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Economy

Resident Households by Predominant Household Language and Occupation of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 04/04/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households, households comprising unrelated persons and those with non-working heads.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9077

Last updated 17 days ago (23 Aug 2026)

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ResidentHouseholdsbyPredominantHouseholdLanguageandOccupationofHeadofHouseholdCensusofPopulation2000.csv (13 rows, 1.5 KB)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Senior Officials & Managers
Numeric
Professionals
Numeric
Associate Professionals & Technicians
Numeric
Clerical Workers
Numeric
Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
Agricultural & Fishery Workers
Text
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers
Numeric
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)15.4%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total65525313587456772109775468477720278369371107478429868165
English17456259972264524162411913115384065041003422154271
Mandarin24400548978179883626612863286883773549947420135072420
Chinese Dialects12263819041590114318928518514260158162450414275724
Hokkien58664792915935176427888381287899141788333312
Teochew240153748921269317834610104264448622514137
Cantonese319276110258252602539387614427943392697232
Other Chinese Dialects803212558051188686119014994112673143
Malay84994306120211346910340140479597172158810403253
Indian Languages274314209395139142413433610175138112544491
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7935aa70df267df535dc824217298583"
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 Predominant Household Language and Occupation of Head of Household (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7935aa70df267df535dc824217298583/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

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