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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group, Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

Description

General Household Survey 2005 counts of Singapore resident population aged 5 years and over by age group, language most frequently spoken at home, and sex. Languages include English, Malay, Mandarin, Chinese dialects (Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, and others), Indian languages (Tamil and others), and other languages. Excludes persons unable to speak and one-person or unrelated-person households. Language and demography researchers study home-language patterns by age and sex at the 2005 survey. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/5966.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 28/09/2015 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2005 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 2005, Statistical Release 1: Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics' (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/5966

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number (Total) Total (Total) Males (Total) Females (English) Total (English) Males (English) Females (Malay) Total (Malay) Males (Malay) Females (Mandarin) Total (Mandarin) Males (Mandarin) Females (Chinese Dialects - Total) Total (Chinese Dialects - Total) Males (Chinese Dialects - Total) Females (Chinese Dialects - Hokkien) Total (Chinese Dialects - Hokkien) Males (Chinese Dialects - Hokkien) Females (Chinese Dialects - Teochew) Total (Chinese Dialects - Teochew) Males (Chinese Dialects - Teochew) Females (Chinese Dialects - Cantonese) Total (Chinese Dialects - Cantonese) Males (Chinese Dialects - Cantonese) Females (Chinese Dialects - Other Chinese Dialects) Total (Chinese Dialects - Other Chinese Dialects) Males (Chinese Dialects - Other Chinese Dialects) Females (Indian Languages - Total) Total (Indian Languages - Total) Males (Indian Languages - Total) Females (Indian Languages - Tamil) Total (Indian Languages - Tamil) Males (Indian Languages - Tamil) Females (Indian Languages - Other Indian Languages) Total (Indian Languages - Other Indian Languages) Males (Indian Languages - Other Indian Languages) Females (Others) Total (Others) Males (Others) Females
Total 3147178.000000 1554931.000000 1592247.000000 884418.000000 442417.000000 442001.000000 414980.000000 207862.000000 207118.000000 1133725.000000 552970.000000 580755.000000 573132.000000 281759.000000 291373.000000 277910.000000 143480.000000 134429.000000 115107.000000 55002.000000 60105.000000 136753.000000 63340.000000 73413.000000 43363.000000 19937.000000 23426.000000 127127.000000 63222.000000 63905.000000 98417.000000 49352.000000 49064.000000 28710.000000 13870.000000 14840.000000 13797.000000 6701.000000 7096.000000
5 - 9 249159.000000 129960.000000 119199.000000 106539.000000 56059.000000 50480.000000 39359.000000 20577.000000 18782.000000 87776.000000 45066.000000 42711.000000 3046.000000 1782.000000 1265.000000 956.000000 521.000000 435.000000 454.000000 245.000000 209.000000 1376.000000 833.000000 544.000000 260.000000 183.000000 77.000000 11169.000000 5837.000000 5333.000000 8480.000000 4361.000000 4119.000000 2689.000000 1476.000000 1213.000000 1269.000000 640.000000 629.000000
10 - 14 264608.000000 138416.000000 126192.000000 101729.000000 53079.000000 48651.000000 45533.000000 24207.000000 21326.000000 102059.000000 53153.000000 48906.000000 4502.000000 2483.000000 2019.000000 1958.000000 1092.000000 866.000000 552.000000 309.000000 243.000000 1738.000000 973.000000 765.000000 255.000000 109.000000 146.000000 9913.000000 5040.000000 4873.000000 8037.000000 4158.000000 3879.000000 1875.000000 882.000000 994.000000 871.000000 454.000000 417.000000
