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Economy

Resident Households by Predominant Household Language, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2015)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8285

Last updated 6 days ago (3 Sep 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyPredominantHouseholdLanguageEthnicGroupandSexofHeadofHouseholdGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (13 rows, 1.6 KB)

Thousands
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
Text
(Others) Males
Text
(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)61.5%
(Null)69.2%
(Null)76.9%
(Null)46.2%
(Null)46.2%
(Null)53.8%
(Null)38.5%
(Null)46.2%
(Null)46.2%
Total1059.2845.1214800.9636.8164.1123.696.826.8100.482.717.734.228.85.4
English388.2315.872.4295.4241.45425.319.26.143.935.18.823.620.13.5
Mandarin363291.971.1362.4291.570.90.1nanananana0.50.30.2
Chinese Dialects139.9101.538.4139.8101.438.4nananananana0.10.10.1
Hokkien64.347.716.664.347.716.6nanananananananana
Teochew28.220.47.828.220.47.8nananananana0.1na0.1
Cantonese38.327.211.138.227.111.1nananananana0.10.1na
Other Chinese Dialects9.16.22.99.16.22.9nanananananananana
Malay106.883.523.31.91.50.598.277.520.75.43.61.81.20.90.3
Indian Languages50.943.77.2nananananana50.943.77.2nanana
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6440deac68f0db581040f2da564e08f9"
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. (2023). Resident Households by Predominant Household Language, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2015) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6440deac68f0db581040f2da564e08f9/view

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Created on

01 Nov 2023

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)