Resident Households by Predominant Household Language, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2005)
Description
General Household Survey 2005 resident households by predominant household language, ethnic group, and sex of head of household. Excludes one-person and unrelated-person households. Sociolinguists study home-language ecology and ethnic household leadership patterns in Singapore.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2005 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8748
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- Rows
- 13
- Columns
- 16
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Chinese) Total | (Chinese) Males | (Chinese) Females | (Malays) Total | (Malays) Males | (Malays) Females | (Indians) Total | (Indians) Males | (Indians) Females | (Others) Total | (Others) Males | (Others) Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 907479.000000 | 764839.000000 | 142640.000000 | 703797 | 590601 | 113196 | 110145 | 93821 | 16324 | 76377 | 65751 | 10626 | 17159 | 14665 | 2494 |
| English | 261629.000000 | 225607.000000 | 36022.000000 | 205000 | 177695 | 27305 | 14382 | 11687 | 2695 | 30403 | 26163 | 4241 | 11844 | 10063 | 1781 |
| Mandarin | 319570.000000 | 275749.000000 | 43821.000000 | 319126 | 275430 | 43695 | 91 | 78 | 13 | 67 | 67 | na | 287 | 174 | 113 |
| Chinese Dialects | 176989.000000 | 135170.000000 | 41819.000000 | 176844 | 135060 | 41784 | 26 | 26 | na | 53 | 40 | 13 | 66 | 44 | 22 |
| Hokkien | 84328.000000 | 65875.000000 | 18453.000000 | 84266 | 65825 | 18442 | 13 | 13 | na | 27 | 27 | na | 22 | 11 | 11 |
| Teochew | 35205.000000 | 26519.000000 | 8686.000000 | 35180 | 26495 | 8686 | na | na | na | 13 | 13 | na | 11 | 11 | na |
| Cantonese | 44059.000000 | 33076.000000 | 10983.000000 | 44000 | 33041 | 10959 | 13 | 13 | na | 13 | na | 13 | 33 | 22 | 11 |
| Other Chinese Dialects | 13398.000000 | 9700.000000 | 3698.000000 | 13398 | 9700 | 3698 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Malay | 106739.000000 | 91247.000000 | 15492.000000 | 1576 | 1354 | 221 | 95516 | 81899 | 13617 | 7693 | 6321 | 1373 | 1953 | 1672 | 281 |
| Indian Languages | 38240.000000 | 33206.000000 | 5034.000000 | 13 | na | 13 | 26 | 26 | na | 37973 | 32973 | 4999 | 229 | 207 | 22 |
| Tamil | 29312.000000 | 24983.000000 | 4329.000000 | 13 | na | 13 | 13 | 13 | na | 29210 | 24893 | 4317 | 76 | 76 | na |
| Other Indian Languages | 8928.000000 | 8223.000000 | 705.000000 | na | na | na | 13 | 13 | na | 8763 | 8080 | 683 | 153 | 130 | 22 |
| Others | 4311.000000 | 3860.000000 | 451.000000 | 1240 | 1062 | 178 | 105 | 105 | na | 188 | 188 | na | 2779 | 2505 | 274 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Total | Text | No |
| (Chinese) Males | Text | No |
| (Chinese) Females | Text | No |
| (Malays) Total | Text | No |
| (Malays) Males | Text | No |
| (Malays) Females | Text | No |
| (Indians) Total | Text | No |
| (Indians) Males | Text | No |
| (Indians) Females | Text | No |
| (Others) Total | Text | No |
| (Others) Males | Text | No |
| (Others) Females | Text | No |