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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

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 'General Household Survey 2005, Statistical Release 1: Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics' (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/8673

Last updated 22 days ago (18 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyTypeofDwellingEthnicGroupandLanguageMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 1.7 KB)

Number
Text
(Chinese) English
Numeric
(Chinese) Mandarin
Numeric
(Chinese) Chinese Dialects
Numeric
(Chinese) Others*
Numeric
(Malays) English
Numeric
(Malays) Malay
Numeric
(Malays) Others*
Text
(Indians) English
Numeric
(Indians) Malay
Text
(Indians) Tamil
Numeric
(Indians) Other Indian Languages
Numeric
(Indians) Others*
Text
(Others) English
Numeric
(Others) Malay
Text
(Others) Others*
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
Total6878491130420571776733056320376294111998481268279809728199101741768771313969
HDB Dwellings^44272610092675170424919515483712749197906825972921692173590727390728010155
1- And 2-Room Flats#2901145132264618083515342269021277453538339355300227
3-Room Flats40347183889151010145649187125018588995414231195296272419512432586
4-Room Flats13248446895521868819521941717663443828498120724120897132571004834474665
5-Room And Executive Flats2615353400021240111292263021076102703994870552299562023391267122912659
Condominiums And Other Apartments140994694602455920242631213615710833374400754346797151072980
Landed Properties1030654782727574374206327294384204811621853434613326834
Bungalows122655025335713716916713113314111594na147077217
Semi-Detached Bungalows3748916685916251312488na29177059752013155213261
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response = requests.get(url)
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Type of Dwelling, Ethnic Group and Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6f7172f5e7f4a522c9de987293b7ecd4/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)