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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (Census of Population 2010)

Description

Census of Population 2010 crosstab of Singapore residents aged 5 and over by dwelling type, ethnic group, and language most frequently spoken at home. Excludes persons unable to speak and one-person or unrelated-only households. Sociolinguists study English, Mandarin, Malay, Tamil, and dialect use across housing types. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8504.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 22/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2010 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2010, Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information). Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8504

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number (Chinese) English (Chinese) Mandarin (Chinese) Chinese Dialects (Chinese) Others# (Malays) English (Malays) Malay (Malays) Others# (Indians) English (Indians) Malay (Indians) Tamil (Indians) Other Indian Languages (Indians) Others# (Others) English (Others) Malay (Others) Others#
Total 824616.000000 1206556.000000 485765.000000 10625.000000 78090.000000 379567.000000 1553 125076.000000 23839.000000 110274.000000 39755.000000 1643 69661.000000 4777 37256.000000
HDB Dwellings* 518026.000000 1071863.000000 434264.000000 7991.000000 71161.000000 373509.000000 1293 94795.000000 23352.000000 102398.000000 29547.000000 1288 43721.000000 4505 27453.000000
1- And 2-Room Flats^ 4087.000000 16960.000000 21661.000000 381.000000 1984.000000 23438.000000 101 2045.000000 1838.000000 4399.000000 303.000000 41 942.000000 373 326.000000
3-Room Flats 52376.000000 196753.000000 127262.000000 1759.000000 9240.000000 72430.000000 404 13581.000000 4446.000000 27475.000000 7342.000000 226 8216.000000 719 6799.000000
4-Room Flats 165195.000000 496039.000000 183590.000000 3244.000000 25342.000000 169954.000000 412 35263.000000 10371.000000 44575.000000 12706.000000 664 17209.000000 1870 11933.000000
5-Room And Executive Flats 290567.000000 360427.000000 100813.000000 2571.000000 34353.000000 107352.000000 376 43387.000000 6685.000000 25834.000000 9145.000000 357 17126.000000 1543 8358.000000
Condominiums And Other Apartments 181002.000000 79297.000000 25272.000000 2254.000000 4417.000000 3511.000000 221 19631.000000 241.000000 5020.000000 8819.000000 237 16659.000000 111 8375.000000
Landed Properties 123969.000000 50723.000000 24161.000000 350.000000 2467.000000 2403.000000 40 10541.000000 203.000000 2571.000000 1353.000000 119 9085.000000 161 1107.000000
Bungalows 16857.000000 4633.000000 2906.000000 109.000000 185.000000 126.000000 8 1505.000000 12.000000 206.000000 413.000000 na 2455.000000 25 173.000000
Semi-Detached Bungalows 38946.000000 16019.000000 7570.000000 69.000000 561.000000 547.000000 24 3150.000000 21.000000 569.000000 401.000000 80 2525.000000 62 403.000000
Terrace Houses 68166.000000 30071.000000 13685.000000 172.000000 1722.000000 1731.000000 8 5885.000000 170.000000 1796.000000 539.000000 39 4104.000000 74 531.000000
Others 1619.000000 4672.000000 2068.000000 30.000000 45.000000 142.000000 na 109.000000 43.000000 285.000000 36.000000 na 196.000000 na 321.000000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
(Chinese) English Numeric No
(Chinese) Mandarin Numeric No
(Chinese) Chinese Dialects Numeric No
(Chinese) Others# Numeric No
(Malays) English Numeric No
(Malays) Malay Numeric No
(Malays) Others# Text No
(Indians) English Numeric No
(Indians) Malay Numeric No
(Indians) Tamil Numeric No
(Indians) Other Indian Languages Numeric No
(Indians) Others# Text No
(Others) English Numeric No
(Others) Malay Text No
(Others) Others# Numeric No