Resident Households by Household Structure and Predominant Household Language (General Household Survey 2015)

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Resident Households by Household Structure and Predominant Household Language (General Household Survey 2015)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 23/03/2016

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/8609

Last updated 6 days ago (3 Sep 2026)

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Thousands Text	Total Numeric	English Numeric	Mandarin Numeric	Chinese Dialects- Total Numeric	Chinese Dialects- Hokkien Text	Chinese Dialects- Teochew Numeric	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 Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)10.0%	(Null)0.0%
Total	1059.2	388.2	363	139.9	64.3	28.2	38.3	9.1	106.8	50.9	37.7	13.2	10.4
No Family Nucleus	40.9	11	9.2	14.2	6	3.2	4.2	0.8	4.1	1.7	1.5	0.2	0.6
One Family Nucleus	946.1	356.3	326.6	116.5	54	23.3	31.6	7.5	90.9	46.3	33.9	12.4	9.4
One Generation	170.5	56.2	56.3	37.1	17.3	7.4	10.3	2.1	12.2	7.2	5.1	2.1	1.5
Two Generations	704.9	272.7	245.8	72.8	33.3	14.8	19.6	5.1	70.1	36.2	26.5	9.6	7.3
Three Or More Generations	70.7	27.4	24.5	6.6	3.4	1.2	1.7	0.3	8.6	2.9	2.3	0.6	0.6
Two Family Nuclei	69.4	20	26.2	9	4.3	1.5	2.5	0.8	11.1	2.8	2.2	0.6	0.3
One Or Two Generations	17.4	4.3	6.2	2.9	1.6	0.5	0.8	0.2	3.1	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.1
Three Or More Generations	52.1	15.7	19.9	6.1	2.7	1.1	1.7	0.6	8.1	2.1	1.7	0.4	0.3
Three Or More Family Nuclei	2.8	0.9	1	0.2	na	0.2	na	na	0.6	0.1	0.1	na	0.1

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Thousands	Thousands	Text	Thousands	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
English	English	Numeric	Thousands	-
Mandarin	Mandarin	Numeric	Thousands	-
Chinese Dialects- Total	ChineseDialects_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
Chinese Dialects- Hokkien	ChineseDialects_Hokkien	Text	Thousands	-
Chinese Dialects- Teochew	ChineseDialects_Teochew	Numeric	Thousands	-
Chinese Dialects- Cantonese	ChineseDialects_Cantonese	Text	Thousands	-
Chinese Dialects- Other Chinese Dialects	ChineseDialects_OtherChineseDialects	Text	Thousands	-
Malay	Malay	Numeric	Thousands	-

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Household Structure and Predominant Household Language (General Household Survey 2015) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7d64e6e7d9ae99d0e433c33d1fc827f7/view

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