Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Ethnic Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 13 records. Fields include Thousands, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (16 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-04.
Description
Study home-language patterns among Singapore residents aged five and over from the General Household Survey 2015, broken down by ethnic group and sex. Counts are reported in thousands for Chinese, Malay, Indian, and other communities, excluding persons unable to speak and certain household types noted in the official metadata. The Singapore Department of Statistics table supports sociolinguistic research, integration policy, and searches on language spoken at home 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/8217
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Thousands | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Chinese) Total | (Chinese) Males | (Chinese) Females | (Malays) Total | (Malays) Males | (Malays) Females | (Indians) Total | (Indians) Males |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3530.500000 | 1733.300000 | 1797.300000 | 2661.6 | 1305.2 | 1356.4 | 447.8 | 219.6 | 228.3 | 310.2 | 155 |
| English | 1303.000000 | 659.200000 | 643.800000 | 995.5 | 505.2 | 490.3 | 96.2 | 46.4 | 49.8 | 137.4 | 69.8 |
| Mandarin | 1231.900000 | 592.500000 | 639.400000 | 1227.1 | 591.9 | 635.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | na |
| Chinese Dialects | 430.300000 | 204.000000 | 226.300000 | 429.4 | 204 | 225.5 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Hokkien | 205.300000 | 101.900000 | 103.400000 | 204.8 | 101.8 | 103 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Teochew | 86.500000 | 39.800000 | 46.700000 | 86.2 | 39.8 | 46.5 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Cantonese | 111.200000 | 49.600000 | 61.500000 | 111 | 49.6 | 61.4 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Other Chinese Dialects | 27.400000 | 12.700000 | 14.700000 | 27.4 | 12.7 | 14.7 | na | na | na | na | na |
| Malay | 378.700000 | 186.200000 | 192.400000 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 351.2 | 172.9 | 178.3 | 17.3 | 8.7 |
| Indian Languages | 154.300000 | 76.000000 | 78.300000 | na | na | na | na | na | na | 154.3 | 76 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Thousands | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) Total | Text | No |
| (Chinese) Males | Text | No |
| (Chinese) Females | Text | 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 | Text | No |
| (Others) Males | Text | No |
| (Others) Females | Text | No |