Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group (Malays) (Census of Population 2020)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 8 records. Fields include Number, (Malays) Total, (Malays) 5-9, (Malays) 10-14 (19 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-05.
Description
Census of Population 2020 table on Malay residents aged 5 and over by language most or second most frequently spoken at home and five-year age groups. SingStat CSV supports mother-tongue maintenance, bilingualism, and age-cohort language shift research among Singapore’s Malay community.
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/17436
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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 | (Malays) Total | (Malays) 5-9 | (Malays) 10-14 | (Malays) 15-19 | (Malays) 20-24 | (Malays) 25-29 | (Malays) 30-34 | (Malays) 35-39 | (Malays) 40-44 | (Malays) 45-49 | (Malays) 50-54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 496659.000000 | 33861.000000 | 32373.000000 | 38177.000000 | 43278.000000 | 49397.000000 | 43819.000000 | 37419.000000 | 27818.000000 | 30523.000000 | 35279.000000 |
| English1/ | 193870.000000 | 22458.000000 | 19245.000000 | 19710.000000 | 19822.000000 | 21505.000000 | 20330.000000 | 17174.000000 | 12523.000000 | 11203.000000 | 9936.000000 |
| English Only | 9416.000000 | 1710.000000 | 904.000000 | 928.000000 | 707.000000 | 816.000000 | 775.000000 | 675.000000 | 682.000000 | 589.000000 | 475.000000 |
| English & Malay | 180932.000000 | 20251.000000 | 17805.000000 | 18224.000000 | 18809.000000 | 20504.000000 | 19330.000000 | 16223.000000 | 11450.000000 | 10428.000000 | 9237.000000 |
| Malay1/ | 301445.000000 | 11373.000000 | 13086.000000 | 18430.000000 | 23362.000000 | 27767.000000 | 23391.000000 | 20078.000000 | 15122.000000 | 19023.000000 | 25196.000000 |
| Malay Only | 72819.000000 | 966.000000 | 940.000000 | 1607.000000 | 2688.000000 | 3263.000000 | 2558.000000 | 2354.000000 | 2240.000000 | 3389.000000 | 5017.000000 |
| Malay & English | 227674.000000 | 10407.000000 | 12147.000000 | 16823.000000 | 20658.000000 | 24487.000000 | 20807.000000 | 17657.000000 | 12802.000000 | 15479.000000 | 20092.000000 |
| Other Languages2/ | 1344.000000 | 29.000000 | 41.000000 | 36.000000 | 93.000000 | 124.000000 | 98.000000 | 167.000000 | 173.000000 | 296.000000 | 147.000000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Malays) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 5-9 | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 10-14 | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 15-19 | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 20-24 | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 25-29 | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 30-34 | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 35-39 | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 40-44 | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 45-49 | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 50-54 | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 55-59 | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 60-64 | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 65-69 | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 70-74 | Numeric | No |
| (Malays) 75-79 | Text | No |
| (Malays) 80-84 | Text | No |
| (Malays) 85 & Over | Text | No |