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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/09/2015

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' (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/5996

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyAgeGroupandLanguageMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeCensusofPopulation2010.csv (18 rows, 2.2 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
English
Numeric
Mandarin
Numeric
Chinese Dialects - Total
Numeric
Chinese Dialects - Hokkien
Numeric
Chinese Dialects - Teochew
Numeric
Chinese Dialects - Cantonese
Numeric
Chinese Dialects - Other Chinese Dialects
Numeric
Malay
Numeric
Indian Languages - Total
Numeric
Indian Languages - Tamil
Numeric
Indian Languages - Other Indian Languages
Numeric
Others
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total33990541097443121150548703123884394302121136327504144751510001106674033437600
5 - 92196311109416223419305822089891502886512818906637522843
10 - 1425124611512985113255111132831004150364899402711422882561
15 - 19269921110395101068510321986971888320439137488613813491955
20 - 2423747281598990877936364010672777452405387133601711161180
25 - 2924405569485107941166367818275851409193334213061926637953589
30 - 3427552984963112552259701243142457990130423532215141383276826997
35 - 39300697104793111930321111560653699049208624746206031350071036513
40 - 4428652298550104108331951700854398454229530913150571039546624698
45 - 493016069429211390939303211676752886025223911811619886427553365
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_2f417f4c736ebaa69d8b8aed973915c5"
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 Age Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2f417f4c736ebaa69d8b8aed973915c5/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)