Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Economic Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010)
Description
Census 2010 residents aged 15 and over cross-tabulated by language most frequently spoken at home, economic status, and sex. Singapore Department of Statistics data excludes persons unable to speak and certain household types per footnotes, supporting research on language, labour-force participation, and multicultural Singapore.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 30/09/2015 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2010 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2010, Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information). Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/5995
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Economically Active - Total) Total | (Economically Active - Total) Males | (Economically Active - Total) Females | (Economically Active - Working) Total | (Economically Active - Working) Males | (Economically Active - Working) Females | (Economically Active - Unemployed) Total | (Economically Active - Unemployed) Males | (Economically Active - Unemployed) Females | (Economically Inactive) Total | (Economically Inactive) Males | (Economically Inactive) Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2928178.000000 | 1427810.000000 | 1500368.000000 | 1856701.000000 | 1053340.000000 | 803360.000000 | 1778283.000000 | 1012221.000000 | 766061.000000 | 78418.000000 | 41119.000000 | 37299.000000 | 1071477.000000 | 374469.000000 | 697008.000000 |
| English | 871374.000000 | 433060.000000 | 438314.000000 | 587333.000000 | 321723.000000 | 265610.000000 | 563837.000000 | 309593.000000 | 254244.000000 | 23496.000000 | 12130.000000 | 11366.000000 | 284041.000000 | 111337.000000 | 172704.000000 |
| Mandarin | 1064157.000000 | 512043.000000 | 552113.000000 | 717881.000000 | 392210.000000 | 325670.000000 | 690795.000000 | 378222.000000 | 312573.000000 | 27085.000000 | 13988.000000 | 13097.000000 | 346276.000000 | 119833.000000 | 226443.000000 |
| Chinese Dialects | 482550.000000 | 231325.000000 | 251225.000000 | 242557.000000 | 147465.000000 | 95092.000000 | 231418.000000 | 140087.000000 | 91330.000000 | 11139.000000 | 7377.000000 | 3762.000000 | 239993.000000 | 83860.000000 | 156134.000000 |
| Hokkien | 237147.000000 | 119043.000000 | 118104.000000 | 123413.000000 | 79360.000000 | 44052.000000 | 117471.000000 | 75177.000000 | 42294.000000 | 5942.000000 | 4183.000000 | 1759.000000 | 113735.000000 | 39683.000000 | 74051.000000 |
| Teochew | 93811.000000 | 43995.000000 | 49816.000000 | 43522.000000 | 26427.000000 | 17094.000000 | 41734.000000 | 25340.000000 | 16394.000000 | 1788.000000 | 1087.000000 | 701.000000 | 50289.000000 | 17568.000000 | 32722.000000 |
| Cantonese | 119143.000000 | 54085.000000 | 65057.000000 | 61783.000000 | 33924.000000 | 27858.000000 | 59052.000000 | 32258.000000 | 26795.000000 | 2731.000000 | 1667.000000 | 1064.000000 | 57360.000000 | 20161.000000 | 37199.000000 |
| Other Chinese Dialects | 32449.000000 | 14201.000000 | 18248.000000 | 13839.000000 | 7753.000000 | 6086.000000 | 13161.000000 | 7313.000000 | 5848.000000 | 678.000000 | 440.000000 | 239.000000 | 18609.000000 | 6448.000000 | 12162.000000 |
| Malay | 349121.000000 | 172396.000000 | 176724.000000 | 204559.000000 | 124883.000000 | 79675.000000 | 192676.000000 | 119085.000000 | 73591.000000 | 11882.000000 | 5798.000000 | 6084.000000 | 144562.000000 | 47513.000000 | 97049.000000 |
| Indian Languages | 128781.000000 | 63587.000000 | 65193.000000 | 80381.000000 | 53249.000000 | 27131.000000 | 76451.000000 | 51723.000000 | 24728.000000 | 3930.000000 | 1527.000000 | 2403.000000 | 48400.000000 | 10338.000000 | 38062.000000 |
| Tamil | 94487.000000 | 46571.000000 | 47916.000000 | 58742.000000 | 38226.000000 | 20516.000000 | 55885.000000 | 36962.000000 | 18923.000000 | 2857.000000 | 1264.000000 | 1593.000000 | 35746.000000 | 8345.000000 | 27401.000000 |
| Other Indian Languages | 34293.000000 | 17016.000000 | 17277.000000 | 21639.000000 | 15023.000000 | 6616.000000 | 20566.000000 | 14761.000000 | 5805.000000 | 1073.000000 | 262.000000 | 810.000000 | 12654.000000 | 1993.000000 | 10661.000000 |
| Others | 32196.000000 | 15398.000000 | 16798.000000 | 23991.000000 | 13810.000000 | 10182.000000 | 23106.000000 | 13511.000000 | 9594.000000 | 886.000000 | 298.000000 | 587.000000 | 8204.000000 | 1588.000000 | 6616.000000 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Working) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Working) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Working) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Unemployed) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Unemployed) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Active - Unemployed) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Inactive) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Inactive) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Economically Inactive) Females | Numeric | No |