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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 23/06/2026

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/8591

Last updated 22 days ago (18 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureandPredominantHouseholdLanguageCensusofPopulation2010.csv (10 rows, 1.4 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%
Total9888233183053504201558687498929828403691068110365048669349871368211912
No Family Nucleus3868886019829145706793271239141151354614421170271701
One Family Nucleus87370329168331218212885861866245303379786658693343578309501262710469
One Generation1403934235746036332301478764979391255587427153482523282874
Two Generations65991122392723982087767428891647822790561069109325772317993986711
Three or More Generations7340025398263267862419015551616500908238482947901884
Two Family Nuclei732191743027151120446092252526098181247934222687735693
One or Two Generations18810346275023768181673198823426791050813237349
Three or More Generations5440913968196498276427617941622584980023721873498343
Three or More Family Nuclei321359212573952386149476922281794949
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_57e2f192c54fe63a4dc78baf63637df5"
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 Household Structure and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_57e2f192c54fe63a4dc78baf63637df5/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)