Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000)
Description
Census of Population 2000 table of resident population aged 5 and over by language most frequently spoken at home, residential status, and sex, excluding persons unable to speak and one-person or unrelated-only households. Demographers study home-language patterns among citizens and permanent residents using the Singapore Department of Statistics CSV. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/5961.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 28/09/2015 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. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: 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/5961
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- Columns
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Singapore Citizens) Total | (Singapore Citizens) Males | (Singapore Citizens) Females | (Permanent Residents) Total | (Permanent Residents) Males | (Permanent Residents) Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2887552.000000 | 1433469.000000 | 1454083.000000 | 2644688.000000 | 1321725.000000 | 1322963.000000 | 242865.000000 | 111744.000000 | 131120.000000 |
| English | 665087.000000 | 334047.000000 | 331041.000000 | 610041.000000 | 305969.000000 | 304072.000000 | 55046.000000 | 28077.000000 | 26968.000000 |
| Mandarin | 1010539.000000 | 492180.000000 | 518359.000000 | 899867.000000 | 443305.000000 | 456562.000000 | 110672.000000 | 48875.000000 | 61797.000000 |
| Chinese Dialects | 687272.000000 | 344807.000000 | 342465.000000 | 651854.000000 | 329208.000000 | 322646.000000 | 35418.000000 | 15598.000000 | 19820.000000 |
| Hokkien | 329583.000000 | 172026.000000 | 157557.000000 | 317637.000000 | 166896.000000 | 150741.000000 | 11946.000000 | 5131.000000 | 6816.000000 |
| Teochew | 141569.000000 | 69645.000000 | 71924.000000 | 138834.000000 | 68653.000000 | 70181.000000 | 2734.000000 | 992.000000 | 1742.000000 |
| Cantonese | 163703.000000 | 77764.000000 | 85938.000000 | 147534.000000 | 70334.000000 | 77201.000000 | 16168.000000 | 7431.000000 | 8738.000000 |
| Other Chinese Dialects | 52418.000000 | 25371.000000 | 27047.000000 | 47849.000000 | 23326.000000 | 24523.000000 | 4569.000000 | 2045.000000 | 2524.000000 |
| Malay | 406549.000000 | 203765.000000 | 202785.000000 | 393856.000000 | 199316.000000 | 194540.000000 | 12693.000000 | 4449.000000 | 8244.000000 |
| Indian Languages | 110877.000000 | 55207.000000 | 55670.000000 | 85591.000000 | 42150.000000 | 43441.000000 | 25286.000000 | 13057.000000 | 12229.000000 |
| Tamil | 91015.000000 | 45444.000000 | 45571.000000 | 74871.000000 | 36801.000000 | 38070.000000 | 16144.000000 | 8643.000000 | 7501.000000 |
| Other Indian Languages | 19862.000000 | 9763.000000 | 10098.000000 | 10720.000000 | 5349.000000 | 5371.000000 | 9142.000000 | 4414.000000 | 4727.000000 |
| Others | 7228.000000 | 3464.000000 | 3764.000000 | 3478.000000 | 1777.000000 | 1701.000000 | 3750.000000 | 1687.000000 | 2063.000000 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Singapore Citizens) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Singapore Citizens) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Singapore Citizens) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Permanent Residents) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Permanent Residents) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Permanent Residents) Females | Numeric | No |