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Economy

Resident Households by Predominant Household Language, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

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 one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8587

Last updated 22 days ago (18 Aug 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyPredominantHouseholdLanguageEthnicGroupandSexofHeadofHouseholdCensusofPopulation2010.csv (13 rows, 1.7 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Text
(Chinese) Males
Text
(Chinese) Females
Text
(Malays) Total
Text
(Malays) Males
Text
(Malays) Females
Text
(Indians) Total
Text
(Indians) Males
Text
(Indians) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)23.1%
(Null)23.1%
(Null)23.1%
(Null)15.4%
(Null)15.4%
(Null)30.8%
(Null)15.4%
(Null)15.4%
(Null)23.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.7%
Total988823820817168006750277617751132525112981940481893394168820411212731397269764421
English3183052711964710924083520548235354190241550435203855532959559619891172522639
Mandarin3504202942475617334977929384955930105723414813513387192196
Chinese Dialects15586811526840600155715115175405402519633276954846
Hokkien7498956326186637493656292186431212na1313na28820
Teochew29828219127916297962189279041266nanana20136
Cantonese403692946910900403222944110881nanana20146271413
Other Chinese Dialects10681756231191066175483113nananananana20136
Malay10365086429172212156180435293563782191534466625386127712691021248
Indian Languages48669434415228nanana997820483594315852012122057
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_212f74314416f9c26b142c0d95959cbb"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Predominant Household Language, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_212f74314416f9c26b142c0d95959cbb/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)