Resident Households by Predominant Household Language, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household

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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

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ResidentHouseholdsbyPredominantHouseholdLanguageEthnicGroupandSexofHeadofHousehold.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%
Total	1059.2	845.1	214	800.9	636.8	164.1	123.6	96.8	26.8	100.4	82.7	17.7	34.2	28.8	5.4
English	388.2	315.8	72.4	295.4	241.4	54	25.3	19.2	6.1	43.9	35.1	8.8	23.6	20.1	3.5
Mandarin	363	291.9	71.1	362.4	291.5	70.9	0.1	na	na	na	na	na	0.5	0.3	0.2
Chinese Dialects	139.9	101.5	38.4	139.8	101.4	38.4	na	na	na	na	na	na	0.1	0.1	0.1
Hokkien	64.3	47.7	16.6	64.3	47.7	16.6	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Teochew	28.2	20.4	7.8	28.2	20.4	7.8	na	na	na	na	na	na	0.1	na	0.1
Cantonese	38.3	27.2	11.1	38.2	27.1	11.1	na	na	na	na	na	na	0.1	0.1	na
Other Chinese Dialects	9.1	6.2	2.9	9.1	6.2	2.9	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Malay	106.8	83.5	23.3	1.9	1.5	0.5	98.2	77.5	20.7	5.4	3.6	1.8	1.2	0.9	0.3
Indian Languages	50.9	43.7	7.2	na	na	na	na	na	na	50.9	43.7	7.2	na	na	na

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Thousands	Thousands	Text	Thousands	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Total) Males	Total_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Total) Females	Total_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Chinese) Total	Chinese_Total	Text	Thousands	-
(Chinese) Males	Chinese_Males	Text	Thousands	-
(Chinese) Females	Chinese_Females	Text	Thousands	-
(Malays) Total	Malays_Total	Text	Thousands	-
(Malays) Males	Malays_Males	Text	Thousands	-
(Malays) Females	Malays_Females	Text	Thousands	-
(Indians) Total	Indians_Total	Text	Thousands	-
(Indians) Males	Indians_Males	Text	Thousands	-
(Indians) Females	Indians_Females	Text	Thousands	-
(Others) Total	Others_Total	Text	Thousands	-
(Others) Males	Others_Males	Text	Thousands	-
(Others) Females	Others_Females	Text	Thousands	-

Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
datasetId = "d_6440deac68f0db581040f2da564e08f9"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + datasetId 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Resident Households by Predominant Household Language, Ethnic Group and Sex of Head of Household

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