Resident Households by Type of Dwelling and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2020)
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Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 12 records. Fields include Number, Total, English, Mandarin (14 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-06.
Description
Census of Population 2020 counts of Singapore resident households by type of dwelling and predominant household language, including English, Mandarin, Chinese dialects, Malay, and Indian languages. Excludes one-person households and households of unrelated persons only. Demographers link housing type with home-language patterns at the 2020 census benchmark. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17518.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Predominant household language refers to the language or dialect spoken by the majority of household members to other members (excluding domestic workers and unrelated persons), taking into account the reported language most frequently spoken and language second most frequently spoken (new in 2020) at home for each household member. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17518
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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 | 1122876.000000 | 450993.000000 | 414782.000000 | 102954.000000 | 50715.000000 | 19404.000000 | 27117.000000 | 5719.000000 | 105459.000000 | 39479.000000 | 31168.000000 |
| HDB Dwellings | 880697.000000 | 296233.000000 | 347822.000000 | 93396.000000 | 47156.000000 | 17905.000000 | 23329.000000 | 5005.000000 | 103542.000000 | 33845.000000 | 28275.000000 |
| 1- and 2-Room Flats1/ | 49231.000000 | 12077.000000 | 10670.000000 | 8336.000000 | 4851.000000 | 1325.000000 | 1830.000000 | 330.000000 | 16168.000000 | 1894.000000 | 1840.000000 |
| 3-Room Flats | 170863.000000 | 41918.000000 | 66613.000000 | 30015.000000 | 14719.000000 | 5928.000000 | 7782.000000 | 1585.000000 | 22535.000000 | 8392.000000 | 7381.000000 |
| 4-Room Flats | 375253.000000 | 115325.000000 | 163465.000000 | 38064.000000 | 19959.000000 | 7514.000000 | 8512.000000 | 2080.000000 | 41786.000000 | 13953.000000 | 11591.000000 |
| 5-Room and Executive Flats | 285350.000000 | 126913.000000 | 107074.000000 | 16981.000000 | 7627.000000 | 3138.000000 | 5205.000000 | 1011.000000 | 23053.000000 | 9605.000000 | 7464.000000 |
| Condominiums and Other Apartments | 178621.000000 | 113061.000000 | 50020.000000 | 6166.000000 | 2126.000000 | 823.000000 | 2807.000000 | 410.000000 | 1464.000000 | 4957.000000 | 2411.000000 |
| Landed Properties | 61899.000000 | 41188.000000 | 16082.000000 | 3182.000000 | 1369.000000 | 657.000000 | 934.000000 | 222.000000 | 450.000000 | 629.000000 | 464.000000 |
| Bungalows | 8016.000000 | 5763.000000 | 1736.000000 | 321.000000 | 122.000000 | 69.000000 | 107.000000 | 23.000000 | 25.000000 | 96.000000 | 40.000000 |
| Semi-Detached Bungalows | 18822.000000 | 12550.000000 | 4780.000000 | 1091.000000 | 522.000000 | 244.000000 | 227.000000 | 98.000000 | 106.000000 | 207.000000 | 168.000000 |
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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 |