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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)

Last updated: 17 Jun 2025, 22:00 SGT

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 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' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/publications-and-methodology).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8504

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyTypeofDwellingEthnicGroupandLanguageMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeCensusofPopulation2010.csv (12 rows, 1.7 KB)

Number
Text
(Chinese) English
Numeric
(Chinese) Mandarin
Numeric
(Chinese) Chinese Dialects
Numeric
(Chinese) Others#
Numeric
(Malays) English
Numeric
(Malays) Malay
Numeric
(Malays) Others#
Text
(Indians) English
Numeric
(Indians) Malay
Numeric
(Indians) Tamil
Numeric
(Indians) Other Indian Languages
Numeric
(Indians) Others#
Text
(Others) English
Numeric
(Others) Malay
Text
(Others) Others#
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
Total8246161206556485765106257809037956715531250762383911027439755164369661477737256
HDB Dwellings*51802610718634342647991711613735091293947952335210239829547128843721450527453
1- And 2-Room Flats^4087169602166138119842343810120451838439930341942373326
3-Room Flats52376196753127262175992407243040413581444627475734222682167196799
4-Room Flats1651954960391835903244253421699544123526310371445751270666417209187011933
5-Room And Executive Flats2905673604271008132571343531073523764338766852583491453571712615438358
Condominiums And Other Apartments18100279297252722254441735112211963124150208819237166591118375
Landed Properties12396950723241613502467240340105412032571135311990851611107
Bungalows16857463329061091851268150512206413na245525173
Semi-Detached Bungalows38946160197570695615472431502156940180252562403

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Chinese) EnglishChinese_EnglishNumericNumber-
(Chinese) MandarinChinese_MandarinNumericNumber-
(Chinese) Chinese DialectsChinese_ChineseDialectsNumericNumber-
(Chinese) Others#Chinese_OthersNumericNumber-
(Malays) EnglishMalays_EnglishNumericNumber-
(Malays) MalayMalays_MalayNumericNumber-
(Malays) Others#Malays_OthersTextNumber-
(Indians) EnglishIndians_EnglishNumericNumber-
(Indians) MalayIndians_MalayNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_2be28dea383d6f7b9a642fe94d45801b"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (Census of Population 2010) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 27, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2be28dea383d6f7b9a642fe94d45801b/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)