Resident Households by Type of Dwelling and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2010)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 12 records. Fields include Number, Total, English, Mandarin (14 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-18.
Description
Census of Population 2010 counts of Singapore resident households by type of dwelling and predominant household language, excluding one-person and unrelated-persons-only households. Language columns cover English, Mandarin, Chinese dialects, Malay, Indian languages, and others. Sociolinguists and housing researchers link dwelling type with home language use at the 2010 census. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8592.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 23/06/2026 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2010 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8592
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- Columns
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
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 | 988823.000000 | 318305.000000 | 350420.000000 | 155868.000000 | 74989.000000 | 29828.000000 | 40369.000000 | 10681.000000 | 103650.000000 | 48669.000000 | 34987.000000 |
| HDB Dwellings* | 817813.000000 | 210849.000000 | 312847.000000 | 141433.000000 | 69418.000000 | 27198.000000 | 35263.000000 | 9555.000000 | 101564.000000 | 42722.000000 | 32501.000000 |
| 3-Room Flats | 175399.000000 | 27327.000000 | 63856.000000 | 47025.000000 | 22945.000000 | 8819.000000 | 12067.000000 | 3194.000000 | 22702.000000 | 12323.000000 | 9564.000000 |
| 4-Room Flats | 334057.000000 | 69970.000000 | 141692.000000 | 56926.000000 | 29208.000000 | 11140.000000 | 12756.000000 | 3821.000000 | 43771.000000 | 18092.000000 | 13785.000000 |
| Landed Properties | 59510.000000 | 39048.000000 | 12417.000000 | 5948.000000 | 2582.000000 | 1373.000000 | 1506.000000 | 487.000000 | 713.000000 | 1006.000000 | 680.000000 |
| Bungalows | 7659.000000 | 5712.000000 | 1068.000000 | 652.000000 | 258.000000 | 182.000000 | 193.000000 | 19.000000 | 47.000000 | 118.000000 | 53.000000 |
| Semi-Detached Bungalows | 18102.000000 | 11941.000000 | 3829.000000 | 1804.000000 | 776.000000 | 424.000000 | 414.000000 | 189.000000 | 166.000000 | 219.000000 | 133.000000 |
| Terrace Houses | 33749.000000 | 21395.000000 | 7521.000000 | 3492.000000 | 1548.000000 | 767.000000 | 899.000000 | 279.000000 | 500.000000 | 669.000000 | 494.000000 |
| Others | 3080.000000 | 620.000000 | 1453.000000 | 737.000000 | 320.000000 | 185.000000 | 98.000000 | 135.000000 | 65.000000 | 114.000000 | 100.000000 |
| 1- and 2-Room Flats^ | 29784.000000 | 3268.000000 | 6395.000000 | 9535.000000 | 5387.000000 | 1561.000000 | 2132.000000 | 454.000000 | 8786.000000 | 1743.000000 | 1624.000000 |
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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 |