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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (General Household Survey 2015)

Description

General Household Survey 2015 resident population aged 5 and over (thousands) by type of dwelling, ethnic group, and language most frequently spoken at home. Singapore Department of Statistics CSV supports language–housing analysis; exclusions apply for non-speakers and certain household types. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8438.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 16/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2015 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 2015' (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/8438

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Thousands (Chinese) English (Chinese) Mandarin (Chinese) Chinese Dialects (Chinese) Others3/ (Malays) English (Malays) Malay (Malays) Others3/ (Indians) English (Indians) Malay (Indians) Tamil (Indians) Other Indian Languages (Indians) Others3/ (Others) English (Others) Malay (Others) Others3/
Total 995.500000 1227.100000 429.400000 9.5 96.2 351.2 0.5 137.4 17.3 117.100000 37.3 1.1 73.900000 3.9 33.2
HDB Dwellings1/ 652.200000 1084.500000 383.300000 7.3 89.5 347.8 0.2 104.3 16.9 110.300000 25.8 0.9 46.400000 3.8 24.6
1-And 2-Room Flats2/ 6.400000 22.600000 18.300000 0.5 5.6 38.6 na 3.9 1.7 6.000000 0.4 na 0.500000 0.4 0.4
3-Room Flats 66.000000 191.300000 102.800000 1.1 12.2 66.4 0.1 14.2 2.9 26.800000 5.8 0.1 7.800000 0.5 6
4-Room Flats 224.700000 521.300000 168.500000 4.3 33 155.6 0.1 36.3 7.3 46.300000 11.2 0.4 21.000000 2.1 12.2
5-Room & Executive Flats 353.800000 349.200000 93.600000 1.5 38.8 87.3 na 49.6 5.1 31.300000 8.5 0.5 17.100000 0.9 6.1
Condominiums And Other Apartments 217.000000 92.600000 26.500000 2 4.4 2.3 0.2 22.9 0.4 4.600000 10.2 0.1 17.500000 0.1 6.9
Landed Properties 124.600000 46.400000 18.400000 0.2 2.3 1.1 na 10.2 na 1.700000 1.3 na 9.900000 na 1.6
Others 1.700000 3.600000 1.300000 na na na na na na 0.400000 na na 0.100000 na na

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Thousands Text No
(Chinese) English Numeric No
(Chinese) Mandarin Numeric No
(Chinese) Chinese Dialects Numeric No
(Chinese) Others3/ Text No
(Malays) English Text No
(Malays) Malay Text No
(Malays) Others3/ Text No
(Indians) English Text No
(Indians) Malay Text No
(Indians) Tamil Numeric No
(Indians) Other Indian Languages Text No
(Indians) Others3/ Text No
(Others) English Numeric No
(Others) Malay Text No
(Others) Others3/ Text No