Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Type of Dwelling and Ethnic Group (All Ethnic Groups) (Census of Population 2020)
Description
Census of Population 2020 counts of Singapore residents aged 5 and over by language most or second most frequently spoken at home, cross-tabulated with dwelling type (HDB flat sizes, condominiums, landed, others) for all ethnic groups. Demographers study how home-language use varies across housing types. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17441.
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/17441
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | [Total] (HDB Dwellings) Total | [Total] (HDB Dwellings) 1- and 2-Room Flats3/ | [Total] (HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats | [Total] (HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats | [Total] (HDB Dwellings) 5-Room and Executive Flats | (Total) Condominium and Other Apartments | (Total) Landed Properties | (Total) Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3596284.000000 | 2814325.000000 | 128441.000000 | 484887.000000 | 1211742.000000 | 989255.000000 | 540948.000000 | 235640.000000 | 5371 |
| English | 1735242.000000 | 1184781.000000 | 38902.000000 | 151992.000000 | 469756.000000 | 524131.000000 | 376298.000000 | 172018.000000 | 2145 |
| English Only | 229429.000000 | 129945.000000 | 4463.000000 | 18386.000000 | 47023.000000 | 60073.000000 | 62548.000000 | 36588.000000 | 348 |
| English & Mandarin | 973515.000000 | 639983.000000 | 9111.000000 | 70019.000000 | 259592.000000 | 301260.000000 | 232556.000000 | 99471.000000 | 1505 |
| English & Chinese Dialect | 125507.000000 | 78147.000000 | 2037.000000 | 10392.000000 | 27023.000000 | 38694.000000 | 27887.000000 | 19398.000000 | 75 |
| English & Malay | 233779.000000 | 212055.000000 | 19274.000000 | 33207.000000 | 84337.000000 | 75237.000000 | 14923.000000 | 6686.000000 | 114 |
| English & Tamil | 88059.000000 | 75343.000000 | 3356.000000 | 12068.000000 | 30326.000000 | 29593.000000 | 8581.000000 | 4113.000000 | 22 |
| English & Other Indian Language | 44949.000000 | 23872.000000 | 134.000000 | 3127.000000 | 10053.000000 | 10558.000000 | 17806.000000 | 3272.000000 | - |
| English & Other Language | 40004.000000 | 25436.000000 | 526.000000 | 4793.000000 | 11402.000000 | 8716.000000 | 11997.000000 | 2491.000000 | 80 |
| Mandarin1/ | 1075172.000000 | 907831.000000 | 22741.000000 | 161494.000000 | 434915.000000 | 288681.000000 | 119370.000000 | 45678.000000 | 2293 |
| Mandarin Only | 239997.000000 | 208499.000000 | 7073.000000 | 45234.000000 | 99249.000000 | 56943.000000 | 23565.000000 | 7324.000000 | 609 |
| Mandarin & English | 528934.000000 | 423372.000000 | 6779.000000 | 58473.000000 | 201080.000000 | 157040.000000 | 78351.000000 | 26246.000000 | 965 |
| Mandarin & Chinese Dialect | 301328.000000 | 272048.000000 | 8760.000000 | 56496.000000 | 133149.000000 | 73643.000000 | 16742.000000 | 11818.000000 | 719 |
| Chinese Dialects | 313258.000000 | 279237.000000 | 18330.000000 | 78312.000000 | 120507.000000 | 62088.000000 | 20048.000000 | 13294.000000 | 679 |
| Hokkien1/ | 157259.000000 | 143420.000000 | 10679.000000 | 40055.000000 | 63944.000000 | 28742.000000 | 7538.000000 | 5962.000000 | 339 |
| Hokkien Only | 46868.000000 | 43554.000000 | 4855.000000 | 13954.000000 | 17563.000000 | 7183.000000 | 1691.000000 | 1557.000000 | 66 |
| Hokkien & English | 15511.000000 | 12601.000000 | 499.000000 | 3032.000000 | 5196.000000 | 3874.000000 | 1775.000000 | 1080.000000 | 55 |
| Hokkien & Mandarin | 88928.000000 | 81871.000000 | 4869.000000 | 21460.000000 | 39046.000000 | 16496.000000 | 3671.000000 | 3168.000000 | 218 |
| Teochew1/ | 59424.000000 | 53290.000000 | 2954.000000 | 15060.000000 | 23601.000000 | 11674.000000 | 2929.000000 | 3119.000000 | 86 |
| Teochew Only | 18601.000000 | 17086.000000 | 1232.000000 | 5239.000000 | 7592.000000 | 3023.000000 | 736.000000 | 741.000000 | 37 |
| Teochew & English | 8069.000000 | 6491.000000 | 128.000000 | 1346.000000 | 3191.000000 | 1826.000000 | 737.000000 | 829.000000 | 12 |
| Teochew & Mandarin | 29369.000000 | 26567.000000 | 1383.000000 | 7463.000000 | 11620.000000 | 6101.000000 | 1341.000000 | 1424.000000 | 37 |
| Cantonese1/ | 79216.000000 | 67524.000000 | 4079.000000 | 19071.000000 | 26619.000000 | 17756.000000 | 8270.000000 | 3306.000000 | 116 |
| Cantonese Only | 21423.000000 | 19351.000000 | 1880.000000 | 6256.000000 | 7002.000000 | 4214.000000 | 1323.000000 | 645.000000 | 104 |
| Cantonese & English | 19495.000000 | 13783.000000 | 470.000000 | 2604.000000 | 5232.000000 | 5476.000000 | 4391.000000 | 1321.000000 | - |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (HDB Dwellings) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (HDB Dwellings) 1- and 2-Room Flats3/ | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (HDB Dwellings) 5-Room and Executive Flats | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Condominium and Other Apartments | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Landed Properties | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Others | Text | No |