15 - 19 238966.000000 123488.000000 115478.000000 79119.000000 39751.000000 39369.000000 42616.000000 21860.000000 20756.000000 101996.000000 53267.000000 48729.000000 7647.000000 4519.000000 3128.000000 3519.000000 2086.000000 1433.000000 1182.000000 709.000000 473.000000 2583.000000 1524.000000 1059.000000 363.000000 200.000000 163.000000 6907.000000 3687.000000 3221.000000 5939.000000 3245.000000 2694.000000 968.000000 442.000000 526.000000 679.000000 404.000000 275.000000
20 - 24 205910.000000 105685.000000 100226.000000 52896.000000 26640.000000 26256.000000 33640.000000 17954.000000 15686.000000 95422.000000 48256.000000 47165.000000 16735.000000 9836.000000 6899.000000 8623.000000 5448.000000 3175.000000 2635.000000 1513.000000 1122.000000 4776.000000 2530.000000 2246.000000 701.000000 345.000000 356.000000 6697.000000 2836.000000 3861.000000 5847.000000 2548.000000 3298.000000 851.000000 288.000000 563.000000 521.000000 163.000000 358.000000
25 - 29 231759.000000 110762.000000 120997.000000 58014.000000 25886.000000 32128.000000 25836.000000 13347.000000 12490.000000 103547.000000 47241.000000 56306.000000 33162.000000 20352.000000 12810.000000 16815.000000 10675.000000 6140.000000 6048.000000 4098.000000 1950.000000 8569.000000 4656.000000 3913.000000 1730.000000 924.000000 806.000000 10023.000000 3488.000000 6536.000000 7535.000000 2993.000000 4542.000000 2488.000000 494.000000 1993.000000 1176.000000 447.000000 729.000000
30 - 34 277469.000000 129799.000000 147670.000000 81104.000000 35484.000000 45620.000000 27389.000000 13415.000000 13974.000000 107844.000000 46791.000000 61053.000000 42355.000000 25236.000000 17119.000000 20388.000000 12653.000000 7735.000000 7802.000000 4672.000000 3130.000000 11141.000000 6070.000000 5071.000000 3025.000000 1841.000000 1183.000000 16990.000000 8169.000000 8821.000000 11325.000000 5585.000000 5740.000000 5665.000000 2584.000000 3081.000000 1787.000000 703.000000 1084.000000
35 - 39 288981.000000 137854.000000 151127.000000 91245.000000 41584.000000 49661.000000 33990.000000 16235.000000 17755.000000 106141.000000 46859.000000 59282.000000 39757.000000 23205.000000 16552.000000 19849.000000 12135.000000 7714.000000 6676.000000 3929.000000 2747.000000 10294.000000 5396.000000 4898.000000 2938.000000 1745.000000 1194.000000 15479.000000 8923.000000 6556.000000 11032.000000 6281.000000 4751.000000 4447.000000 2641.000000 1806.000000 2370.000000 1048.000000 1321.000000
40 - 44 302687.000000 152369.000000 150317.000000 91728.000000 44889.000000 46839.000000 39528.000000 19712.000000 19816.000000 114187.000000 55380.000000 58807.000000 42180.000000 23877.000000 18304.000000 22104.000000 13051.000000 9054.000000 7800.000000 4479.000000 3322.000000 9198.000000 4561.000000 4637.000000 3078.000000 1786.000000 1292.000000 13091.000000 7330.000000 5762.000000 10102.000000 5428.000000 4674.000000 2990.000000 1902.000000 1088.000000 1972.000000 1183.000000 789.000000
45 - 49 283907.000000 141419.000000 142488.000000 81879.000000 41277.000000 40602.000000 36294.000000 17878.000000 18416.000000 104140.000000 49879.000000 54261.000000 50772.000000 26456.000000 24317.000000 27658.000000 14786.000000 12872.000000 9147.000000 4701.000000 4447.000000 11086.000000 5272.000000 5815.000000 2881.000000 1698.000000 1184.000000 9499.000000 5275.000000 4224.000000 7909.000000 4282.000000 3627.000000 1590.000000 994.000000 597.000000 1323.000000 654.000000 668.000000
50 - 54 242795.000000 121259.000000 121536.000000 58894.000000 32119.000000 26775.000000 28958.000000 14088.000000 14870.000000 90774.000000 44715.000000 46059.000000 56237.000000 26718.000000 29519.000000 29993.000000 14965.000000 15028.000000 10983.000000 5139.000000 5844.000000 12581.000000 5423.000000 7159.000000 2680.000000 1191.000000 1489.000000 7218.000000 3210.000000 4008.000000 5989.000000 2570.000000 3418.000000 1229.000000 639.000000 590.000000 715.000000 410.000000 305.000000
55 - 59 189533.000000 93876.000000 95657.000000 39564.000000 21944.000000 17620.000000 20863.000000 10056.000000 10807.000000 59279.000000 30227.000000 29052.000000 63415.000000 28506.000000 34910.000000 31791.000000 15487.000000 16304.000000 14080.000000 5743.000000 8337.000000 14277.000000 6030.000000 8246.000000 3268.000000 1245.000000 2023.000000 5796.000000 2769.000000 3027.000000 5022.000000 2367.000000 2654.000000 774.000000 402.000000 372.000000 616.000000 374.000000 241.000000
