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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (Census of Population 2010)

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Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 18 records. Fields include Number, (Chinese) English, (Chinese) Mandarin, (Chinese) Chinese Dialects (16 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-15.

Description

Census of Population 2010 counts of residents aged 5 and over by age group, ethnic group, and language most frequently spoken at home (English, Mandarin, dialects, Malay, Tamil, etc.). Supports multilingualism and ethnic demography research in Singapore. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/5979.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 29/09/2015 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/5979

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Rows
18
Columns
16

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number (Chinese) English (Chinese) Mandarin (Chinese) Chinese Dialects (Chinese) Others* (Malays) English (Malays) Malay (Malays) Others* (Indians) English (Indians) Malay (Indians) Tamil (Indians) Other Indian Languages
Total 824616.000000 1206556.000000 485765.000000 10625.000000 78090.000000 379567.000000 1553 125076.000000 23839.000000 110274.000000 39755.000000
5 - 9 78936.000000 62020.000000 1911.000000 606.000000 10339.000000 26571.000000 107 13625.000000 1542.000000 9026.000000 3655.000000
10 - 14 85385.000000 84922.000000 2532.000000 535.000000 10686.000000 33772.000000 51 12518.000000 1923.000000 7087.000000 2282.000000
15 - 19 84669.000000 100864.000000 5066.000000 624.000000 9457.000000 40519.000000 77 12228.000000 2507.000000 6113.000000 1341.000000
20 - 24 62000.000000 98536.000000 7900.000000 714.000000 7498.000000 37073.000000 72 9423.000000 2502.000000 6011.000000 1055.000000
25 - 29 50372.000000 107035.000000 16573.000000 1258.000000 5887.000000 30153.000000 145 9278.000000 2119.000000 9225.000000 3724.000000
30 - 34 59749.000000 111699.000000 25855.000000 1494.000000 6957.000000 21119.000000 277 10725.000000 1500.000000 13798.000000 7617.000000
35 - 39 75114.000000 111113.000000 31833.000000 1239.000000 7574.000000 22598.000000 337 11821.000000 1337.000000 13429.000000 7029.000000
40 - 44 72164.000000 103512.000000 32950.000000 806.000000 6251.000000 28717.000000 186 11270.000000 1414.000000 10362.000000 4584.000000
45 - 49 71293.000000 113559.000000 39131.000000 740.000000 5994.000000 36392.000000 95 10788.000000 1944.000000 8839.000000 2697.000000

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Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
(Chinese) English Numeric No
(Chinese) Mandarin Numeric No
(Chinese) Chinese Dialects Numeric No
(Chinese) Others* Numeric No
(Malays) English Numeric No
(Malays) Malay Numeric No
(Malays) Others* Text No
(Indians) English Numeric No
(Indians) Malay Numeric No
(Indians) Tamil Numeric No
(Indians) Other Indian Languages Numeric No
(Indians) Others* Numeric No
(Others) English Numeric No
(Others) Malay Numeric No
(Others) Others* Numeric No