Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (Census of Population 2010)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 18 records. Fields include Number, Total, English, Mandarin (14 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-16.
Description
Census of Population 2010 statistics on resident population aged 5 and over by age group and language most frequently spoken at home, published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in CSV. Excludes persons unable to speak and certain household types per footnotes. Supports language shift research across English, Mandarin, dialects, Malay, and Tamil.
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/5996
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- Columns
- 14
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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 | 3399054.000000 | 1097443.000000 | 1211505.000000 | 487031.000000 | 238843.000000 | 94302.000000 | 121136.000000 | 32750.000000 | 414475.000000 | 151000.000000 | 110667.000000 |
| 5 - 9 | 219631.000000 | 110941.000000 | 62234.000000 | 1930.000000 | 582.000000 | 208.000000 | 989.000000 | 150.000000 | 28865.000000 | 12818.000000 | 9066.000000 |
| 10 - 14 | 251246.000000 | 115129.000000 | 85113.000000 | 2551.000000 | 1113.000000 | 283.000000 | 1004.000000 | 150.000000 | 36489.000000 | 9402.000000 | 7114.000000 |
| 15 - 19 | 269921.000000 | 110395.000000 | 101068.000000 | 5103.000000 | 2198.000000 | 697.000000 | 1888.000000 | 320.000000 | 43913.000000 | 7488.000000 | 6138.000000 |
| 20 - 24 | 237472.000000 | 81598.000000 | 99087.000000 | 7936.000000 | 3640.000000 | 1067.000000 | 2777.000000 | 452.000000 | 40538.000000 | 7133.000000 | 6017.000000 |
| 25 - 29 | 244055.000000 | 69485.000000 | 107941.000000 | 16636.000000 | 7818.000000 | 2758.000000 | 5140.000000 | 919.000000 | 33342.000000 | 13061.000000 | 9266.000000 |
| 30 - 34 | 275529.000000 | 84963.000000 | 112552.000000 | 25970.000000 | 12431.000000 | 4245.000000 | 7990.000000 | 1304.000000 | 23532.000000 | 21514.000000 | 13832.000000 |
| 35 - 39 | 300697.000000 | 104793.000000 | 111930.000000 | 32111.000000 | 15606.000000 | 5369.000000 | 9049.000000 | 2086.000000 | 24746.000000 | 20603.000000 | 13500.000000 |
| 40 - 44 | 286522.000000 | 98550.000000 | 104108.000000 | 33195.000000 | 17008.000000 | 5439.000000 | 8454.000000 | 2295.000000 | 30913.000000 | 15057.000000 | 10395.000000 |
| 45 - 49 | 301606.000000 | 94292.000000 | 113909.000000 | 39303.000000 | 21167.000000 | 6752.000000 | 8860.000000 | 2522.000000 | 39118.000000 | 11619.000000 | 8864.000000 |
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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 |