60 - 64 112296.000000 55164.000000 57132.000000 17257.000000 10148.000000 7109.000000 10861.000000 5091.000000 5770.000000 27570.000000 14615.000000 12955.000000 53119.000000 23798.000000 29322.000000 26169.000000 12293.000000 13876.000000 11514.000000 5185.000000 6329.000000 11935.000000 4955.000000 6980.000000 3502.000000 1365.000000 2137.000000 3355.000000 1443.000000 1912.000000 2775.000000 1290.000000 1484.000000 580.000000 153.000000 427.000000 133.000000 69.000000 65.000000
65 - 69 95384.000000 45216.000000 50168.000000 10970.000000 6232.000000 4738.000000 10958.000000 4820.000000 6138.000000 17808.000000 9803.000000 8005.000000 51596.000000 22789.000000 28808.000000 21769.000000 10077.000000 11692.000000 12447.000000 5261.000000 7186.000000 13171.000000 5843.000000 7328.000000 4209.000000 1608.000000 2601.000000 3903.000000 1508.000000 2395.000000 3069.000000 1324.000000 1745.000000 834.000000 185.000000 650.000000 149.000000 63.000000 86.000000
70 - 74 70592.000000 32165.000000 38427.000000 6227.000000 3463.000000 2764.000000 9135.000000 3787.000000 5348.000000 8799.000000 4670.000000 4128.000000 43064.000000 18504.000000 24560.000000 20587.000000 8573.000000 12015.000000 8744.000000 3920.000000 4824.000000 9560.000000 4197.000000 5363.000000 4172.000000 1814.000000 2358.000000 3310.000000 1709.000000 1601.000000 2548.000000 1370.000000 1178.000000 762.000000 339.000000 423.000000 57.000000 31.000000 26.000000
75 & Over 93132.000000 37499.000000 55632.000000 7253.000000 3863.000000 3390.000000 10019.000000 4834.000000 5186.000000 6383.000000 3048.000000 3336.000000 65541.000000 23700.000000 41842.000000 25730.000000 9638.000000 16093.000000 15044.000000 5100.000000 9944.000000 14468.000000 5079.000000 9389.000000 10299.000000 3883.000000 6416.000000 3775.000000 1999.000000 1777.000000 2808.000000 1549.000000 1259.000000 968.000000 450.000000 518.000000 159.000000 57.000000 102.000000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
(Total) Total Numeric No
(Total) Males Numeric No
(Total) Females Numeric No
(English) Total Numeric No
(English) Males Numeric No
(English) Females Numeric No
(Malay) Total Numeric No
(Malay) Males Numeric No
(Malay) Females Numeric No
(Mandarin) Total Numeric No
(Mandarin) Males Numeric No
(Mandarin) Females Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Total) Total Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Total) Males Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Total) Females Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Hokkien) Total Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Hokkien) Males Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Hokkien) Females Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Teochew) Total Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Teochew) Males Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Teochew) Females Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Cantonese) Total Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Cantonese) Males Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Cantonese) Females Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Other Chinese Dialects) Total Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Other Chinese Dialects) Males Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects - Other Chinese Dialects) Females Numeric No
(Indian Languages - Total) Total Numeric No
(Indian Languages - Total) Males Numeric No
(Indian Languages - Total) Females Numeric No
(Indian Languages - Tamil) Total Numeric No
(Indian Languages - Tamil) Males Numeric No
(Indian Languages - Tamil) Females Numeric No
(Indian Languages - Other Indian Languages) Total Numeric No
(Indian Languages - Other Indian Languages) Males Numeric No
(Indian Languages - Other Indian Languages) Females Numeric No
(Others) Total Numeric No
(Others) Males Numeric No
(Others) Females Numeric No