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Economy

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

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 one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8586

Last updated 2 months ago (18 Jun 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdLivingArrangementandPredominantHouseholdLanguageCensusofPopulation2010.csv (22 rows, 2.9 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
English
Numeric
Mandarin
Numeric
Chinese Dialects- Total
Numeric
Chinese Dialects- Hokkien
Numeric
Chinese Dialects- Teochew
Text
Chinese Dialects- Cantonese
Text
Chinese Dialects- Other Chinese Dialects
Text
Malay
Numeric
Indian Languages- Total
Numeric
Indian Languages- Tamil
Numeric
Indian Languages- Other Indian Languages
Text
Others
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)4.5%
(Null)4.5%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)4.5%
Total9888233183053504201558687498929828403691068110365048669349871368211912
Couple-Based Households7993412714022935719891047733186512622063068269242416296201279610350
Head Aged Below 35 Years82736280803168734411244344141244281758213482833853139
No Children In Household354801176415973185958320780226716512851160612451383
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years470391624715628156464813760417565045348320921401748
With Youngest Child Aged 12 Years And Over21669861913na6na211414na8
Head Aged 35 - 49 Years33054713020612234715627746020025051111434314224571516172965596
No Children In Household4447415274175595365248558420362592838221616006161222
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years209695906357040065063007894208052521650170681122458443436
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years4811917176205061864850303586125591920071402605647
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6ccc58950e20dd08ac21669e18105056"
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 Living Arrangement and Predominant Household Language (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6ccc58950e20dd08ac21669e18105056/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)