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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Planning Area of Residence and Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home (Census of Population 2020)

What this data shows

Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 32 records. Fields include Number, Total, (English) Total, (English) English Only (29 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-07.

Description

Census of Population 2020 CSV from SingStat on resident population aged 5 and over by URA Master Plan 2019 planning area and languages most or second most frequently spoken at home. Breakdowns cover English, Mandarin, Chinese dialects, Malay, Tamil and other Indian languages, alone or in combination. Language planners map bilingual home use across neighbourhoods. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17596.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Footnotes: Notes: Planning areas refer to areas demarcated in the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Master Plan 2019. 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/17596

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32
Columns
29

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number Total (English) Total (English) English Only (English) English & Mandarin (English) English & Chinese Dialect (English) English & Malay (English) English & Tamil (English) English & Other Indian Language (English) English & Other Language (Mandarin) Total1/ (Mandarin) Mandarin Only
Total 3596284.000000 1735242.000000 229429.000000 973515.000000 125507.000000 233779.000000 88059.000000 44949.000000 40004.000000 1075172.000000 239997.000000
Ang Mo Kio 141273.000000 62041.000000 9539.000000 36610.000000 5503.000000 4148.000000 3920.000000 992.000000 1329.000000 47748.000000 12832.000000
Bedok 241597.000000 124193.000000 21410.000000 65469.000000 10488.000000 16270.000000 3281.000000 4778.000000 2498.000000 64065.000000 16472.000000
Bishan 79018.000000 50219.000000 7668.000000 31664.000000 4638.000000 2233.000000 2259.000000 712.000000 1046.000000 18464.000000 4086.000000
Bukit Batok 143261.000000 66118.000000 7657.000000 36459.000000 5416.000000 9555.000000 3813.000000 1824.000000 1394.000000 44391.000000 9602.000000
Bukit Merah 125031.000000 59832.000000 8007.000000 36364.000000 5531.000000 3475.000000 3813.000000 1074.000000 1569.000000 33027.000000 6869.000000
Bukit Panjang 128606.000000 59059.000000 6491.000000 34770.000000 3086.000000 9066.000000 3487.000000 1050.000000 1109.000000 42135.000000 7943.000000
Bukit Timah 69091.000000 52776.000000 13183.000000 29593.000000 5594.000000 958.000000 575.000000 1126.000000 1748.000000 11425.000000 1922.000000
Choa Chu Kang 180975.000000 82356.000000 7066.000000 46256.000000 3790.000000 15386.000000 6117.000000 1639.000000 2102.000000 57536.000000 11464.000000
Clementi 80527.000000 41176.000000 5608.000000 25163.000000 3892.000000 3281.000000 1404.000000 674.000000 1153.000000 21615.000000 4768.000000

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Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
Total Numeric No
(English) Total Numeric No
(English) English Only Numeric No
(English) English & Mandarin Numeric No
(English) English & Chinese Dialect Numeric No
(English) English & Malay Numeric No
(English) English & Tamil Numeric No
(English) English & Other Indian Language Numeric No
(English) English & Other Language Numeric No
(Mandarin) Total1/ Numeric No
(Mandarin) Mandarin Only Numeric No
(Mandarin) Mandarin & English Numeric No
(Mandarin) Mandarin & Chinese Dialect Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects) Total1/ Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects) Chinese Dialect Only Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects) Chinese Dialect & English Numeric No
(Chinese Dialects) Chinese Dialect & Mandarin Numeric No
(Malay) Total1/ Numeric No
(Malay) Malay Only Text No
(Malay) Malay & English Numeric No
Indian Languages - Total Numeric No
(Indian Languages - Tamil) Total1/ Text No
(Indian Languages - Tamil) Tamil Only Text No
(Indian Languages - Tamil) Tamil & English Text No
(Indian Languages - Other Indian Languages) Total1/ Numeric No
(Indian Languages - Other Indian Languages) Other Indian Language & English Numeric No
(Other Languages) Total1/ Numeric No
(Other Languages) Other Language & English Numeric No