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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by DGP Zone and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (Census of Population 2000)

Description

Census of Population 2000 table from the Singapore Department of Statistics counting residents aged 5 and over by Development Guide Plan (DGP) zone and the language most frequently spoken at home. Columns cover English, Mandarin, Chinese dialects, Malay, Tamil, other Indian languages, and others across 34 planning zones. Language researchers and urban geographers use it to map how home language varied by neighbourhood at the 2000 benchmark. Persons unable to speak and non-family households are excluded. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/9014.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 01/04/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2000 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising unrelated persons. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9014

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Columns
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number Total English Mandarin Chinese Dialects Malay Tamil Other Indian Languages Others
Total 2887552.000000 665087.000000 1010539.000000 687272.000000 406549.000000 91015.000000 19862.000000 7228
Ang Mo Kio 162871.000000 30885.000000 61496.000000 51339.000000 12537.000000 5840.000000 612.000000 163
Bedok 238249.000000 62218.000000 73095.000000 52639.000000 45041.000000 2990.000000 1572.000000 693
Bukit Batok 115809.000000 23175.000000 45157.000000 22086.000000 19340.000000 4370.000000 1344.000000 337
Bukit Merah 129135.000000 23184.000000 37276.000000 53119.000000 7356.000000 7179.000000 734.000000 288
Bukit Panjang 89614.000000 15755.000000 37130.000000 18891.000000 14782.000000 2453.000000 447.000000 155
Bishan 82679.000000 33010.000000 24195.000000 17802.000000 4495.000000 2565.000000 394.000000 218
Bukit Timah 55134.000000 33002.000000 12228.000000 8141.000000 808.000000 393.000000 224.000000 338
Changi 751.000000 177.000000 110.000000 150.000000 174.000000 103.000000 37.000000 na
Choa Chu Kang 129281.000000 24608.000000 53364.000000 22934.000000 23342.000000 4213.000000 718.000000 102
Clementi 80019.000000 19511.000000 25343.000000 19170.000000 11897.000000 2995.000000 778.000000 325
Downtown Core 3853.000000 482.000000 1366.000000 1767.000000 106.000000 102.000000 14.000000 14
Geylang 104075.000000 17029.000000 37097.000000 30844.000000 15554.000000 2687.000000 678.000000 185
Hougang 189095.000000 42271.000000 72560.000000 50583.000000 17593.000000 5022.000000 788.000000 278
Jurong East 83435.000000 14384.000000 32064.000000 19141.000000 14109.000000 2921.000000 501.000000 316
Jurong West 184279.000000 25974.000000 79282.000000 36230.000000 34022.000000 6778.000000 1358.000000 635
Kallang 79805.000000 13970.000000 25897.000000 27034.000000 6464.000000 5227.000000 999.000000 213
Marine Parade 36766.000000 15087.000000 8763.000000 7391.000000 3649.000000 625.000000 1150.000000 101
Newton 4605.000000 3004.000000 738.000000 536.000000 155.000000 46.000000 63.000000 63
Novena 36816.000000 14559.000000 9938.000000 9217.000000 1221.000000 1457.000000 312.000000 112
Outram 18347.000000 1746.000000 5283.000000 10004.000000 430.000000 812.000000 52.000000 20
Pasir Ris 99693.000000 35001.000000 31205.000000 13528.000000 17746.000000 1594.000000 485.000000 133
Queenstown 83464.000000 19033.000000 21553.000000 29334.000000 9183.000000 3464.000000 587.000000 311
Rochor 14068.000000 1850.000000 4505.000000 5513.000000 257.000000 1641.000000 263.000000 39
River Valley 6871.000000 3760.000000 1290.000000 1477.000000 132.000000 12.000000 95.000000 105

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
Total Numeric No
English Numeric No
Mandarin Numeric No
Chinese Dialects Numeric No
Malay Numeric No
Tamil Numeric No
Other Indian Languages Numeric No
Others Text No