Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2010)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 13 records. Fields include Number, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (16 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-16.
Description
Census of Population 2010 counts of Singapore residents aged five and over by language most frequently spoken at home, ethnic group, and sex. It excludes persons unable to speak and residents of one-person or unrelated-person households. Demographers can analyse home-language patterns across major ethnic groups. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/5980.
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/5980
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Chinese) Total | (Chinese) Males | (Chinese) Females | (Malays) Total | (Malays) Males | (Malays) Females | (Indians) Total | (Indians) Males |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3399054.000000 | 1670982.000000 | 1728072.000000 | 2527562.000000 | 1240437 | 1287125.000000 | 459210 | 226123 | 233088 | 300587 | 151955 |
| English | 1097443.000000 | 550094.000000 | 547349.000000 | 824616.000000 | 414957 | 409659.000000 | 78090 | 36848 | 41243 | 125076 | 64275 |
| Mandarin | 1211505.000000 | 587455.000000 | 624049.000000 | 1206556.000000 | 586789 | 619767.000000 | 404 | 89 | 314 | 333 | 140 |
| Chinese Dialects | 487031.000000 | 233827.000000 | 253204.000000 | 485765.000000 | 233625 | 252140.000000 | 187 | 37 | 150 | 75 | 31 |
| Hokkien | 238843.000000 | 120001.000000 | 118842.000000 | 238072.000000 | 119930 | 118142.000000 | 146 | 31 | 115 | 38 | 12 |
| Teochew | 94302.000000 | 44277.000000 | 50026.000000 | 94132.000000 | 44239 | 49893.000000 | 33 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 13 |
| Cantonese | 121136.000000 | 55178.000000 | 65959.000000 | 120884.000000 | 55114 | 65770.000000 | 8 | na | 8 | 19 | 6 |
| Other Chinese Dialects | 32750.000000 | 14372.000000 | 18378.000000 | 32677.000000 | 14341 | 18336.000000 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Malay | 414475.000000 | 206548.000000 | 207926.000000 | 6292.000000 | 3100 | 3191.000000 | 379567 | 188750 | 190816 | 23839 | 12335 |
| Indian Languages | 151000.000000 | 74994.000000 | 76006.000000 | 55.000000 | 6 | 49.000000 | 279 | 130 | 149 | 150029 | 74552 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Males | Text | No |
| (Chinese) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) Total | Text | No |
| (Malays) Males | Text | No |
| (Malays) Females | Text | No |
| (Indians) Total | Text | No |
| (Indians) Males | Text | No |
| (Indians) Females | Text | No |
| (Others) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Others) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Others) Females | Numeric | No |