Resident Households by Predominant Household Language, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2015)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 13 records. Fields include Thousands, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (16 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-03.
Description
General Household Survey 2015 tabulation of resident households by predominant household language, ethnic group, and sex of head of household, in thousands of households, excluding one-person and unrelated-member households per footnotes, published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in CSV. Sociolinguists study language use and ethnic household structures in Singapore.
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/8285
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Thousands | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Chinese) Total | (Chinese) Males | (Chinese) Females | (Malays) Total | (Malays) Males | (Malays) Females | (Indians) Total | (Indians) Males |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1059.200000 | 845.100000 | 214.000000 | 800.9 | 636.8 | 164.1 | 123.6 | 96.8 | 26.8 | 100.4 | 82.7 |
| English | 388.200000 | 315.800000 | 72.400000 | 295.4 | 241.4 | 54 | 25.3 | 19.2 | 6.1 | 43.9 | 35.1 |
| Mandarin | 363.000000 | 291.900000 | 71.100000 | 362.4 | 291.5 | 70.9 | 0.1 | na | na | na | na |
| Chinese Dialects | 139.900000 | 101.500000 | 38.400000 | 139.8 | 101.4 | 38.4 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Hokkien | 64.300000 | 47.700000 | 16.600000 | 64.3 | 47.7 | 16.6 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Teochew | 28.200000 | 20.400000 | 7.800000 | 28.2 | 20.4 | 7.8 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Cantonese | 38.300000 | 27.200000 | 11.100000 | 38.2 | 27.1 | 11.1 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Other Chinese Dialects | 9.100000 | 6.200000 | 2.900000 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 2.9 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Malay | 106.800000 | 83.500000 | 23.300000 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 98.2 | 77.5 | 20.7 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| Indian Languages | 50.900000 | 43.700000 | 7.200000 | na | na | na | na | na | na | 50.9 | 43.7 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Thousands | 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 |