Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group, Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 16 records. Fields include Number, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (40 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-15.
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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- Rows
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- Columns
- 40
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3147178.000000 | 1554931.000000 | 1592247.000000 | 884418.000000 | 442417.000000 | 442001.000000 | 414980.000000 | 207862.000000 | 207118.000000 | 1133725.000000 | 552970.000000 |
| 5 - 9 | 249159.000000 | 129960.000000 | 119199.000000 | 106539.000000 | 56059.000000 | 50480.000000 | 39359.000000 | 20577.000000 | 18782.000000 | 87776.000000 | 45066.000000 |
| 10 - 14 | 264608.000000 | 138416.000000 | 126192.000000 | 101729.000000 | 53079.000000 | 48651.000000 | 45533.000000 | 24207.000000 | 21326.000000 | 102059.000000 | 53153.000000 |
| 15 - 19 | 238966.000000 | 123488.000000 | 115478.000000 | 79119.000000 | 39751.000000 | 39369.000000 | 42616.000000 | 21860.000000 | 20756.000000 | 101996.000000 | 53267.000000 |
| 20 - 24 | 205910.000000 | 105685.000000 | 100226.000000 | 52896.000000 | 26640.000000 | 26256.000000 | 33640.000000 | 17954.000000 | 15686.000000 | 95422.000000 | 48256.000000 |
| 25 - 29 | 231759.000000 | 110762.000000 | 120997.000000 | 58014.000000 | 25886.000000 | 32128.000000 | 25836.000000 | 13347.000000 | 12490.000000 | 103547.000000 | 47241.000000 |
| 30 - 34 | 277469.000000 | 129799.000000 | 147670.000000 | 81104.000000 | 35484.000000 | 45620.000000 | 27389.000000 | 13415.000000 | 13974.000000 | 107844.000000 | 46791.000000 |
| 35 - 39 | 288981.000000 | 137854.000000 | 151127.000000 | 91245.000000 | 41584.000000 | 49661.000000 | 33990.000000 | 16235.000000 | 17755.000000 | 106141.000000 | 46859.000000 |
| 40 - 44 | 302687.000000 | 152369.000000 | 150317.000000 | 91728.000000 | 44889.000000 | 46839.000000 | 39528.000000 | 19712.000000 | 19816.000000 | 114187.000000 | 55380.000000 |
| 45 - 49 | 283907.000000 | 141419.000000 | 142488.000000 | 81879.000000 | 41277.000000 | 40602.000000 | 36294.000000 | 17878.000000 | 18416.000000 | 104140.000000 | 49879.000000 |
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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 |