Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Labour Force Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 39 records. Fields include Number, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (16 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-05.
Description
Census of Population 2020 table on Singapore residents aged 15 and over classified by language most and second most frequently spoken at home, labour force status, and sex. Excludes persons unable to speak and certain household types per SingStat footnotes. Sociolinguists and labour analysts study home-language patterns alongside employment participation. Adapted from TableBuilder CT/17471.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 17/06/2021 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17471
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Labour Force - Total) Total | (Labour Force - Total) Males | (Labour Force - Total) Females | (Labour Force - Employed) Total | (Labour Force - Employed) Males | (Labour Force - Employed) Females | (Labour Force - Unemployed) Total | (Labour Force - Unemployed) Males |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3191235.000000 | 1543822.000000 | 1647412.000000 | 2159553.000000 | 1155237.000000 | 1004315.000000 | 2035416.000000 | 1093361.000000 | 942055.000000 | 124136.000000 | 61876.000000 |
| English | 1433296.000000 | 708558.000000 | 724739.000000 | 1011165.000000 | 529914.000000 | 481252.000000 | 947851.000000 | 499443.000000 | 448408.000000 | 63314.000000 | 30471.000000 |
| English Only | 191205.000000 | 102488.000000 | 88717.000000 | 125102.000000 | 70604.000000 | 54497.000000 | 116748.000000 | 66040.000000 | 50707.000000 | 8354.000000 | 4564.000000 |
| English & Mandarin | 783895.000000 | 383808.000000 | 400087.000000 | 572357.000000 | 291934.000000 | 280423.000000 | 540451.000000 | 276508.000000 | 263943.000000 | 31905.000000 | 15426.000000 |
| English & Chinese Dialect | 123709.000000 | 62907.000000 | 60801.000000 | 77270.000000 | 42516.000000 | 34754.000000 | 72586.000000 | 40050.000000 | 32536.000000 | 4684.000000 | 2466.000000 |
| English & Malay | 188498.000000 | 89794.000000 | 98704.000000 | 131822.000000 | 68996.000000 | 62826.000000 | 121772.000000 | 64680.000000 | 57093.000000 | 10050.000000 | 4316.000000 |
| English & Tamil | 73799.000000 | 35800.000000 | 38000.000000 | 53034.000000 | 27880.000000 | 25154.000000 | 48060.000000 | 25499.000000 | 22561.000000 | 4973.000000 | 2381.000000 |
| English & Other Indian Language | 37646.000000 | 18290.000000 | 19356.000000 | 26435.000000 | 15111.000000 | 11324.000000 | 24479.000000 | 14388.000000 | 10091.000000 | 1956.000000 | 723.000000 |
| English & Other Language | 34544.000000 | 15471.000000 | 19073.000000 | 25146.000000 | 12873.000000 | 12274.000000 | 23755.000000 | 12278.000000 | 11477.000000 | 1391.000000 | 595.000000 |
| Mandarin1/ | 1014303.000000 | 478233.000000 | 536070.000000 | 728611.000000 | 376028.000000 | 352582.000000 | 694971.000000 | 359153.000000 | 335818.000000 | 33640.000000 | 16876.000000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Labour Force - Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Labour Force - Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Labour Force - Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Labour Force - Employed) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Labour Force - Employed) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Labour Force - Employed) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Labour Force - Unemployed) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Labour Force - Unemployed) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Labour Force - Unemployed) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Outside the Labour Force) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Outside the Labour Force) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Outside the Labour Force) Females | Numeric | No |