Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (General Household Survey 2015)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 16 records. Fields include Thousands, (Chinese) English, (Chinese) Mandarin, (Chinese) Chinese Dialects (16 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-03.
Description
General Household Survey 2015 resident population aged 5 and over by age group, ethnic group, and language most frequently spoken at home (English, Mandarin, Chinese dialects, and others), in thousands, with exclusions noted in the metadata. Language planners study home-language patterns across Chinese, Malay, and Indian communities in Singapore.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2015 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 'General Household Survey 2015' (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/8215
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Thousands | (Chinese) English | (Chinese) Mandarin | (Chinese) Chinese Dialects | (Chinese) Others1/ | (Malays) English | (Malays) Malay | (Malays) Others1/ | (Indians) English | (Indians) Malay | (Indians) Tamil | (Indians) Other Indian Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 995.500000 | 1227.100000 | 429.400000 | 9.500000 | 96.200000 | 351.200000 | 0.5 | 137.400000 | 17.300000 | 117.100000 | 37.300000 |
| 5 - 9 | 92.500000 | 51.500000 | 1.200000 | 0.300000 | 13.100000 | 19.800000 | 0.1 | 14.500000 | 1.100000 | 9.100000 | 1.900000 |
| 10 - 14 | 88.700000 | 59.000000 | 1.500000 | 0.600000 | 12.200000 | 24.200000 | 0.1 | 14.500000 | 0.800000 | 9.400000 | 2.300000 |
| 15 - 19 | 96.200000 | 80.900000 | 2.700000 | 0.500000 | 11.100000 | 32.500000 | na | 12.300000 | 1.400000 | 6.700000 | 1.500000 |
| 20 - 24 | 87.800000 | 93.400000 | 4.000000 | 0.900000 | 10.500000 | 34.000000 | na | 10.900000 | 1.800000 | 5.400000 | 1.100000 |
| 25 - 29 | 69.100000 | 97.500000 | 7.900000 | 0.900000 | 8.300000 | 30.100000 | na | 9.000000 | 1.700000 | 6.100000 | 1.200000 |
| 30 - 34 | 68.300000 | 108.500000 | 12.900000 | 1.200000 | 8.400000 | 24.300000 | na | 10.900000 | 1.500000 | 10.900000 | 5.200000 |
| 35 - 39 | 80.000000 | 110.700000 | 21.400000 | 1.200000 | 7.600000 | 18.900000 | 0.2 | 10.900000 | 0.800000 | 13.600000 | 6.900000 |
| 40 - 44 | 82.200000 | 110.300000 | 30.000000 | 0.800000 | 6.500000 | 19.200000 | 0.2 | 11.800000 | 1.000000 | 13.600000 | 5.800000 |
| 45 - 49 | 73.400000 | 105.100000 | 31.500000 | 0.400000 | 6.300000 | 28.500000 | na | 11.000000 | 0.900000 | 9.300000 | 4.100000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Thousands | Text | No |
| (Chinese) English | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Mandarin | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Chinese Dialects | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Others1/ | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) English | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) Malay | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) Others1/ | Text | Yes |
| (Indians) English | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Malay | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Tamil | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Other Indian Languages | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Others1/ | Text | Yes |
| (Others) English | Numeric | No |
| (Others) Malay | Text | No |
| (Others) Others1/ | Text | No |