Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Residential Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)
Description
General Household Survey 2015 tabulation of resident population aged 5 and over by language most frequently spoken at home, residential status, and sex, published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in CSV. Footnotes exclude specific household types. Supports bilingualism research, home-language trends among citizens and permanent residents, and multicultural demography.
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/8221
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Thousands | (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 | 3530.500000 | 1733.300000 | 1797.300000 | 3053.400000 | 1523.000000 | 1530.400000 | 477.100000 | 210.300000 | 266.800000 |
| English | 1303.000000 | 659.200000 | 643.800000 | 1158.300000 | 588.200000 | 570.100000 | 144.700000 | 70.900000 | 73.800000 |
| Mandarin | 1231.900000 | 592.500000 | 639.400000 | 1043.400000 | 519.100000 | 524.300000 | 188.500000 | 73.400000 | 115.100000 |
| Chinese Dialects | 430.300000 | 204.000000 | 226.300000 | 398.100000 | 190.500000 | 207.600000 | 32.200000 | 13.500000 | 18.700000 |
| Hokkien | 205.300000 | 101.900000 | 103.400000 | 196.400000 | 98.300000 | 98.200000 | 8.800000 | 3.600000 | 5.200000 |
| Teochew | 86.500000 | 39.800000 | 46.700000 | 83.300000 | 38.600000 | 44.600000 | 3.200000 | 1.100000 | 2.100000 |
| Cantonese | 111.200000 | 49.600000 | 61.500000 | 95.900000 | 43.200000 | 52.700000 | 15.200000 | 6.400000 | 8.800000 |
| Other Chinese Dialects | 27.400000 | 12.700000 | 14.700000 | 22.500000 | 10.400000 | 12.100000 | 4.900000 | 2.300000 | 2.600000 |
| Malay | 378.700000 | 186.200000 | 192.400000 | 364.500000 | 182.400000 | 182.200000 | 14.100000 | 3.900000 | 10.300000 |
| Indian Languages | 154.300000 | 76.000000 | 78.300000 | 85.500000 | 40.900000 | 44.500000 | 68.900000 | 35.000000 | 33.800000 |
| Tamil | 117.100000 | 57.200000 | 59.900000 | 74.400000 | 35.200000 | 39.100000 | 42.700000 | 21.900000 | 20.800000 |
| Other Indian Languages | 37.300000 | 18.800000 | 18.400000 | 11.100000 | 5.700000 | 5.400000 | 26.200000 | 13.100000 | 13.100000 |
| Others | 32.400000 | 15.400000 | 17.000000 | 3.600000 | 1.800000 | 1.800000 | 28.800000 | 13.600000 | 15.200000 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Thousands | 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 |