Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)
Description
Census of Population 2020 CSV of resident population aged 5 and over by language most or second most frequently spoken at home, residential status (citizen or PR), and sex, from the Singapore Department of Statistics. Excludes non-speakers and certain household types. Supports contemporary home-language research in Singapore. Adapted from CT/17440.
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/17440
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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 | 3596284.000000 | 1750789.000000 | 1845495.000000 | 3152173.000000 | 1561655.000000 | 1590518.000000 | 444112.000000 | 189134.000000 | 254977.000000 |
| English | 1735242.000000 | 863020.000000 | 872222.000000 | 1569240.000000 | 786658.000000 | 782582.000000 | 166002.000000 | 76363.000000 | 89639.000000 |
| English Only | 229429.000000 | 124022.000000 | 105406.000000 | 196475.000000 | 106972.000000 | 89503.000000 | 32954.000000 | 17051.000000 | 15903.000000 |
| English & Mandarin | 973515.000000 | 479517.000000 | 493998.000000 | 922940.000000 | 457620.000000 | 465319.000000 | 50575.000000 | 21897.000000 | 28678.000000 |
| English & Chinese Dialect | 125507.000000 | 63830.000000 | 61676.000000 | 114496.000000 | 58648.000000 | 55848.000000 | 11011.000000 | 5183.000000 | 5829.000000 |
| English & Malay | 233779.000000 | 112825.000000 | 120954.000000 | 223806.000000 | 108702.000000 | 115104.000000 | 9973.000000 | 4122.000000 | 5850.000000 |
| English & Tamil | 88059.000000 | 43109.000000 | 44950.000000 | 74621.000000 | 36339.000000 | 38282.000000 | 13438.000000 | 6770.000000 | 6668.000000 |
| English & Other Indian Language | 44949.000000 | 21581.000000 | 23369.000000 | 23674.000000 | 11590.000000 | 12084.000000 | 21276.000000 | 9991.000000 | 11285.000000 |
| English & Other Language | 40004.000000 | 18135.000000 | 21869.000000 | 13229.000000 | 6787.000000 | 6443.000000 | 26775.000000 | 11349.000000 | 15426.000000 |
| Mandarin1/ | 1075172.000000 | 508837.000000 | 566335.000000 | 897169.000000 | 441009.000000 | 456160.000000 | 178004.000000 | 67829.000000 | 110175.000000 |
| Mandarin Only | 239997.000000 | 109387.000000 | 130610.000000 | 181935.000000 | 88464.000000 | 93471.000000 | 58062.000000 | 20922.000000 | 37140.000000 |
| Mandarin & English | 528934.000000 | 258040.000000 | 270894.000000 | 444798.000000 | 225206.000000 | 219592.000000 | 84136.000000 | 32834.000000 | 51302.000000 |
| Mandarin & Chinese Dialect | 301328.000000 | 139882.000000 | 161446.000000 | 267964.000000 | 126338.000000 | 141626.000000 | 33364.000000 | 13544.000000 | 19820.000000 |
| Chinese Dialects | 313258.000000 | 146384.000000 | 166874.000000 | 293905.000000 | 138036.000000 | 155869.000000 | 19353.000000 | 8348.000000 | 11005.000000 |
| Hokkien1/ | 157259.000000 | 76703.000000 | 80556.000000 | 151184.000000 | 74192.000000 | 76992.000000 | 6075.000000 | 2511.000000 | 3564.000000 |
| Hokkien Only | 46868.000000 | 20873.000000 | 25995.000000 | 45689.000000 | 20397.000000 | 25292.000000 | 1179.000000 | 477.000000 | 703.000000 |
| Hokkien & English | 15511.000000 | 8498.000000 | 7013.000000 | 14513.000000 | 8057.000000 | 6456.000000 | 998.000000 | 441.000000 | 557.000000 |
| Hokkien & Mandarin | 88928.000000 | 44781.000000 | 44147.000000 | 85350.000000 | 43333.000000 | 42018.000000 | 3578.000000 | 1448.000000 | 2129.000000 |
| Teochew1/ | 59424.000000 | 26562.000000 | 32862.000000 | 58455.000000 | 26200.000000 | 32255.000000 | 969.000000 | 362.000000 | 608.000000 |
| Teochew Only | 18601.000000 | 7332.000000 | 11269.000000 | 18401.000000 | 7271.000000 | 11130.000000 | 200.000000 | 62.000000 | 138.000000 |
| Teochew & English | 8069.000000 | 3818.000000 | 4251.000000 | 7971.000000 | 3751.000000 | 4219.000000 | 98.000000 | 67.000000 | 31.000000 |
| Teochew & Mandarin | 29369.000000 | 13669.000000 | 15701.000000 | 28802.000000 | 13511.000000 | 15292.000000 | 567.000000 | 158.000000 | 409.000000 |
| Cantonese1/ | 79216.000000 | 35760.000000 | 43456.000000 | 68854.000000 | 31074.000000 | 37780.000000 | 10362.000000 | 4686.000000 | 5675.000000 |
| Cantonese Only | 21423.000000 | 9141.000000 | 12281.000000 | 19570.000000 | 8441.000000 | 11129.000000 | 1852.000000 | 700.000000 | 1153.000000 |
| Cantonese & English | 19495.000000 | 10054.000000 | 9441.000000 | 16088.000000 | 8335.000000 | 7753.000000 | 3408.000000 | 1719.000000 | 1688.000000 |
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 |