Census of Population 2020 counts of Singapore resident households by predominant household language and occupation of the household reference person. Excludes one-person households, unrelated-only households, and households whose reference person was not employed. Sociolinguists and labour demographers link home language patterns to occupational groups. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17525.
Census of Population 2020 table of Singapore resident households by marital status, ethnic group, and sex of the household reference person, published by SingStat. Counts cross Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Other groups with male and female reference persons. Demographers and social researchers profile household headship patterns. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17530.
Resident married-couple households from the 2020 Census are classified by monthly household income from work and the husband’s age group. SingStat’s CSV reports counts across income bands and age brackets, reflecting updated income concepts including employer MediSave contributions where applicable. Useful for family economics, housing affordability studies, and Singapore census household income research.
Census of Population 2020 table on resident households classified by highest qualification attained, ethnic group, and sex of the household reference person, published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in CSV format. Footnotes exclude households where the reference person was a full-time student. Supports education attainment research, ethnic comparisons in household structure, and official census household qualification statistics for Singapore.
Singapore Department of Statistics Census of Population 2020 CSV of resident households by age group and highest qualification of the household reference person. Education columns span no qualification through university, including polytechnic and other diplomas. Demographers and housing analysts profile household education structure across age bands. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17528.
Census 2020 table on married couples in resident households, classified by highest qualification of husband and wife jointly and by couple age groups such as below 35 years. Extensive columns map wife education categories against husband education for totals and age slices. Family sociologists examine assortative mating and educational homogamy patterns in Singapore. Data derive from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17535.
Census of Population 2020 counts of Singapore resident households by monthly household income from work and predominant household language. Language categories include English, Mandarin, major Chinese dialects, Malay, Tamil, other Indian languages, and others. The table excludes one-person and unrelated-person-only households, and income was revised to include employers’ Additional MediSave Contributions. Researchers can analyse how household work-income bands vary across language communities. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17521.
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026
Update Frequency: 10 years
Survey period: Census of Population 2020
Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.
Predominant household language refers to the language or dialect spoken by the majority of household members to other members (excluding domestic workers and unrelated persons), taking into account the reported language most frequently spoken and language second most frequently spoken (new in 2020) at home for each household member.
Data on Household Living Arrangement have been revised in June 2026 to be based on the composition of members within the household, instead of the characteristics of the household reference person, to provide a more holistic view of household living arrangements.
Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17520
Examine resident households from the Census of Population 2020 by age group, marital status, and sex of the household reference person. Singapore Department of Statistics counts support family-structure and ageing research with male and female splits across marital categories. Updated 18 June 2021 on a decennial cycle for Singapore census household reference-person demographics.
Census of Population 2020 table on Singapore resident households by household structure and predominant household language, published by the Singapore Department of Statistics. The 14 columns cover English, Mandarin, Chinese dialects with a breakdown into Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese and others, Malay, Indian languages including Tamil, and other languages. Predominant language reflects what the majority of household members speak to one another, and one-person and unrelated-person households are excluded. Sociolinguists and language-policy researchers use it to link family structure with home language. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17519.
This Singapore open-data dataset presents resident households from the Census of Population 2020 classified by two key characteristics: the predominant language or dialect spoken among household members and the highest qualification attained by the household reference person. It provides a structured view of how household language patterns relate to the educational attainment profile of the reference person within Singapore’s resident households. The statistical scope is the 2020 Census of Population, with household-level coverage defined by the source methodology. One-person households and households consisting only of unrelated persons are excluded. Household reference persons attending full-time education are excluded, while part-time upgraders are included. Predominant language is identified from the language or dialect most household members speak to one another, based on the most and second-most frequently spoken languages at home; this approach was newly introduced in 2020. Useful for demographic research, education and skills analysis, language-use studies, social planning, population profiling, and comparisons of Singapore households by qualification level and home-language environment. Related search intents include Singapore household language statistics, Census 2020 educational qualifications, resident households by highest qualification, predominant household language Singapore, and household demographic data from SingStat. Source: Singapore Department of Statistics. Last updated 18/06/2021. Update frequency: 10 years. Adapted from SingStat CT/17524.
Census of Population 2020 table on resident households by age group, ethnic group, and sex of the household reference person, published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in CSV. Supports household demography and ethnic household structure analysis for Singapore’s 2020 census.
Census of Population 2020 resident households by predominant household language and age group of the household reference person, published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in CSV format. Footnotes exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Supports language ecology, intergenerational household language patterns, and census household culture research in Singapore.
Census of Population 2020 counts of Singapore resident households by type of dwelling and predominant household language, including English, Mandarin, Chinese dialects, Malay, and Indian languages. Excludes one-person households and households of unrelated persons only. Demographers link housing type with home-language patterns at the 2020 census benchmark. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17518.
Census of Population 2020 tabulation of resident households by ethnic group, labour force status, and sex of the household reference person, published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in CSV format. Supports analysis of employment-linked household patterns across Chinese, Malay, Indian, and other groups, with gender of household heads. Useful for labour market and household economics research from the 2020 census.
Resident households from the Census of Population 2020 cross-tabulated by monthly household income from work and highest qualification of the household reference person. Published by the Singapore Department of Statistics with notes on reference-person schooling status. Supports income–education inequality research and household living-standard analysis.
Resident households from the Census of Population 2020 classified by monthly household income from work per household member and occupation of the household reference person. Published by the Singapore Department of Statistics. Supports occupational income structure research, living-standard comparisons, and household economics around the 2020 census.
Census of Population 2020 counts of Singapore resident households by monthly household income from work bands and household structure (no family nucleus, one or two family nuclei by generation). Income coverage includes Additional MediSave Contributions per the 2025 technical note. Supports affordability and family-form research. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17504.
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026
Update Frequency: 10 years
Survey period: Census of Population 2020
Footnotes: Notes: Data on income from work have been updated to include Additional MediSave Contributions from employers with the release of the Key Household Income Trends 2025 report in February 2026. For more information, you may refer to the Technical Note on Household Income (https://go.gov.sg/khit2025-tech-note) which explains the concepts and components of our household income coverage.
Data on Household Living Arrangement have been revised in June 2026 to be based on the composition of members within the household, instead of the characteristics of the household reference person, to provide a more holistic view of household living arrangements.
Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17505
Census of Population 2020 counts of resident households in Singapore by monthly household income from work per household member, cross-tabulated by ethnic group and sex of the household reference person. Columns cover Chinese, Malay, Indian and Other groups with male, female and total splits. Income from work has been updated to include employers' Additional MediSave contributions following the Key Household Income Trends 2025 report. Researchers use it to compare per-capita household income across ethnic groups. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17515.