Resident Households by Predominant Household Language and Highest Qualification of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000)
Description
Census of Population 2000 resident household counts by predominant household language and highest qualification of the household head, from no qualification through university. Excludes one-person households, unrelated-person households, and those headed by students. Language and education researchers link household language use to head’s education. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/9078.
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 and those headed by students. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9078
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- Columns
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | Total | No Qualification | Primary | Lower Secondary | Secondary | Upper Secondary | Polytechnic | Other Diploma | University |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 827747.000000 | 148846.000000 | 110576.000000 | 105614.000000 | 203466.000000 | 75421.000000 | 42717.000000 | 40216.000000 | 100890.000000 |
| English | 201192.000000 | 4813.000000 | 6212.000000 | 13126.000000 | 58583.000000 | 24764.000000 | 18499.000000 | 20104.000000 | 55091.000000 |
| Mandarin | 280830.000000 | 37981.000000 | 44133.000000 | 45644.000000 | 70828.000000 | 27863.000000 | 15803.000000 | 10796.000000 | 27783.000000 |
| Chinese Dialects | 204126.000000 | 81961.000000 | 36080.000000 | 22626.000000 | 32468.000000 | 10690.000000 | 5444.000000 | 5571.000000 | 9286.000000 |
| Hokkien | 95980.000000 | 42947.000000 | 18093.000000 | 10841.000000 | 13616.000000 | 4127.000000 | 1975.000000 | 1868.000000 | 2513.000000 |
| Teochew | 41147.000000 | 17853.000000 | 7365.000000 | 4466.000000 | 6209.000000 | 2090.000000 | 998.000000 | 873.000000 | 1292.000000 |
| Cantonese | 51432.000000 | 15257.000000 | 8045.000000 | 5746.000000 | 10162.000000 | 3447.000000 | 2042.000000 | 2388.000000 | 4346.000000 |
| Other Chinese Dialects | 15567.000000 | 5904.000000 | 2577.000000 | 1573.000000 | 2481.000000 | 1025.000000 | 429.000000 | 442.000000 | 1136.000000 |
| Malay | 105063.000000 | 18294.000000 | 18614.000000 | 19299.000000 | 33639.000000 | 9578.000000 | 2102.000000 | 1976.000000 | 1561.000000 |
| Indian Languages | 34650.000000 | 5587.000000 | 5405.000000 | 4817.000000 | 7776.000000 | 2405.000000 | 818.000000 | 1683.000000 | 6160.000000 |
| Tamil | 28372.000000 | 4991.000000 | 5036.000000 | 4480.000000 | 6646.000000 | 1942.000000 | 577.000000 | 1064.000000 | 3636.000000 |
| Other Indian Languages | 6278.000000 | 596.000000 | 369.000000 | 337.000000 | 1130.000000 | 463.000000 | 240.000000 | 618.000000 | 2524.000000 |
| Others | 1886.000000 | 210.000000 | 132.000000 | 103.000000 | 173.000000 | 121.000000 | 52.000000 | 86.000000 | 1008.000000 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| Total | Numeric | No |
| No Qualification | Numeric | No |
| Primary | Numeric | No |
| Lower Secondary | Numeric | No |
| Secondary | Numeric | No |
| Upper Secondary | Numeric | No |
| Polytechnic | Numeric | No |
| Other Diploma | Numeric | No |
| University | Numeric | No |