.100000	9.500000	10.700000	6.800000	9.500000
Teochew	28.200000	0.100000	0.300000	0.700000	1.800000	1.500000	1.900000	3.500000	3.700000	4.300000	3.600000	6.700000
Cantonese	38.300000	0.200000	1.000000	2.500000	3.500000	3.400000	3.500000	4.200000	5.100000	5.300000	3.500000	5.900000
Other Chinese Dialects	9.100000	0.200000	0.500000	0.400000	0.600000	1.000000	0.800000	0.700000	0.800000	0.700000	0.600000	2.800000
Malay	106.800000	4.100000	7.500000	8.600000	9.600000	15.600000	16.900000	18.000000	12.300000	7.500000	3.300000	3.200000
Indian Languages	50.900000	0.700000	3.900000	8.000000	9.700000	8.200000	5.700000	5.300000	3.900000	2.000000	1.300000	2.300000
Tamil	37.700000	0.600000	2.500000	5.000000	7.300000	5.600000	4.300000	4.600000	3.300000	1.900000	1.100000	1.800000
Other Indian Languages	13.200000	0.100000	1.400000	3.000000	2.400000	2.500000	1.400000	0.800000	0.600000	0.200000	0.200000	0.500000
Others	10.400000	0.300000	1.200000	1.600000	2.400000	1.900000	1.400000	0.800000	0.400000	0.200000	0.100000	0.100000

Columns

Column	Type	Categorical
Thousands	Text	No
Total	Numeric	No
Below 30 Years	Numeric	No
30 - 34 Years	Numeric	No
35 - 39 Years	Numeric	No
40 - 44 Years	Numeric	No
45 - 49 Years	Numeric	No
50 - 54 Years	Numeric	No
55 - 59 Years	Numeric	No
60 - 64 Years	Numeric	No
65 - 69 Years	Numeric	No
70 - 74 Years	Numeric	No
75 Years & Over	Numeric	No