Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Place of Birth 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 (34 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-16.
Description
2010 Census tabulation of resident population aged 5 and over by language most frequently spoken at home, place of birth, and sex. Birthplaces include Singapore, Malaysia, mainland China/Hong Kong/Macau, with male and female splits. SingStat excludes persons unable to speak and certain household types per footnotes. Linguists and migration researchers analyse home-language maintenance among immigrant-origin communities in Singapore.
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/5985
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Singapore) Total | (Singapore) Males | (Singapore) Females | (Malaysia) Total | (Malaysia) Males | (Malaysia) Females | (Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao) Total | (Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao) Males |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3399054.000000 | 1670982.000000 | 1728072.000000 | 2642295.000000 | 1345299.000000 | 1296996.000000 | 335935.000000 | 141896.000000 | 194039.000000 | 151513.000000 | 62594 |
| English | 1097443.000000 | 550094.000000 | 547349.000000 | 915007.000000 | 462485.000000 | 452522.000000 | 71442.000000 | 35641.000000 | 35802.000000 | 9415.000000 | 3859 |
| Mandarin | 1211505.000000 | 587455.000000 | 624049.000000 | 914275.000000 | 469697.000000 | 444578.000000 | 177591.000000 | 72209.000000 | 105383.000000 | 94151.000000 | 38375 |
| Chinese Dialects | 487031.000000 | 233827.000000 | 253204.000000 | 372766.000000 | 189339.000000 | 183427.000000 | 56757.000000 | 21730.000000 | 35027.000000 | 47783.000000 | 20268 |
| Hokkien | 238843.000000 | 120001.000000 | 118842.000000 | 201202.000000 | 105591.000000 | 95611.000000 | 20572.000000 | 7998.000000 | 12574.000000 | 11551.000000 | 5047 |
| Teochew | 94302.000000 | 44277.000000 | 50026.000000 | 75798.000000 | 37657.000000 | 38141.000000 | 6861.000000 | 2462.000000 | 4399.000000 | 9173.000000 | 3600 |
| Cantonese | 121136.000000 | 55178.000000 | 65959.000000 | 79666.000000 | 38250.000000 | 41417.000000 | 22939.000000 | 8844.000000 | 14096.000000 | 17387.000000 | 7709 |
| Other Chinese Dialects | 32750.000000 | 14372.000000 | 18378.000000 | 16100.000000 | 7842.000000 | 8258.000000 | 6385.000000 | 2427.000000 | 3958.000000 | 9672.000000 | 3912 |
| Malay | 414475.000000 | 206548.000000 | 207926.000000 | 380578.000000 | 194129.000000 | 186449.000000 | 22524.000000 | 8903.000000 | 13621.000000 | 27.000000 | na |
| Indian Languages | 151000.000000 | 74994.000000 | 76006.000000 | 57844.000000 | 28683.000000 | 29161.000000 | 7491.000000 | 3333.000000 | 4158.000000 | 37.000000 | 29 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Singapore) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Singapore) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Singapore) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Malaysia) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Malaysia) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Malaysia) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao) Males | Text | No |
| (Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao) Females | Text | No |
| (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh And Sri Lanka) Total | Text | No |
| (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh And Sri Lanka) Males | Text | No |
| (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh And Sri Lanka) Females | Text | No |
| (Indonesia) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Indonesia) Males | Text | No |
| (Indonesia) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Other Asian Countries) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Other Asian Countries) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Other Asian Countries) Females | Numeric | No |
| (European Countries) Total | Text | No |
| (European Countries) Males | Text | No |
| (European Countries) Females | Text | No |
| (USA And Canada) Total | Text | No |
| (USA And Canada) Males | Text | No |
| (USA And Canada) Females | Text | No |
| (Australia And New Zealand) Total | Text | No |
| (Australia And New Zealand) Males | Text | No |
| (Australia And New Zealand) Females | Text | No |
| (Others) Total | Text | No |
| (Others) Males | Text | No |
| (Others) Females | Text | No |