Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (Census of Population 2000)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 17 records. Fields include Number, Total, English, Mandarin (14 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-15.
Description
Resident population aged 5 and over from the Census of Population 2000, classified by age group and language most frequently spoken at home. Published by the Singapore Department of Statistics with exclusions noted in footnotes. Supports home-language shift research, bilingual policy analysis, and age-specific language profiles.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 28/09/2015 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2000 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising unrelated persons. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: 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/5953
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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 | 2887552.000000 | 665087.000000 | 1010539.000000 | 687272.000000 | 329583.000000 | 141569.000000 | 163703.000000 | 52418.000000 | 406549.000000 | 110877.000000 | 91015.000000 |
| 5 - 9 | 256307.000000 | 87264.000000 | 105163.000000 | 5805.000000 | 2334.000000 | 939.000000 | 2216.000000 | 317.000000 | 48165.000000 | 9422.000000 | 7884.000000 |
| 10 - 14 | 236184.000000 | 69067.000000 | 103707.000000 | 9176.000000 | 3969.000000 | 1518.000000 | 3279.000000 | 410.000000 | 45461.000000 | 8197.000000 | 6989.000000 |
| 15 - 19 | 211016.000000 | 48145.000000 | 99107.000000 | 18308.000000 | 9229.000000 | 3192.000000 | 5288.000000 | 598.000000 | 37711.000000 | 7230.000000 | 6342.000000 |
| 20 - 24 | 198142.000000 | 37359.000000 | 87733.000000 | 39072.000000 | 19913.000000 | 7945.000000 | 9637.000000 | 1578.000000 | 27198.000000 | 6405.000000 | 5553.000000 |
| 25 - 29 | 248887.000000 | 51721.000000 | 92327.000000 | 64587.000000 | 32639.000000 | 12600.000000 | 15458.000000 | 3891.000000 | 30083.000000 | 9677.000000 | 7781.000000 |
| 30 - 34 | 272376.000000 | 70697.000000 | 94730.000000 | 58011.000000 | 29396.000000 | 10300.000000 | 13863.000000 | 4452.000000 | 35234.000000 | 12827.000000 | 9923.000000 |
| 35 - 39 | 298137.000000 | 79356.000000 | 107421.000000 | 54918.000000 | 27985.000000 | 10174.000000 | 12530.000000 | 4229.000000 | 42340.000000 | 13205.000000 | 10526.000000 |
| 40 - 44 | 290400.000000 | 78945.000000 | 104912.000000 | 56169.000000 | 29446.000000 | 10708.000000 | 12478.000000 | 3538.000000 | 38544.000000 | 11078.000000 | 9237.000000 |
| 45 - 49 | 245251.000000 | 56824.000000 | 90976.000000 | 58852.000000 | 30135.000000 | 11550.000000 | 14294.000000 | 2873.000000 | 29453.000000 | 8342.000000 | 7059.000000 |
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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 |