Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (General Household Survey 2005)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 12 records. Fields include Number, (Chinese) English, (Chinese) Mandarin, (Chinese) Chinese Dialects (16 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-18.
Description
This General Household Survey 2005 table from the Singapore Department of Statistics cross-tabulates residents aged 5 years and over by type of dwelling, ethnic group and the language spoken most frequently at home. Language options are nested inside each ethnic group, covering English, Mandarin and Chinese dialects for Chinese residents, English and Malay for Malays, English, Malay, Tamil and other Indian languages for Indians, and English and Malay for the Others group. Persons unable to speak, one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons are excluded from the counts. Linking home language to housing type makes it a useful source for studying language shift alongside socio-economic status in Singapore.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2005 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 'General Household Survey 2005, Statistical Release 1: Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics' (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/8673
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 687849.000000 | 1130420.000000 | 571776.000000 | 7330.000000 | 56320.000000 | 376294.000000 | 1119 | 98481.000000 | 26827 | 98097.000000 | 28199.000000 |
| HDB Dwellings^ | 442726.000000 | 1009267.000000 | 517042.000000 | 4919.000000 | 51548.000000 | 371274.000000 | 919 | 79068.000000 | 25972 | 92169.000000 | 21735.000000 |
| 1- And 2-Room Flats# | 2901.000000 | 14513.000000 | 22646.000000 | 180.000000 | 835.000000 | 15342.000000 | 26 | 902.000000 | 1277 | 4535.000000 | 383.000000 |
| 3-Room Flats | 40347.000000 | 183889.000000 | 151010.000000 | 1456.000000 | 4918.000000 | 71250.000000 | 185 | 8899.000000 | 5414 | 23119.000000 | 5296.000000 |
| 4-Room Flats | 132484.000000 | 468955.000000 | 218688.000000 | 1952.000000 | 19417.000000 | 176634.000000 | 438 | 28498.000000 | 12072 | 41208.000000 | 9713.000000 |
| 5-Room And Executive Flats | 261535.000000 | 340002.000000 | 124011.000000 | 1292.000000 | 26302.000000 | 107610.000000 | 270 | 39948.000000 | 7055 | 22995.000000 | 6202.000000 |
| Condominiums And Other Apartments | 140994.000000 | 69460.000000 | 24559.000000 | 2024.000000 | 2631.000000 | 2136.000000 | 157 | 10833.000000 | 374 | 4007.000000 | 5434.000000 |
| Landed Properties | 103065.000000 | 47827.000000 | 27574.000000 | 374.000000 | 2063.000000 | 2729.000000 | 43 | 8420.000000 | 481 | 1621.000000 | 853.000000 |
| Bungalows | 12265.000000 | 5025.000000 | 3357.000000 | 137.000000 | 169.000000 | 167.000000 | 13 | 1133.000000 | 141 | 115.000000 | 94.000000 |
| Semi-Detached Bungalows | 37489.000000 | 16685.000000 | 9162.000000 | 51.000000 | 312.000000 | 488.000000 | na | 2917.000000 | 70 | 597.000000 | 520.000000 |
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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 | Text | 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* | Text | No |