Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group (Chinese) (Census of Population 2020)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 26 records. Fields include Number, (Chinese) Total, (Chinese) 5-9, (Chinese) 10-14 (19 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-05.
Description
Census of Population 2020 Chinese residents aged 5 and over by language most and second most frequently spoken at home, age group, and ethnic group (Chinese) in SingStat CSV. Excludes persons unable to speak and specified household types. Sociolinguists study home-language retention among Chinese Singaporeans by cohort.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17435
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- Rows
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- Columns
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Chinese) Total | (Chinese) 5-9 | (Chinese) 10-14 | (Chinese) 15-19 | (Chinese) 20-24 | (Chinese) 25-29 | (Chinese) 30-34 | (Chinese) 35-39 | (Chinese) 40-44 | (Chinese) 45-49 | (Chinese) 50-54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2658378.000000 | 137054 | 137424 | 145960 | 165416.000000 | 193194.000000 | 205924.000000 | 199211.000000 | 200974.000000 | 211770.000000 | 200008.000000 |
| English1/ | 1266460.000000 | 106232 | 106093 | 105995 | 109586.000000 | 111604.000000 | 102566.000000 | 94092.000000 | 99653.000000 | 98713.000000 | 81858.000000 |
| English Only | 161213.000000 | 13151 | 12153 | 14325 | 15082.000000 | 16958.000000 | 14150.000000 | 9130.000000 | 7956.000000 | 9429.000000 | 8816.000000 |
| English & Mandarin | 955664.000000 | 90903 | 91640 | 88252 | 89916.000000 | 88337.000000 | 81881.000000 | 77574.000000 | 83426.000000 | 78697.000000 | 59629.000000 |
| English & Chinese Dialect | 124248.000000 | 738 | 1044 | 1902 | 3106.000000 | 4492.000000 | 4190.000000 | 4549.000000 | 5923.000000 | 8553.000000 | 11844.000000 |
| English & Malay | 16499.000000 | 607 | 610 | 903 | 996.000000 | 1127.000000 | 1519.000000 | 1611.000000 | 1285.000000 | 1167.000000 | 1032.000000 |
| Mandarin1/ | 1069450.000000 | 30044 | 30596 | 38559 | 53495.000000 | 76969.000000 | 96393.000000 | 95256.000000 | 87868.000000 | 93216.000000 | 94408.000000 |
| Mandarin Only | 238036.000000 | 4315 | 4275 | 6518 | 9488.000000 | 16320.000000 | 21925.000000 | 17987.000000 | 16016.000000 | 19472.000000 | 22148.000000 |
| Mandarin & English | 527066.000000 | 25146 | 25338 | 29662 | 39779.000000 | 52020.000000 | 62051.000000 | 62961.000000 | 55077.000000 | 49927.000000 | 39976.000000 |
| Mandarin & Chinese Dialect | 300856.000000 | 539 | 901 | 2328 | 4159.000000 | 8518.000000 | 12238.000000 | 14068.000000 | 16366.000000 | 23586.000000 | 31895.000000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Chinese) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) 5-9 | Text | No |
| (Chinese) 10-14 | Text | No |
| (Chinese) 15-19 | Text | No |
| (Chinese) 20-24 | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) 25-29 | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) 30-34 | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) 35-39 | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) 40-44 | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) 45-49 | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) 50-54 | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) 55-59 | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) 60-64 | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) 65-69 | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) 70-74 | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) 75-79 | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) 80-84 | Numeric | No |
| (Chinese) 85 & Over | Numeric | No |