Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Type of Dwelling and Ethnic Group (Indians) (Census of Population 2020)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 15 records. Fields include Number, (Indians) Total, [Indians] (HDB Dwellings) Total, [Indians] (HDB Dwellings) 1- and 2-Room Flats3/ (10 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-05.
Description
Indian resident population aged 5 and over from Singapore’s Census of Population 2020, classified by language most and second most frequently spoken at home, type of dwelling, and ethnic group. Published by the Singapore Department of Statistics, the dataset supports language-use research among Indian Singaporeans, housing-type comparisons, and multicultural demographic analysis. Excludes persons unable to speak and specified household types per census footnotes.
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/17444
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- Rows
- 15
- Columns
- 10
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Indians) Total | [Indians] (HDB Dwellings) Total | [Indians] (HDB Dwellings) 1- and 2-Room Flats3/ | [Indians] (HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats | [Indians] (HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats | [Indians] (HDB Dwellings) 5-Room and Executive Flats | (Indians) Condominium and Other Apartments | (Indians) Landed Properties | (Indians) Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 327681.000000 | 261606.000000 | 14051.000000 | 48658.000000 | 106597.000000 | 92300.000000 | 50967.000000 | 14909.000000 | 198 |
| English1/ | 194145.000000 | 144111.000000 | 6533.000000 | 21524.000000 | 57536.000000 | 58519.000000 | 37390.000000 | 12510.000000 | 134 |
| English Only | 29691.000000 | 18979.000000 | 1012.000000 | 2590.000000 | 7019.000000 | 8358.000000 | 7551.000000 | 3115.000000 | 46 |
| English & Malay | 26785.000000 | 23111.000000 | 1924.000000 | 3333.000000 | 9117.000000 | 8738.000000 | 2020.000000 | 1654.000000 | - |
| English & Tamil | 87268.000000 | 74736.000000 | 3284.000000 | 11979.000000 | 30098.000000 | 29375.000000 | 8543.000000 | 3967.000000 | 22 |
| English & Other Indian Language | 43338.000000 | 22867.000000 | 134.000000 | 3020.000000 | 9719.000000 | 9994.000000 | 17391.000000 | 3080.000000 | - |
| Malay1/ | 19706.000000 | 19164.000000 | 3058.000000 | 3920.000000 | 7680.000000 | 4506.000000 | 280.000000 | 262.000000 | - |
| Malay & English | 14429.000000 | 13967.000000 | 1836.000000 | 2247.000000 | 6229.000000 | 3654.000000 | 237.000000 | 225.000000 | - |
| Indian Languages | 112883.000000 | 97561.000000 | 4433.000000 | 22789.000000 | 41258.000000 | 29081.000000 | 13161.000000 | 2097.000000 | 65 |
| Tamil1/ | 89680.000000 | 81367.000000 | 4231.000000 | 20193.000000 | 33950.000000 | 22993.000000 | 6563.000000 | 1721.000000 | 28 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Indians) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (HDB Dwellings) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (HDB Dwellings) 1- and 2-Room Flats3/ | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (HDB Dwellings) 3-Room Flats | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (HDB Dwellings) 4-Room Flats | Numeric | No |
| [Indians] (HDB Dwellings) 5-Room and Executive Flats | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Condominium and Other Apartments | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Landed Properties | Numeric | No |
| (Indians) Others | Text | No |